Like many good Davros scripts this brings to mind the look and feel of Genesis of the Daleks, though there is much more comedy to be had out of the "is he evil or not?" central premise of part 1. I like that Davros and The Doctor both begin as pawns in this story with Baines being the actual villain. Having heard I, Davros many years back, this story definitely reads as a pre-cursor. It leaves you wanting to learn more about him, learn more about his journey.

I appreciate how Davros sees the doctor as an equal here. To the point that he stops his murder to keep him an assistant. I adore how clever the 6th Doctor is, e.g. asking the food robot for copper wire to eat (to aid his escape).

Of course Davros ends up manipulating his way to power, hoping to create his own twisted vision of the future. So far so normal, but softening him with an (almost) former love interest was a fascinating choice and a difficult one to pull off. I love the revelation that she is the person who proposed the idea of the Daleks, with Davros stealing the idea for himself. It is shocking how he throws her under the bus when it transpires that she is in a relationship - not that they ever explicitly state that this was his reasoning.

Its an almost perfect play but is a little overlong, with the ending not being quite as innovative as the rest of the production (among other things The Doctor outruns an atomic bomb...!) It definitely leaves me wanting to dip back into I, Davros after all this time.