Originally broadcast21 April 2007
A young man, Laszlo, gives Tallulah, a showgirl, a rosebud before her nightly performance. As she leaves to take the stage, he investigates a sound, walks into a dark room, and is attacked by a creature that resembles a humanoid pig.
The Doctor and Martha arrive at the Statue of Liberty on November 1, 1930 and see the uncompleted Empire State Building. The Doctor reads a newspaper headline 'Hooverville Mystery Deepens' about people going missing. They go to Central Park where Hooverville is located. Solomon, leader of Hooverville, tells them that people disappear at night. He asks the Doctor why people can build the tallest building in the world but not help the starving people of Hooverville.
At the top of the Empire State Building, Mr Diagoras, a wealthy and ruthless businessman, orders a foreman to speed up construction on the mast. When the foreman refuses, Mr Diagoras summons one of his 'Masters', Dalek Caan, accompanied by two Pig Slaves. Dalek Caan has the foreman taken away for "the final experiment" and orders Mr Diagoras to recruit more "bodies".
Mr Diagoras arrives at Hooverville to recruit workers to clear a sewer collapse. Intrigued by an admission that people sometimes fail to return, the Doctor accepts the job for $1. Martha goes with him, along with Solomon and a young man named Frank. Mr Diagoras sends them half a mile in, but they find no obstruction, just a green lump of alien flesh. The Doctor examines and pockets it. Next they come across a lone Pig Slave. As the Doctor talks to it, more Pig Slaves arrive, and chase the Doctor and friends.
Mr Diagoras orders the crew working on the Empire State Building to attach strips of metal (taken from a Dalek's 'skirt') to the base of the mast, and to complete the task that night. The workers complain about the unsafe conditions, but comply after Diagoras threatens to replace them. After they leave, Dalek Caan discusses the construction with Mr Diagoras, and mentions that his planet was destroyed in a war, while humans survive across time, building and rebuilding New York City. Mr Diagoras tells the Dalek that he fought in a war; afterwards he promised himself he would survive at any cost, and he has developed a desire to run New York. Noting that Diagoras is most like them in mentality, Dalek Sec orders him to the basement, where he is seized for use in their 'final experiment'.
The Doctor, Martha and Solomon escape the sewers through a manhole, but Frank is captured. The others emerge in the theatre, where Tallulah points a gun at them. She demands to know what they did with Laszlo, who disappeared two weeks earlier. The Doctor gets Tallulah to discard the gun (which was only a prop), and Tallulah tells them about Laszlo's disappearance. The Doctor and Solomon search for equipment the Doctor can use to examine the alien flesh, while Martha and Tallulah compare notes about Laszlo and the Doctor. Solomon confesses that he left Frank behind because he was scared. Solomon then returns to Hooverville, telling everybody about what happened to Frank, and that they must now fight.
Back at the Empire State building, the Dalekanium is finally attached to the mast. And the Daleks are ready to conduct the Final experiment, using Mr Diagoras' flesh. Dalek Sec states that, to survive, the Daleks must evolve. Daleks Thay and Jast question the results of the experiment, arguing that merging with humans (an inferior race) is directly against the Dalek philosophy. Sec counters that, after everything that has happened, there remain millions of Humans but only four Daleks. Dalek Sec intends to sacrifice himself for the survival of the Dalek race, just as Dalek Thay sacrificed the Dalekanium strips from his casing. Dalek Sec opens up his casing and uses his long tentacles to grab Diagoras. He pulls him closer and envelops him in his own body before dragging him into his casing to begin the 'evolution'.
Martha is watching Tallulah's dance number when she notices a Pig Slave watching from the other side of the stage. She tries sneaking behind the dancers to reach him, but he runs away. Noticing that he is more human than pig, she follows him into the prop store, where he disappears down the manhole.
The Doctor studies the alien flesh, and learns its planet of origin: Skaro. He rushes to find Martha, and hears her scream as she is seized by Pig Slaves. He goes down the manhole after her. Tallulah follows him, despite the Doctor's warning. Moments later, he grabs her and hides as a Dalek glides by. The two then find the Pig Slave that Martha saw: Laszlo, who managed to escape the Dalek lab before his alteration into a Pig Slave was completed.
