Doctor Who: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About The End Of Time

16. Moffat Shot Down The Daleks

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Of the four regular series finales Davies oversaw, three of them involved the Daleks as one of the main villains.

It stands to reason that he would want to include the diabolical dustbins in his final crescendo, but he didn't count on one thing – the intervention of a middle-aged Scotsman.

Davies originally wanted the returning Time Lords to team up with their greatest foes to show just how far they'd fallen, but new showrunner Steven Moffat was having none of it.

Moffat asked Davies not to include the Daleks as he wanted their appearance in Victory of the Daleks to feel as fresh as possible. Not wanting to undermine his successor, RTD removed them from the story.

What a nice chap.

 
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