I, Davros - Guilt
Now crippled and barely held alive by a life support system of his own design, Davros has risen to levels of power and influence his mother could never dream of. At first targeted for abduction and execution by the Thals, and then rescued by a crack Kaled squad led by an amitious lieutenant named Nyder, Davros forms the elite scientific corps and demands total control of all resources and personnel. His plans for the children of Skaro are met with opposition from the Supremo and the Kaled council of twelve, and thus his first coup is staged - exterminating those who oppose him and carrying him forward on the tide to take his place in Kaled - and universal - history.
Thus ends the final chapter of I, Davros, bringing us within months of the events witnessed in Genesis of the Daleks. The unholy alliance of Davros and Nyder is formed, with Peter Miles reprising his role of over 30 years ago as if it was yesterday, and the Kaled military elite sweep into power with no-one to stop them. There is indeed no going back for the Kaled people, all their new infants are being mutated in the womb through mandatory injections and then placed in the incubation chambers to await the next phase of their lives. Davros no longer sees them as the children of Skaro but as his own, revisiting the oft-alluded-to notion of his "parenthood" despite his inability to be a father in his deformed condition.
There's not much more to say about this; I've gone on and on about how great the epic tale is, how much fun it was to see Davros emerge as the ruthless man we know him to be, and now to see the final link to his first appearance in the televised series - that of his association with Nyder - is just perfection.
I will say one thing though ... we are left hanging. This started as a trial, and there is no closing scene with the Daleks delivering any kind of verdict on Davros. Where does he go from here? We know he makes a return in the future in both audio and on television, but the essential step to those appearances is still missing. Maybe there is more story to tell?
NEXT EPISODE : THE YEAR OF THE PIG
Thus ends the final chapter of I, Davros, bringing us within months of the events witnessed in Genesis of the Daleks. The unholy alliance of Davros and Nyder is formed, with Peter Miles reprising his role of over 30 years ago as if it was yesterday, and the Kaled military elite sweep into power with no-one to stop them. There is indeed no going back for the Kaled people, all their new infants are being mutated in the womb through mandatory injections and then placed in the incubation chambers to await the next phase of their lives. Davros no longer sees them as the children of Skaro but as his own, revisiting the oft-alluded-to notion of his "parenthood" despite his inability to be a father in his deformed condition.
There's not much more to say about this; I've gone on and on about how great the epic tale is, how much fun it was to see Davros emerge as the ruthless man we know him to be, and now to see the final link to his first appearance in the televised series - that of his association with Nyder - is just perfection.
I will say one thing though ... we are left hanging. This started as a trial, and there is no closing scene with the Daleks delivering any kind of verdict on Davros. Where does he go from here? We know he makes a return in the future in both audio and on television, but the essential step to those appearances is still missing. Maybe there is more story to tell?
NEXT EPISODE : THE YEAR OF THE PIG
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