Back in the Dalek lab, smoke billows from Dalek Sec's casing while he shakes violently. His comrades urge him to cancel the experiment, but he refuses and asks for an injection. Dalek Jast plunges a syringe containing a "chromatin solution" into his casing.
Martha is thrust in with a parade of captives, including Frank. They are met first by Dalek Caan, and then Dalek Thay who reports that "the Dalekanium is in place." The Daleks use their manipulator arms to scan their captives' brains as the Doctor hides nearby and watches. Laszlo explains that the "low intelligence" captives become Pig Slaves, while the "high intelligence" ones are designated for 'the final experiment'. Laszlo urges Tallulah to go back without him. The Doctor joins Martha in the high intelligence group as they proceed towards 'the final experiment'. Tallulah runs through the sewers, but gets lost.
The captive party reaches the Dalek lab under the Empire State Building, where Dalek Jast attends to Dalek Sec. The Doctor tells Martha to ask what they are doing; he does not want the Daleks to notice him. Martha steps forward and demands to know what is happening. Dalek Caan tells her she will bear witness to the rebirth of the Dalek race. Dalek Sec's casing opens, and a humanoid creature emerges, with a Dalek mutant-like head and yellow hands, wearing Mr Diagoras' suit. It flexes its new limbs as everyone — including the other three Daleks — recoils in horror. "I am a Human Dalek," it tells them all. "I am your future!"
[edit] Cast
The Doctor — David Tennant
Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
Tallulah — Miranda Raison
Laszlo — Ryan Carnes
Solomon — Hugh Quarshie
Frank — Andrew Garfield
Mr Diagoras — Eric Loren
Myrna — Flik Swan
Lois — Alexis Caley
Man #1 — Earl Perkins
Man #2 — Peter Brooke
Foreman — Ian Porter
Worker #1 — Joe Montana
Worker #2 — Stewart Alexander
Dock Worker — Mel Taylor
Dalek Operators — Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Anthony Spargo, David Hankinson
Dalek Voices — Nicholas Briggs
Hero Pig — Paul Kasey
The Doctor and Martha arrive at the Statue of Liberty on November 1, 1930 and see the uncompleted Empire State Building. The Doctor reads a newspaper headline 'Hooverville Mystery Deepens' about people going missing. They go to Central Park where Hooverville is located. Solomon, leader of Hooverville, tells them that people disappear at night. He asks the Doctor why people can build the tallest building in the world but not help the starving people of Hooverville.
At the top of the Empire State Building, Mr Diagoras, a wealthy and ruthless businessman, orders a foreman to speed up construction on the mast. When the foreman refuses, Mr Diagoras summons one of his 'Masters', Dalek Caan, accompanied by two Pig Slaves. Dalek Caan has the foreman taken away for "the final experiment" and orders Mr Diagoras to recruit more "bodies".
Mr Diagoras arrives at Hooverville to recruit workers to clear a sewer collapse. Intrigued by an admission that people sometimes fail to return, the Doctor accepts the job for $1. Martha goes with him, along with Solomon and a young man named Frank. Mr Diagoras sends them half a mile in, but they find no obstruction, just a green lump of alien flesh. The Doctor examines and pockets it. Next they come across a lone Pig Slave. As the Doctor talks to it, more Pig Slaves arrive, and chase the Doctor and friends.
Mr Diagoras orders the crew working on the Empire State Building to attach strips of metal (taken from a Dalek's 'skirt') to the base of the mast, and to complete the task that night. The workers complain about the unsafe conditions, but comply after Diagoras threatens to replace them. After they leave, Dalek Caan discusses the construction with Mr Diagoras, and mentions that his planet was destroyed in a war, while humans survive across time, building and rebuilding New York City. Mr Diagoras tells the Dalek that he fought in a war; afterwards he promised himself he would survive at any cost, and he has developed a desire to run New York. Noting that Diagoras is most like them in mentality, Dalek Sec orders him to the basement, where he is seized for use in their 'final experiment'.
