I was pretty excited for Day of the Daleks, with these enemies returning after a long time gone. Has any other show period shown such restraint with the Daleks (even if it was at least partially out of their control)? I'm not sure, but it had served Doctor Who well, enabling them to create a number of new mainstays for the series and build out the world and franchise a little bit. Plus, this serial seemed relatively well reviewed.

All that culminated in a pretty disappointing experience for me overall. It wasn't a terrible story, but I did find it very boring and not really worth following. The Daleks made a good transition to colour and while the production did a decent job of things, I feel like everything else about Day of the Daleks is just mediocre. Nothing exciting regarding time travel, the Daleks don't have a particularly unique scheme here in my opinion, and none of the characters really get to shine the way I would have hoped. It was a pretty lacklustre experience for me, and without the benefits of nostalgia, it doesn't seem like this serial has much working for it.