7.1 Asylum of the Daleks (SPOILER-FREE)

Plot: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Enemies: 4.5/5
Effects: 4.5/5
Overall: 4.25/5

Plot: The series seven opener starts of with a bang. Asylum of the Daleks is the story of Amy and Rory's breakup which ends up leading them and the doctor to a dalek parliament. The Doctor, Amy and Rory have to go down to an asylum planet where all the daleks that went insane belong. They have to switch off a force field with help from crashed victim Oswin Oswald.

Characters: The usual characters appear (The Doctor, Amy and Rory) and in this episode there is a few more characters. As always the main characters are great. The new characters that is  centered is Oswin Oswald. Oswin is a character who has crash landed on the dalek asylum and has been living on it for a year by making souffles. She has a secret though which is revealed.

Enemies: The daleks are back and they are better than ever. After the horrible 'Victory of the Daleks' they have just been stupid. The colorful daleks was just a stupid idea. The good news is we will not be seeing any more of that crap. Asylum of the Daleks on has the normal bronze daleks, a white dalek and some new dark red daleks. In this episode the daleks are at their scariest. The daleks at the asylum are insane and they will kill anything. This episode really did make the daleks scary again.

Effects: BOOM! BANG! BAM! Asylum of the Daleks is one of the most explosive (if the not the most explosive) episode of the show ever. There is at least 10 explosions in the first twenty seconds of the episode. If you like the explosions you will like the creepy CGI dalek stalks that come out of the dalek puppets. This episodes effects are fantastic.

Overall: Asylum of the Daleks is not the best episode in the season but it is still really good. It has a clever plot, neat characters, great enemies and stunning effects. I reccomend this episode to any fan (especially a dalek fan.)