3. Not a Dalek Story
THE WISH The temptation will be to do a story involving the Daleks. What a horrible thought. I find the Daleks to be not scary, overused, and boring. They seem to be extremely hard to use correctly, and so for every good Dalek story out there , The Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and Dalek, for example, there are at least three others that are mediocre (Daleks in Manhattan, Victory of the Daleks), or flat-out bad (Destiny of the Daleks). The problem is that theyre so very, very popular. Most fans seem to just love the Daleks, and though I dont quite understand why, I can at least recognize this. So I can easily picture the Daleks being featured heavily in a 50th anniversary story, though I really, really hope that doesnt happen. ODDS OF THIS HAPPENING As the primary threat? Probably pretty low, thankfully. In the 20% range. But as at least some element of the threat? Very high, likely over 75%. Like I said, theyre just too popular to resist using them, though Ill at least recognize that Moffat has been quite restrained in his use of them so far, so I have some hope we wont see hide nor hair (well, you know what I mean), of them during any special episode.
Chris Swanson
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