Episode 2: ‘Into the Dalek’

Air date: Saturday 30 August 2014, 7.30pm.

Directed by Ben Wheatley.

Written by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat.

Guest cast: Michael Smiley as Colonel Morgan Blue, Zawe Ashton as Journey Blue, Laura Dos Santos as Gretchen, Ben Crompton as Ross, Bradley Ford as Fleming, Michelle Morris as School Secretary, Nigel Betts as Mr Armitage.

Official synopsis: “A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, and only the Doctor can help them now… with the Doctor facing his greatest enemy, he needs Clara by his side. Confronted with a decision that could change the Daleks forever he is forced to examine his conscience. Will he find the answer to the question, am I a good man?”

Steven Moffat: “In the dying days of a bitter war, a beleaguered army has one last hope: a Dalek so damaged it has become good.  But can it be trusted? To find out, a miniaturised team, led by the Doctor and Clara, embark on a fantastic voyage into the Dalek itself…”

Steven Moffat: “Nothing will ever be the same again when Danny Pink enters the show.”

Steven Moffat: “We’re doing a really good Dalek one by saying they’re nasty. It’s actually quite a gritty Dalek adventure.”

Daily Star: “Peter Capaldi will fulfil a lifelong dream of fighting the Daleks in his first series as the new Doctor.”

Ben Wheatley: “[There’s] stuff I can’t talk about, that’s been very, very exciting for me.”

Phil Ford [one word hint for the episode]: “Lasagne.”

Phil Ford: “Oh, the things that I saw yesterday… And I can’t tell you any of them. All I will say is my eyes were burned with AWESOMENESS!”

Phil Ford [describing the episode in three words]: “Behind enemy lines.”

Phil Ford: “I’m over the moon in a TARDIS! And I don’t know how I’ve managed to keep quiet about it for so long! It’s a huge honour to write for Doctor Who at any time, to be writing Peter Capaldi’s second adventure is that to infinity! I can’t wait to get on to set.”

Ben Wheatley: “They’ve done everything [since the show’s return in 2005], they’ve tried all sorts of stuff. It seems to me the episodes that we’re doing now seem more like classic Who. We’re going back to that style. But you’ll have to wait and see.”

Ben Wheatley: “[Capaldi is] a massive Who fan. He knows Who inside out. And everything he does is very, carefully planned and thought about.”