What can audiences expect from the New Years Day special? Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks. How did Aisling Bea and Adjani Salmon come to be involved? 26 Jun 2023 15:47:05 So we actually got so much work done. We also meet Nick heartfelt, hopelessly optimistic and wielding Monopoly. Whats also interesting is how well this could have served as a regeneration story if the final few minutes had played out differently. After that, this potential extra wrinkle companions needing to survive long enough to reach the minutes the next loop will encompass never gets mentioned again. That said, the fact this nit exists to pick is testament to how tightly the rest of the story has been written. At ELF storage, the owner Sarah is leaving a message for her business partner Jeff, who has once again failed to show up to help on New Year's Eve. The trio find the rejuvenated TARDIS in the wreckage, with the Doctor promising to take them to find some lost treasure while Karl Wright, unaware of the true going-ons, gleefully records the fireworks display. I think its really nice to give yourself a goal because prior to me giving myself goals, I used to say I have no willpower and I have to eat all the cakes and cookies I see! Whether the Doctor is going to reciprocate was left up in the air after Dan's "My mate fancies you" act.. There was also some lovely interplay between Yaz and Dan, reflecting that they spent several years stranded together in the early 20th century without the Doctor during Flux. Same old same old. "[8], "Eve of the Daleks" and "Legend of the Sea Devils" received a joint DVD and Blu-ray release in Region 2/B on 23 May 2022,[18] in Region 1/A on 28 June 2022,[19] and in Region 4/B on 13 July 2022. If he had a New Years resolution at this point, what do you think it would be? It doesnt matter if you dont stick to them. Same old same old. Also, I tend to make resolutions throughout the year. A TARDIS reboot causes an ever-shrinking temporal stutter that the Daleks exploit as an opportunity to kill the Doctor. Nick is her only customer - again. But we luckily had a fantastic crew who were fast and extremely efficient so we always managed to get it done. It was Nancy Wilsons 1963 recording of What Are You Doing New Years Eve? What makes a Dalek so frightening is no matter how many times you think youve defeated them they always come back. There was a time I went to a friends birthday at Dunns River Falls which is a waterfall that falls into the sea. But also there was just five of us the entire time and that was so much fun. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest theyve ever known. The Daleks The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Chase Mission to the Unknown The Daleks' Master Plan. 18:41 Doctor Who Reaction - Eve of the Daleks AlicePlays Reactions 0:48 Doctor Who: Eve Of The Daleks Trailer - BBC National World - Film & TV Clips & Trailers 0:50 Doctor Who : bande-annonce pour le special du Nouvel An 2022, Eve of the Daleks (VO) PremiereFR 0:37 Doctor Who (2005) Episode spcial "Eve of the Daleks" Teaser VO Allocin 58:14 An interview with Annabel Scholey, who played Claire in Flux. In the first loop, Sarah chastises her mother for calling at four minutes to midnight. I knew Adjani from his web series Dreaming Whilst Black so when his name was put name forward I was excited, as was Chris. What has gone wrong with time? He pretends to have some stuff to put in storage and to mistake the Dalek for a robotic employee. but from a production perspective its remarkably effective hearing the traditional weapon fire effect revved up this way just makes the Daleks seem more intimidating than usual, somehow. Even though the most feared creatures in the universe can be slow-moving and lousy shots (when the plot demands it), any adventure featuring the polycarbide-armored malignant blobs is usually worth the couch time. The episode follows the thirteenth series as a New Year's Day special. Its this unpredictability and a sense that the mutant is really savouring its mission that makes this one of the most chilling uses of a Dalek since, well, Dalek. Yaz (Mandip Gill) has fallen in love with the Doctor! Release details Story number: 298 Premiere broadcast: 1 January 2022 Premiere network: BBC One Format: 1x58 minute episode Memorable moment it was like comedy gold dust just being on set with them, they were making us laugh the whole time. that opened the programme coming from the same year Doctor Who first aired. Travel in the TARDIS with clips dating back to the Doctor's first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations. Just this once, everybody dies! At one point the Dalek said I am not Nick. She will use the sonic to bounce their life signals around so that the Daleks don't know where they are. These reversals of fortune are part of what makes this story work so well. 23:57. Nick (Briggs) who actually speaks, speaks live and you hear him live as well. The Doctor finds Sarah's body in the lift and is also killed. I had a guitar and everything. Theres the promise of a full TARDIS reset, for one thing (I personally was hoping to see the original console room when the doors opened) but theres also a surprising cameo from Karl the same Karl who was being chased by Tim Shaw back in The Woman who Fell to Earth and apparently lives in Manchester now. Yaz is sent to the 5th floor to collect Sarah and Nick. Same old same old. The relationship between Aisling (Bea) and Adjani (Salmon) is great - there are some ad libs they dropped in which Chris kept in as they are great comic actors and both very funny. It felt like we were welcomed into a family. Meanwhile, the Doctor attempts to reset the TARDIS to remove the damage and anomalies caused by the Flux. