11 Worst Doctor Who Dalek Stories

4. The Daleks Take Manhattan / Evolution Of The Daleks (2007)

Let's face it: Daleks and New York simply do not mix. Nor does Dalek and human DNA, if the image above is anything to go by. The plot here is not dissimilar to Evil of the Daleks in that the Daleks are trying to figure out a way to propagate their race by creating human Daleks. Problem is, that pesky human DNA also seems to carry with it traces of human willfulness and morality, so Dalek Sec ends up being a compassionate Dalek and all those humans the Daleks try to convert end up being Daleks that ask pesky questions, like 'Why?' That all sounds terrific, doesn't it? So when we get an episode that includes Sec, who looks like an alien from Space Precinct, coupled with Pigmen, for no apparent reason, it somehow goes all pear-shaped and at times downright laughable. It also makes no sense to cast Ryan Carnes, who is quite a looker, and then immediately put him in pig makeup. At least they left Andrew Garfield alone, but who knew he was the Andrew Garfield back then? On top of it all, this story has some moments of stunning silliness. The two Daleks gossiping in the sewers, even down to one looking around to make sure no one is listening, is one such moment. There's also the aforementioned Pigmen and the idea that Lazlo, unlike all others to undergo the process, retains his humanity - and that he and Tallulah are going to stay together despite this. Um, what? And do what - raise piglets? Guess they'll be keeping kosher in that household... As for the Daleks... too few, too ineffective, and that emergency temporal shift/get out of jail free card is getting annoying already. Good thing it's at least put to good use in the next story, but that still means suffering through this one to get there.