DID IT SUCK? | Doctor Who [ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS REVIEW] 

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Oswin wasn’t just an insane Dalek who thought she was human - she was an actual crew member of the Alaska. She was captured and converted into a full Dalek, and created the imaginative reality to hide from the trauma.

The threat to the Daleks was that the Alaska ship got through the barrier, and if something can get in then everything can get out. They actually say that exact line at one point.

Oswin was an actual human who was converted into a dalek and she had made the imaginary world for herself to block out the trauma from being experimented on.

Amy’s Choice showed Rory’s desire/want to have kids. So although he hadn’t “always” wanted it, the writers had at least explored his feelings towards it before this episode.

I feel like an Asylum of a Doctor Who Monster would fit much better as a Cyberman Story than a Dalek one. It could *really* lean into the Horror Aspects, and the weird head-stalk things already had a cyber-counter part on Pete's World with the Ear Pieces, plus it'd mean that Clara's failed conversion would make sense, since the Daleks have literally never converted humans into Daleks (unless you count Satellite 5), but it's literally the Cybermen's whole thing.

It's a nice solid 8 for me. The reason the Daleks want the Asylum blown up is that they've lost control of their super secure technology and that something definitely not Dalek is surviving down there and might get millions of Daleks under their control. And it occurred to me that if the Doctor fails they get to see him die as a consolation prize. But mostly I like it because it is a comedy horror and a great romp.

I think they actually said the reason why the daleks wanted the asylum destroyed, although it was left a little vague. I think the force field had started to break down, hence why the Alaska was able to get in and the Doctor and co could transport inside. So the insane daleks could potentially get out en masse.

Outside of the Title Sequences, I’ve always thought Series 7 was the best visually looking season. The locations, effects and directing are probably the best it’s ever been. Each episode feels like it has it’s own distinct feel and visuals to it.

See for me it's such a kick in the balls we go from having a strong Dalek continuity in the RTD Era. Then in the moffat Era it starts off well, with the idea of 5 surviving paradigm Daleks. Then this episode airs and there's just hundreds of bronze daleks, like where were they during the past episodes, also they used to say 1 dalek could end the universe, then here there's hundreds that just sit there.

For me, Series 10 was peak Moffat. I was sceptical of her when she was announced but after seeing the episodes, Bill Potts is my favourite companion, and it didn’t feel overstuffed with Moffat’s silly arcs that he kept trying to force into everything.

Oswin: _Wipes the Daleks memory_ Dalek 1: _Sir, what's this random blue box in the middle of the room?_ Dalek 2: _Idk, just leave it there_

That 'Evil Dan' clip in the middle of the video caught me off guard. Hah-ho!!!

I think because you focus on small details and nitpicks in your videos, you seem to miss a lot of the main plot lines and developments in the episode. Oswin was a human that was converted into a Dalek, not a dalek that thought it was a human.

I just didn't understand where Amy's modelling career suddenly appeared from!!!!! When had she ever had a career except kissogram before?

I think the episode is pretty good honestly, don't see why it's so hated. yeah, it doesn't make much sense why dalek would have an asylum, but I usually just forget about that whilst watching the episode because it's just a fun time.

The Daleks forgetting the Doctor is pointless, the divorce subplot makes no sense and is pointless. What is the deal with this episode

Special weapons Dalek was an awesome addition but it’s criminal that they didn’t use it for anything.

I think this is a somewhat underrated episode. It wasn’t incredible but it was still a cool idea overall.

"THE DALEKS HAVE NO CONCEPT OF E-LE-GANCE"

there's a miniepisode that takes place before this ep which kind of shows us why the break up

Once series 7 is done I just want to see a re review of heaven sent tbh

It really needed to be asylum of the cybermen instead, a bunch of classic and new cybers with broken inhibitor chips 🤯 works way more than an emotionless creature suffering emotional damage 🤷‍♂️

I thought this episode was always my favorite Dalek story. I don’t believe that anymore, but I still love it for it’s unique atmosphere and amazing twist. It fooled me when I first saw it!

I go back and forth on this one. It's the second best of 2012's Series 7 episode, but given what else we have (Power of Three, Town called Mercy.) Biggest thing to note. Oswin WAS Human, but got turned into a Dalek. Similar to all those people that were killed on the Game Station.