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest theyve ever known. She emailed me and asked if I was interested in meeting her and later Chris (Chibnall), and it went from there. There was a sense of claustrophobia a little bit because were in this warehouse, but it was all filmed in a bunker, people were saying was a nuclear bunker it felt like one even if it wasnt one! The entire Doctor Who clique is like a family and a unit. Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks episodes (1) 1 Eve of the Daleks 1/1/22 Season-only New Year's Eve. Thats the realm of might-have-been, though. Orchestrated by Alec Roberts By Chris Allcock |. This episode is all about time loops, if you were stuck in a time loop yourself and had to repeat a big moment what would you do again? Shes got mixed emotions and is toying with things at the time of this episode and yet really when someone confronts her, she doesnt answer so I think Id say to Yaz to take her own advice. How are the central trio managing off the back of Flux? As the forces of evil mass, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan face impossible odds. We only got brief mentions of the Flux being the reason the Tardis needed a reset, and the events of Flux were the motivation for the Daleks animosity to the Doctor this time around. What they brought to the characters and what they brought to the episode was really fun, a lot of high energy, a lot of farce, high stakes in this very groundhog, Russian Doll environment. The continuing references to rivalries between Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield might be baffling to the international audience, but when Yaz said there was to be no dissing of her mate, because that was her job, you could feel an evolved relationship. According to Chris Chibnall in the official press release for the first 2022 action-packed spectacular, Sarah and Nick will have to deal with both romance and Daleks in "a New Year's Eve from . The Dalek corners him again and he is exterminated. Therefore, they plan to take a holiday on an alien beach, where it seems the Doctor has promised to tell Yaz about her past. Can you tell us a bit about how you came on board for this project, and what attracted you to the job? Nick has an 'embarrassing' crush on Sarah. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Because theyre both from a world of comedy which Im not from or Mandips not from (but obviously John is!) Whew. He ducks between the two Daleks targeting him, allowing them to destroy each other. 3. [5] The first two 2022 specials were filmed in the same production run as the thirteenth series. That figure isnt just for the current series every episode since 2005 is currently available but it does suggest the important place the BBC still sees Doctor Who having in its drama lineup. Thats pretty awesome! Stalked by a Dalek in the shadows the Doctor. There was a time where Jodie, Aisling and I really convinced ourselves that it would be a good idea to do a music video because there was a big silver gate and it reminded us of Girls Alouds Sound of the Underground. There are different ways of dying but when a Dalek exterminates you, you sort of freeze. Whether the Doctor is going to reciprocate was left up in the air after Dans My mate fancies you act. Original theme music by Ron Grainer It was just us five in this wet tunnel and we get on so well with the crew but youre in a storage unit, theres only so much space and theyve got shelves up. The Den of Geek quarterly magazine is packed with exclusive features, interviews, previews and deep dives into geek culture. "Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils" collects the latest two specials starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor. Its like a time loop, in the time loop it finds us in Manchester on New Years Eve where the Daleks are about to take out the Doctor forever. Be the first to know about the latest Doctor Who products and updates. Its certainly not a comedy episode, but it has its fair share of funny lines. It might be a charitable assessment of Whittakers blunt, emotionally-distant incarnation, but its a point well made about the character as a whole somewhere in the Thirteenth Doctors head, memories of Rose still linger. It was really fun to be working with Aisling and Adjani. Its quite common in sci-fi for people to become gradually aware of time loops over several iterations, but the story doesnt have time for that, so everyones immediately clued into whats happening and we learn some of the nuts and bolts of how the episode will work: the exit is shielded, the place is full of Jeffs random contraband, and the Dalek is predicting what their actions will be in each loop based on what they tried in the immediate past. The Daleks reveal they have detected the TARDIS' energy signature and have come to execute the Doctor for her actions in "The Vanquishers". He jokes that there better be another loop for him to come back to. Sarah tells her to call her back later, when she hears movement behind her, thinking it's Nick. On Halloween, all across the universe, terrifying forces are stirring. We started going away for New Year and we go to a hotel with friends and our New Years Day tradition is to get up and walk to the pub through some fields and then walk back, regardless of the weather and the sore heads from the night before! We heard there was a music video being created on set? For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek story" is one in which, Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list, https://www.doctorwhonews.net/2022/01/eve_of_the_daleks_overnight_viewing_figures.html, https://web.archive.org/web/20220111223955/https://www.thinkbox.tv/research/barb-data/top-programmes-report/, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. We laughed A LOT! Thats a very deep question. Yes, Sarah, its Monopoly at Christmastime. We haven't just been imagining it. The forces of darkness are in control. The actors (in the Daleks) are so great I didnt even know actors were in there! The Doctor starts the reboot and the trio flee as the console room collapses behind them, emerging into the basement of ELF storage. Can the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) save them and survive into the New Year? Dan is not too pleased with their location, but the Doctor is hopeful that they will find a good party. Theres no time to sort of reflect on everything that has gone on. He is just keeping their stuff in case they ever ask for it back. The Daleks have been around quite a few times since Ive been in Doctor Who but every time you become more familiar with them. Meanwhile the lights go completely black in Nick's storage unit. Do you have any New Years Day traditions? We havent just been imagining it. Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan, whose true feelings for the Doctor are revealed. New Years Eve. [7], "Eve of the Daleks" aired on 1 January 2022, and is the first of the three 2022 specials. They end up in a time loop where he has to do so before time runs out! In the New Years Day special we are in a storage facility in Manchester and ten minutes to midnight on New Years Eve and its a time travel loop romantic comedy with Daleks, Aisling Bea and Adjani Salmon. The Doctor decides to go and find Nick herself, who is actually coping perfectly well on his own. Sarah is working - again. @taskbaarchitect, Chris Allcock is a professional writer and games designer with more than fifteen years experience in the video game industry, whose print portfolio includes works such. From the actors perspective, filming a repetitive moment or the replaying of the same moment in time the Groundhog Day sequences where we exit the TARDIS and you realise that time is playing a loop - its actually really fun to shoot because you end up shooting really quick. The Thirteenth Doctor faces her final battles against Daleks, Cybermen and the Master. I have to say being on set the episode feels like its going at a million miles an hour even though youre hitting the same moment every time, so I found that fascinating. Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them? "Eve Of The Daleks" smartly realizes that a time loop provides a perfect metaphor for people who feel stuck in their liveswhether they're bogged down by a job they hate, like storage facility. In my head we were really going to do this music video and then it didnt happen. Unfortunately, more Daleks have crept up behind them and they are killed again. New Years Eve. Title sequence by Ben Pickles Having him there for the Thirteenth Doctors final adventure would have made for quite the narrative bookend. Were missing one key player in all this, of course well, two, if you count a criminally underused Pauline McLynn as Sarahs Mum. Save. Why is an Executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? The Dalek responds 'Daleks do not store stuff'. The first episode tells a "Groundhog Day"-type story in which the Doctor and her companions Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Dan Lewis (John Bishop) find themselves trapped in a recurring time-loop . One thing I took away is how much easier it is when you have a solid team. Maybe its all the real estate offered by the ELF Storage facility, but the constraints of pandemic filming seem a lot more obvious here than they did during Flux. On a planet that shouldnt exist, the Doctor and her friends face a battle to survive. Its a really nice, essentially easy watch but not because there is a lot at stake but at the same time, having come off the back of Flux which has been quite an intense series, its a little bit different for people. watching EOTD, hearing the doctor say that speech made me feel a bit better. What would Yazs New Years resolution be at this point in the story? The Doctor discovers the British army at war with Sontarans in the Crimea. It was incredibly complicated - I have the grid on my whiteboard at home! Nick's unit is filled with items that belonged to his ex-, ELF Storage's entrance hall is adorned with, Sarah inherited ELF Storage from her deceased great-, The Doctor claims she and Yaz "would be so good on, Mary tells her daughter that New Year's Eve is the best time to meet a, One of Jeff's storage units is filled with shelves full of cans of, This episode has the longest cold opening in the franchise, running just over 00:09:10. We are also going to meet 19th-century Chinese pirate Ching Shih. What I want the audience to take away with them is a feeling of happiness and a warm glow inside. Episode 102 How has the Doctor and Yazs relationship developed since they first met each other? Despite Whittakers impending departure, Chibnall opted for the former. Aisling was a bit like the director, she gave us our lines. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Looking hilariously true to their original 1970s appearance! On the 1st floor, Nick puts a label in front of the Monopoly box in his storage unit when suddenly the lights go out. Make time to move, even if its just to walk. It was just easy, and it felt very comfortable straight away. In this serial, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companion Jamie (Frazer Hines), shortly after losing the TARDIS, are transported to 1866, where the Daleks . And for you to be killed by a Dalek would be so horrendous! So what could be better than watching a Rom Com with Daleks! Nick tricks the Daleks into destroying his exes' belongings, thanking them for the therapy. I was in my element and my family thought it was the best thing that ever happened. Eve of the Daleks Episode aired Jan 1, 2022 58m IMDb RATING 6.7 /10 2.7K YOUR RATING Rate Adventure Drama Sci-Fi Sarah owns and runs ELF storage, and Nick is a customer who visits his unit every year on New Year's Eve. It was just bizarre. Intending to spend time at a beach, she, Yaz, and Dan exit in the storage facility instead. [15] The episode received an Audience Appreciation Index score of 77. This includes: stolen or illegal goods, food, humans or animals (dead or alive in either case), and anything that could be considered hazardous, toxic or radioactive. Triggered by hearing Sarah's mother calling her phone, the Daleks shoot the trap and ignite the fireworks, which causes the facility to explode and bury the Daleks underneath. More information. The site's consensus reads "Doctor Who scales back and is all the better for it with a New Year's special that finds fresh notes within a self-contained yarn. On the 5th floor, The Doctor and Yaz explore and find a room which appears to be where Jeff lives. Directed by Annetta Laufer Writing Credits (in alphabetical order) Cast (in credits order) Produced by Music by Segun Akinola Cinematography by Robin Whenary . John was on the receiving end of it in episode one, where he was welcomed into the family and studios in Roath Lock and on location. The two arrive back in the lobby. Who is left to save the day? One of the Doctor's most feared nemeses will be back on our screens this New Year's Day as Doctor Who returns for a special episode entitled Eve of the Daleks. The TARDIS arrives in the basement, and Yaz asks where the beach is. Can you introduce us to Sarah and Nick? It was written for Aisling to be honest. Terminated' before he falls to the same fate. The cast and creator of Eve Of The Daleks reveal all about the episode, which will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 7pm on New Years Day 2022. The first episode tells a "Groundhog Day"-type story in which the Doctor and her companions Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Dan Lewis (John Bishop) find themselves trapped in a recurring time-loop . John was like, Can I get in? and I was like, Hes so brave, Ive been here for years, and Ive not asked to get in, but I wish I was more that person!. The idea of doing a romantic comedy with Daleks as the obstacle felt nice, the idea of doing a time loop romantic comedy felt really nice. For this episode we worked with Aisling Bea and Adjani Salmon. She also had to deal with the Daleks finally learning to combat the sonic screwdriver. She attempts to sound authoritative and order it off her property, but it pays her no heed, killing her. She suggests using one of the loops to enact a decoy plan feeding false information for the Daleks to ingest which will get them out of the way long enough to escape. What is the Flux? Why are they having to live through the same moments again? [20] The episode was included in the home media set for the 2022 specials, released in Region 2/B on 7 November 2022. She flees to a heavy rusted door, which is not blocked by the force-field, but is killed before she can escape. "Eve of the Daleks" was written by showrunner and executive producer Chris Chibnall. Im thinking could I go back and do something better? The answer is probably no. Nick pulls out a Monopoly board, worried the paper might count as hazardous. A regular customer, Nick, arrives asking to access his storage unit, asking Sarah to run through the list of items that cannot be stored. Once again, we see that Doctor Who doesnt need a huge budget, overburdened scripts or universe-ending antimatter waves to succeed. The Doctor: Congratulations. Coinciding with the conclusion of Doctor Who: Flux, the BBC has released a trailer for its Doctor Who New Year's Special Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks; check it out here Sarah (Aisling Bea) owns and runs Elf storage, and Nick (Adjani Salmon) is a customer who visits his unit every year on New Year's []The post Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks trailer released by the BBC appeared first . is all it takes for the Daleks to fire on the explosives, taking them out, along with the whole building. New Year, New Who. Why is an Executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Have you always been a Doctor Who fan, and if so what are some of your own favourite episodes or specials from previous series? The next loop will probably start at 23:54. Warning: this review contains spoilers for Doctor Who Eve of the Daleks, You go through all those presents and right at the end, tucked away at the bottom, theres always one stupid old satsuma. At the same time, they are just thrown into a new adventure and they dont have time to think about the gravitas of the Flux at that point. Once, Upon Time On a planet that shouldn't. Hour-long special Eve of the Daleks was the most . The episode feels a lot less cinematic and big-budget than Flux, but is no worse off for it. Recorded by Olga FitzRoy It is always going to have Daleks, whose menacing sink-plunger first appeared on 21 December 1963. Happy New Year. We just had such fun. It takes a lot of work but also the delight of the decreasing amount of time across each time loop, so each time loop was separately