Into The Dalek stakes one hell of a claim, though.

It’s to the credit of Phil Ford – returning to writing live action Doctor Who for the first time since The Waters Of Mars – and Steven Moffat, who try something a bit different. It’s to the credit too of the production team, and returning director Ben Wheatley, for realising it all so well too. As a consequence, the episode takes a less obvious approach, and emerges as one of the most downright enjoyable episodes of Who in the past year or two.

“I will do something amazing”

The central idea, of actually venturing inside Skaro’s finest, wisely skips past any big explanation of technology, instead opting for the required technobabble to get the Doctor, Clara and a small crew shrunk to requisite size (it’s a shame Rick Moranis wasn’t available to do it). Getting them out at the end of the episode is dealt with even more economically. Instead, the core focus here is on the simple idea of exploring a Dalek from the inside, by zapping everyone down to thimble size.

Thus, through the eyepiece goes a miniaturised crew, making good on the billed idea of sending the Doctor to the most dangerous place in the universe. It immediately lends itself to a fresh perspective on the Daleks too. We’ve seen their innards before, of course – remember Sylvester McCoy’s neck being grabbed in Remembrance? – but never in this level of detail. Here though, think a more successful Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS, just with a Dalek instead.