I remember in the classic series with the six doctor were humans got converted into Daleks.

Dat Evil Dan reference before it was a thing 😆

Osein was human though

What did oswins "mutant" form did she look like? Was it akin to stengos from revelation, that glass dalek? Was she cut to pieces, how much of her body was left?

This is actually one of my favorite episodes, it was one of the few that actually gave me chills since I was a kid.

I love the fact you don't like Clara either. It's so warming 😂 I can't wait til you rip into Series 7b!!!! Also... if the Daleks forgot the Doctor wouldn't they just exterminate the intruder on sight? 😂😂 The only thing that keeps the Doctor alive on most occasions is because there's history. He showed up and taunted the Daleks. He should've been gone 😂😂. But yeah... can't kill the main character.

Some people complain that most doctor who reviews praise RTD but bash on Moffat. The excuse is that some of the episodes are really good as standalone pieces. And there is my answer as to why Moffat episodes suck so much. Even if the episode is passable just knowing that it is tied to other episodes that suck makes it suck a little more. It doesn't ruin them but it is the difference between a 7/10 and a 5/10 in my opinion. Just knowing the spectacular finales that the episodes in RTD era were building toward elevates them. Knowing that Moffat episodes are building toward Clara and Danny Pink make me hate them.

I don't mind the episode, perfectly passable. The only change I'd make is substituting the Daleks for Cybermen. All the weird nitpicks I can think of are totally solved or are less canon/characterisation breaking with that change. The "nano cloud" works better as a Cyberman thing as they are literally known for converting people. Oswin being a rogue cyberman stuck in the asylum that's accidentally allowed to tap into the cybermens network makes more sense than a human turned dalek shut away and chained up being able to broadcast signals and erase dalek databases. Also an asylum for cybermen who either had faulty conversions or broken inhibitor chips that didn't kill them but drove them to insanity. The cybermen converting the dead is a thing in season 8 so the converted skeletons makes sense there too. This being a cyber story rather than a dalek story makes more sense in every way

Would 👏 have 👏 been 👏 better 👏 if 👏 it 👏 was 👏 a 👏 Cybermen 👏 episode 👏

Imagine it took the whole series for them to get back together, only to immediately be sent back in time together

This was a good video to fall asleep to. I’m not calling in boring but it was calming

8:32 ended me

It's a good day when a Doctor Who episode - particularly a Matt Smith one - scrapes a 5 from Harry! Escaping the bottomless pit of 4/10 but just barely! To be honest, this is one of my favourite episodes. The ending twist gets me every time. Every time I see this I find myself just hoping that somehow Oswin won't be a Dalek. But every time, she is. Something about the doctor entering the room and seeing Oswin as a Dalek... and the moment Oswin herself realising she has been turned into a Dalek.... damn. Gets me every time. To me, this episode is a solid 9.

why couldn't Amy and Rory consider adoption if they wanted kids?

I like every episode of S7A.... but this is probably my least favourite. 1. Angels 2. Power of Three 3. Dinosaurs/Mercy 4. Dalek

I really like this mini section of series 7. Way better than Claras half. Can't wait to see the videos for the others. Dinosaurs on a spaceship and power of three are some of my absolute favourites

I thought the thing with Tenet with you missing things was limited to just that but its clear you don't even pay attention to things in Doctor Who either, It makes your analysis hard to take seriously. Oswin wasn't a Dalek who thought it was human, she literally was a human who was turned into a Dalek. The Doctor even explains this in the episode. If you meant to say its weird that she still thinks shes a human sure, but the Doctor explains that too. You keep making such silly mistakes, and for that reason i'm out.

Good timing, I love your Doctor Who reviews! I was always so indifferent to this episode to be honest. Had some good elements to it but you like said, it is a mess.

I was silently waiting for you to review this I started watching your videos

Asylum of Deez Nuts

Just watched this today as well

The one criticism I’ll never quite get is “Why did they convert Oswin?” Like the Daleks didn’t converts thousands upon thousands of people into other Daleks in season one

Did you watch the mini series pond life? If you haven't give it a watch

Rory wanting kids was established in Amy's Choice, duh. Also, Pond Life is a thing.

