Coming upon a rogue Dalek that Missy claims killed Clara, the Doctor is about to destroy the agitated tin can at her prompting when it asks for mercy again and again. That stops the Doctor cold.

Clara doesn't seem to, as she gets in the empty Dalek shell. (RELATED REC: Go watch Asylum of the Daleks, Clara's first-ever episode of Who, to see just how comfy she can get in a Dalek casing.) ...

Kathleen: When Clara managed to get out "Mercy," I recalled instantly an actual Dalek begging for mercy, from River Song in Doctor Who Season 5 Episode 13 ("The Big Bang").

Clara gets the Dalek to say “mercy,”” which gives the Doctor pause. He asks why the Dalek hasn’t tried to kill him, and then tells the Dalek to open its casing, and Clara is revealed inside.

As Clara screams "I am Clara" from inside, all he hears is "I am a Dalek." Missy attempts to lie, telling the Doctor Clara was killed, but suddenly the Dalek says "mercy." ...

In “Into the Dalek,” 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.

At end of the "Into the Dalek," though, Clara fleshes this out: "You asked me if you were a good man, and the answer is 'I don't know,' but I think you try to be and I think that's probably the ...

So much happens in this episode and we haven’t even got to Clara and her teaching narrative. In her day job, she flirts naturally and meets new co-worker Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) and tries ...

Nothing like a Dalek saying: "We have waited long for this ultimate destiny. Now the Daleks are the masters of Earth" to really freak humanity out.

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