plottedit took a lot of work and it was really rewarding. Nick is her only customer again. The most evil creature in the universe has successfully vanquished an old door. So because you set it up, youre covering so many moments that its only slightly different. The new Panopticon forum is now open with other boards to follow shortly! The reason I decided to join Doctor Who was because I knew such a genre bending, epic story telling format was going to be a huge and fun challenge for me to embark on. "Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils" collects the latest two specials starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor. There was no other audience, just my family, and I remember thinking I am absolutely brilliant! For me if I could go back and relive that moment, those are the moments where I probably realised I loved performing. Im not saying audience want us to be exterminated, perhaps they do, but I just think thats what you tune in for, the trepidation and you know when these things come something is about to go down. They are not trying to destroy the world they are trying to destroy the Doctor in payment for what has been done to the Daleks at the end of the previous series. Aisling (Bea) can flip her voices and characters and all that so there was loads of messing about and having a laugh. The first episode tells a "Groundhog Day"-type story in which the Doctor and her companions Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Dan Lewis (John Bishop) find themselves trapped in a recurring time-loop . Nick is her only customer again. The forces of darkness are in control. She finds several rooms filled respectively with taxidermy animals, stolen holiday goods and thousands of tins of 'Beef'n'Beans'. Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them and survive into the New Year? Eve of the Daleks (2/2): - TW// but after i found out i had diabetes, i was in a state of depression, self loathing, & having su*cidal thought. Unfortunately, they cannot be inside the ship when it does so, or they would die. The story, along with the proceeding story, Legend of the Sea Devils, were released on Region 2 DVD and Region B Blu-ray on 23 May 2022 and will be released on Region 1 DVD and Region A Blu-ray on 28 June 2022. Nicholas Briggs has been providing the Dalek voices since 2005. These are execution Daleks theyve got slightly different weapons and have very much come with a very clear purpose for this. In the lobby, Sarah receives a phone call from her mother, who is worried the lines will be busy at the bongs. She asks if he has been practising saying that. As a filmmaker Im watching it thinking I want this energy when Im on set!. Why is an executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Weirdly we sort of forget about the emotional turmoil that weve all been through, to some degree. Why is an Executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Running out of minutes, the Doctor realises that the Daleks weakness is that theyre anticipating the humans actions based on what they got up to in the previous loop. He becomes part of the family very quickly and then hes welcoming in new people as guest artists come in across the series and the specials. My first introduction to Adjani was when we did the read through on Zoom and he was absolutely hilarious and I couldnt wait for his energy and Aislings energy, theyre so different and they complement each other so well. Sometimes the best things in life are the simple pleasures. Nick (Adjani Salmon) is her only customer - again. Written by Chris Chibnall "Anyone else got a proper Dj Vu?" New Year's Eve. They agree to meet on the 5th floor to look for weapons in Jeff's storage collection. Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks is available now on BBC iPlayer. Dalekimage BBC/Terry Nation 1963. (, The three years that Yaz, Dan and Jericho spent in the past is revealed to have actually have become, Dan mentions Yaz watching the hologram of the Doctor during their four years trapped in the, Dan recalls his failed attempt to start a relationship with, The Doctor mentions not having seen "this much, The destruction of ELF Storage is witnessed by, The TARDIS has used time loops on several previous occasions to save. Yaz asks 'where's the beach?'. Its a nice idea, but Sarah herself is gunned down almost immediately in loop six and yet shes alive and well next time around. The Doctor performs a scan, finding that they are in Manchester on New Year's Eve. The Doctor seems to agree with this assessment, and heads off to save him. Yaz (Mandip Gill) has fallen in love with the Doctor! Yes - Aisling, Mandip and Jodie decided they were the new Girls Aloud and I was the cameraman! Did you have any standout memories from being on set? The Doctor uses the sonic to place life signals behind the mass, before fleeing through the basement door with the others. If Sarah had been the one to insist on doing the saving, there would have been some emotional heft to this, but Nick ends up rescuing himself and ultimately its just a slightly odd diversion. Same old same old. After all that hes been through I think his New Years resolution would be to be brave to pursue whatever he wants. In the TARDIS, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan are about to initiate a reboot which will clear out all the Flux debris. I was never really a big Doctor Who fan when I was a kid. Thank you for taking the trouble to report this, we appreciatethe vigilance of our fans. The Doctor mocks it for failing to kill them, but this does not stop it from trying again.
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