Clara: "I bake souffles." The Doctor: "SOUFFLES... Where do you get the milk?" [The Doctor stares at Clara's breasts] The Doctor (Angry): "...You make me SICK!"

I like this episode, mainly cause it doesn't have the Daleks being defeated again

It sucked on so many levels :( a total missed opportunity and so many plot holes. Oswins voice being human over the comms but a Dalek when the Doctor finds her being one of the worst. The Daleks wanting to purge the asylum but after saying they can't destroy hatred, Daleks being scared, Why would Daleks need a parliament? What they hell are they going to debate? The constant retcon of Dr Who lore is pretty tedious at times

When you gonna review rest of inside no 9

Just another Dalek? You're not usually this sloppy. You're basing your review on a misunderstanding, poor show indeed.

If the 50th and christmas special count as season 7 then I think season 7 might only have 3 good stories (7/10 or higher)

Mixed bag indeed, I think a 5 is appropriate. Good ideas but some poor executions and lines that actually mean it makes no sense. For example I like the stylistic choice of the viewer seeing her as she sees and hears herself but then... yeah how do they hear her like a human? Would the Daleks have a parliament? As if they are a fucking democracy?? Already have an emperor and supreme as established so where do they fit in? Where did they even come from? Last time we saw them there were 5 new paradigm ones and all the bronze ones had been wiped out PLUS Victory established they won't mix with the bronze ones as they are 'inferior' SO WTF MOFFAT U R FORGETTING YOUR OWN CANON AT THIS POINT. Oh and as for Amy and Rory's marriage... who cares? Do you? They resolve it somehow anyway so what was even the point? Did it really add anything or need to be in there? Same with the human Dalek concept I just don't think it works or was necessary and detracts from the really cool premise of an asylum we could be exploring so its a great shame there's just too many things that don't get explained or don't make sense and contradict previous events

Yeah this episode was always just another "oh we get to see the daleks again" but nothing much after that. Solid 5/10 imo

i love this episode ngl

Yes

I for one would say that I didn’t like season 5 despite some episodes being good the over all season ark wasn’t great. While I liked Matt Smith and liked the over all ark of the river thingy in season 6 the individual episodes mostly sucked. Then season 7- I loved season seven and the 50th anniversary. The trilogy of name, day and time too

This episode was the beginning of the end of Doctor Who.

How do you keep missing the point with Moffatt's stories

The asylum of the Daleks in my opinion is the best Mofit Dalek episode.

The parliament of the Daleks is a wired idea.

He stops shilling at 2:28

I still think this story makes a hell of a lot more sense if you change the Daleks for Cybermen. Daleks are meant to be all about racial purity, they'd not bother with human daleks, they'd not keep insane daleks, they'd not do conversions, they're far more cyberman-esque traits

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No it doesn’t suck it was Brilliant

This episode was the reason that I stopped watching Doctor Who completely; I just did not like it whatsoever. So many things are wrong about it, so many things are so ridiculous, and so many things that cemented the fact that I didn't like the direction Doctor Who was going at the time. In the present of me writing this, I can at least say this: It could've been worse...it could've been what Doctor Who's turned into these days. But still, this episode really threw me out of watching Doctor Who, as I tolerated Series 5 & 6, trying to see the good stuff in it, but this was the final straw. So, yes; it did suck.

I like Asylum of the Daleks

Series 7 is really bad but I think this episode isn't one of the reasons why its much better than the other episodes this season apart from the angels take manhattan

Series 7 is the most underrated series of New Who and is the best of the Smith series'.

Before i get into this video , why do you need sponsorship that takes out 2 minutes loong ? Im not sayig dont do it it s just 10 seconds isnt good enough for them ? Or why wont you mention them at the end of the video ?

Man for someone who reviews things you sure don't pay attention to what you are watching dawg, yes they were talking about the doctor coming back and yes the threat of annihilation brought them back together, like jeez man watch what you are watching please

This will probably come across as blasphemous to most, but I've always found Doctor Who to be, while wildly inventive, consistently poorly executed.

To me, this episode was greater than the sum of its parts. Great nitpicking though, broseph, you should make a career out of it.

7/10

This story deserves a lower rating.

