Stories Television Doctor Who Series 13 Specials Eve of the Daleks 24 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 8 Statistics Quotes 26 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, January 1, 2022 Written by Chris Chibnall Directed by Annetta Laufer Runtime 60 minutes Story Type New Year, Special, Time Loop Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Base Under Siege, Cloister Bell, Consequences, Countdown, LGBTQA+, Lost the TARDIS, TARDIS is damaged, Time Loop, Time Travel Pivotal Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Flux, Thasmin Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Psychic Paper, Fireworks, Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, Manchester UK Viewers 4.4 million Appreciation Index 77 Synopsis Ten minutes until midnight and the dawning of 2022. With the Doctor's TARDIS out of action, the Doctor, Yaz, and Dan are forced to wait in an ordinary self-storage facility with only one customer. However, Dalek Executioners are on the hunt and a time loop forces the trapped allies to keep reliving the dying minutes of 2021. What has gone wrong with time? What do the Daleks want? As New Year's Day ticks ever closer, the Doctor's tactics will be pushed to the limit to break the loop and dodge extermination on a night where auld acquaintance can't be forgot. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker Yasmin Khan Mandip Gill Dan Lewis John Bishop Daleks Nicholas Briggs Karl Wright Spoiler!Click to reveal 👀 Show All Characters (5) How to watch Eve of the Daleks: Watch on iPlayer DVD Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils Blu-Ray Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils Blu-Ray The Series 13 Specials [Steelbook] Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 8 reviews 28 April 2025 · 24 words Review by Proudbandito 1 Fun concept and some nice character moments. It gets dragged down by wobbly logic and hit or miss jokes. But an enjoyable watch nonetheless. Proudbandito View profile Like Liked 1 11 April 2025 · 87 words Review by zachbot3000 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! A tight script that uses all its scenes to maximum effect. While I did enjoy the Flux season, there's a much better show in there if Chibnall would stop piling characters and plot points together in a mad race to the finish. So I very much loved the paired down nature of this special. I love the scenes of Dan playing matchmaker Gods what a good ally he is. Upon this rewatch of the whole show, it really feels like Yaz and The Doctor should be kissing!!!!!! zachbot3000 View profile Like Liked 0 16 March 2025 · 44 words Review by TransPirate 1 The only watchable episode Chibnall wrote for this era. Having no budget prevents his worst instincts and the charming guest stars basically make this work, I have never seen anyone pull something out of nothing as effortlessly and brilliantly as Aisling Bea does here. TransPirate View profile Like Liked 1 14 March 2025 · 80 words Review by Jamie 1 Okay, finishing my 13 era rewatch finally! I didn't enjoy this when I watched it many moons ago, and always found the hype to be really surprising. Well... I was wrong... I really enjoyed this. Small scale, very Big Finish-esque. Some really good moments and an enjoyable story overall, great character moments. Its a shame they decided so late to give Thasmin a proper go, because it really works in these final specials but we just didn't get enough of it. Jamie View profile Like Liked 1 19 July 2024 · 43 words Review by WhoPotterVian 2 Well that was a ridiculously fun episode. Great humour, great use of the time loop tropes and some very nice Dan-Yaz and Doctor-Yaz moments. Can't wait for the Sea Devils to FINALLY return this Easter! I've been hoping they'd do that for ages! WhoPotterVian View profile Like Liked 2 Show All Reviews (8) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating780 members 3.48 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating399 votes 3.65 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1468 Favourited 147 Reviewed 8 Saved 2 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite NICK: And when you say hazardous? SARAH: When I say hazardous? Well, I suppose I'd ask myself, if I set fire to this item, will it have potentially explosive or devastating consequences? NICK: So, this... would be okay? SARAH: Well, that's a board game. NICK: Yes. SARAH: Is it a toxic, hazardous or radioactive board game? — Eve of the Daleks Show All Quotes (26) Open in new window Transcript + Script [Reception] (A car pulls up at night outside what appears to be a 'Elf Storage'. The S is missing. The reception area has Christmas decorations up. A woman walks in, talking on her phone.) SARAH: Every year, every New Year's Eve, Jeff, you promise me that you'll work, and then you play me for the fool that I clearly am, and then just at the last minute, when you know, you know I have plans, you leave me high and dry, on my own, on New Year's Eve working in a business that you know I hate, but not as much I hate you, Jeff, and I do hate you. I wish I'd never employed you. So, yeah, can you call me back when you get a chance? Thank you. Oh! No! (Happy New Year messages popping up.) SARAH: Stop it! Go away! Oh, er, hiya, Nick.NICK: Happy nearly New Year, Sarah. Here we are again.SARAH: Yeah, yeah. Here we are again.NICK: No Jeff?SARAH: No. Astonishingly, no. No Jeff. It's become a little bit of a tradition now. Oh, my God!NICK: Sorry, are you busy on your phone?SARAH: Sorry, no, just my phone's broken, the button, and I can't put it on silent. And so obviously everyone's sending me messages and texts and pictures from their night, and unsurprisingly I don't really want to see them.NICK: Much better being here! You know, instead of all of those parties and people and drinks.SARAH: Yeah, I mean, it's not though,is it?NICK: I'm not really one for New Years.SARAH: Yeah. No, I know that, yes. So, you want to access your unit?NICK: Yes. Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)
