Doctor Who: All 40 Steven Moffat Episodes Ranked From Worst To Best

Co-written with Phil Ford.

This episode has elements of Blade Runner and the magic realism of Terry Gilliam’s films.

There's the otherworldly sound of 80s synth that excitedly combines with the all-action start in space which sees Journey Blue desperately flying away from those dastardly Daleks. That glorious-sounding incidental music is played throughout.

As the Downsized Doctor glances down on approaching the Dalek, it's akin to the expression Aragorn has on seeing the Black Gate come into view.

It is mesmerisingly psychedelic when our intrepid miniaturised explorers enter the eyestalk of the most dangerous place in the universe, and equally transfixing is the Doctor and Rusty literally eyeballing each other with the infinite wonders of the universe accompanying as a visual background. The conflicted Dalek’s innards also resemble your classic harsh dystopian landscape.

This was, essentially, the first proper story in which we got to know the personality traits of the newly-regenerated Doctor - and safe to say, he certainly lives up to Capaldi's self-styled "100 per cent Rebel Time Lord" description.

Moreover, Into the Dalek dovetails with the Twelfth Doctor's final moments in Twice Upon a Time in terms of how his character developed. Laugh hard? He did that whilst plummeting down into the slimy remnants of people. Run fast? He did that as the Dalek's antibodies gave chase. Be kind? Being insensitive towards Ross' death brought an emotional rebuke from Journey, but as time went on he definitely cured that ailment.