Seriously, Harry? I always have a great time watching this episode, although I absolutely accept it’s not perfect. Then somebody comes along with a well-reasoned objective commentary and gives it a five out of ten! I’m unsubscribing. I’ve decided I don’t like hearing opinions that aren’t my own.

imo this episode was so bad, felt like someone just improved it as they went

Amy: I didn't kick you out... I gave you up. Hanna: *BULLSHIT!!!!* 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬 (Amy and Rory instantly paused their argument and whirl around to look at Hanna) Rory: Hanna??? Hanna: That is *ABSOLUTE* bullshit!!!! Of course he loves you more! He waited 2,000 years outside a box for you! And... (She marches forward towards them and stands in between them. Rory behind her and Amy infront of her. She tackles Amy and strikes her down to the ground. Knocking her away from Rory and coming to his aid. She then gets right into her face and snarls) ...Don't you dare say that it doesn't matter *BECAUSE IT DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!* 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 (Amy froze. She looks at Hanna in surprise. Caught by her attention. Hanna continues with a snarl.) Hanna: He was awake and conscious the entire time but for you, it was passed in a blink of an eye! He has loved you unconditionally, pretty much for as long as you can remember him. But all you *EVER* did to him was treat him like a spare part! You were marrying him and yet on your wedding night, you *NEVERED* not even one single moment had told him that you loved him! You were not capable of waiting for *40 years* for him and yes, I know that you were aging but so what! You *knew* that it would've been Rory who would've to come for you and yet, you couldn't! (Amy gets herself back up and retorts her) Amy: I don't remember any of that. It didn't happen for me! (Hanna gives her a *REALLY* hard shove and comes back at her with a snarl) Hanna: But still, it *HAPPENED* for him!!!! Did he ever tell you what he said when he found the older version of you?? HUH???????? (She looks over her shoulder at Rory for a moment and turns back to Amy) Hanna: *NO!!* OF COURSE HE DIDN'T!!! He'd want to spare your feelings but quite frankly, I do *NOT* give a toss about your feelings! He told you that you growing old did *NOT* mean anything to him! He told you that all he cared about when seeing you old is that you hadn't been able to grow old together! So how in all the damn universe could you *EVER* think that he would have thought of you any differently just because you can't have kids?! Have you never heard of "adoption" and did he ever tell you what he said that he can remember it??? That he remembers *EVERY* second of sitting outside of *THAT* box! He didn't have to do it! You would've been perfectly safe on your own, but he waited anyway. Because *YOU* 👈 were *EVER* so slightly more safe with him there! He single-handedly, dragged the Pandorica out of a burning building! He was made of _plastic_ and he walked _through the fire_ for you! And honestly, I cannot see why. He deserves someone who loves and appreciates him, but he settles with just needed by you! As long as you need him around, *HE. IS. HAPPY.* And yet somehow, (She inches closer into her face and screams at the top of her lungs) *YOU'RE TOO HIGH AND MIGHTY TO SEE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 (Hanna clenches both her fists and inhales a REALLY deep breath just as she was about to scream more at her but pauses as Rory clips the nanoblocker around her left wrist. Hanna whirls around and stares at both him and the nanoblocker on her wrist before turning back to meet Amy's gaze. Amy doesn't say anything. Hanna looks straight into her eyes and says some final words to her. She says it in a low, stern, voice.) Hanna: It needed to be said. And you *needed* to hear it. (Amy looks at her still silent. Hanna gives her one last "death glare" before turning away from the both of them and walks far to the side of the teleport pad with her face buried in her hands) THE END.

Normally you do a pretty good goid job, but somehow you missed a LOT on this episode. to name a few …. The tragedy is that Oswin WAS a human and is NOW a Dalek and their is nothing the Dr can do about it. So you missed the whole point. This is why they need the protection of the wrist band. As for the divorce papers. Rory is SIGNING them and returning the. to Amy. Because Amy filed for divorce. Rory is just agree to it. So somehow the two biggest points of the episode you completely missed. You used to be better then this, what happened? You seam to only he half watching and then writing your script based on you preconceived opinion to support you rating

I loved this episode. It was the only Clara episode that didn't suck

Forgettable except for 11 & 12?