The Doctor, Martha and Solomon escape the sewers through a manhole, but Frank is captured. The others emerge in the theatre, where Tallulah points a gun at them. She demands to know what they did with Laszlo, who disappeared two weeks earlier. The Doctor gets Tallulah to discard the gun (which was only a prop), and Tallulah tells them about Laszlo's disappearance. The Doctor and Solomon search for equipment the Doctor can use to examine the alien flesh, while Martha and Tallulah compare notes about Laszlo and the Doctor. Solomon confesses that he left Frank behind because he was scared. Solomon then returns to Hooverville, telling everybody about what happened to Frank, and that they must now fight.
Back at the Empire State building, the Dalekanium is finally attached to the mast. And the Daleks are ready to conduct the Final experiment, using Mr Diagoras' flesh. Dalek Sec states that, to survive, the Daleks must evolve. Daleks Thay and Jast question the results of the experiment, arguing that merging with humans (an inferior race) is directly against the Dalek philosophy. Sec counters that, after everything that has happened, there remain millions of Humans but only four Daleks. Dalek Sec intends to sacrifice himself for the survival of the Dalek race, just as Dalek Thay sacrificed the Dalekanium strips from his casing. Dalek Sec opens up his casing and uses his long tentacles to grab Diagoras. He pulls him closer and envelops him in his own body before dragging him into his casing to begin the 'evolution'.
Martha is watching Tallulah's dance number when she notices a Pig Slave watching from the other side of the stage. She tries sneaking behind the dancers to reach him, but he runs away. Noticing that he is more human than pig, she follows him into the prop store, where he disappears down the manhole.
The Doctor studies the alien flesh, and learns its planet of origin: Skaro. He rushes to find Martha, and hears her scream as she is seized by Pig Slaves. He goes down the manhole after her. Tallulah follows him, despite the Doctor's warning. Moments later, he grabs her and hides as a Dalek glides by. The two then find the Pig Slave that Martha saw: Laszlo, who managed to escape the Dalek lab before his alteration into a Pig Slave was completed.
Back in the Dalek lab, smoke billows from Dalek Sec's casing while he shakes violently. His comrades urge him to cancel the experiment, but he refuses and asks for an injection. Dalek Jast plunges a syringe containing a "chromatin solution" into his casing.
Martha is thrust in with a parade of captives, including Frank. They are met first by Dalek Caan, and then Dalek Thay who reports that "the Dalekanium is in place." The Daleks use their manipulator arms to scan their captives' brains as the Doctor hides nearby and watches. Laszlo explains that the "low intelligence" captives become Pig Slaves, while the "high intelligence" ones are designated for 'the final experiment'. Laszlo urges Tallulah to go back without him. The Doctor joins Martha in the high intelligence group as they proceed towards 'the final experiment'. Tallulah runs through the sewers, but gets lost.
The captive party reaches the Dalek lab under the Empire State Building, where Dalek Jast attends to Dalek Sec. The Doctor tells Martha to ask what they are doing; he does not want the Daleks to notice him. Martha steps forward and demands to know what is happening. Dalek Caan tells her she will bear witness to the rebirth of the Dalek race. Dalek Sec's casing opens, and a humanoid creature emerges, with a Dalek mutant-like head and yellow hands, wearing Mr Diagoras' suit. It flexes its new limbs as everyone — including the other three Daleks — recoils in horror. "I am a Human Dalek," it tells them all. "I am your future!"
[edit] Cast
The Doctor — David Tennant
Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
Tallulah — Miranda Raison
Laszlo — Ryan Carnes
Solomon — Hugh Quarshie
Frank — Andrew Garfield
Mr Diagoras — Eric Loren
Myrna — Flik Swan
Lois — Alexis Caley
Man #1 — Earl Perkins
Man #2 — Peter Brooke
Foreman — Ian Porter
Worker #1 — Joe Montana
Worker #2 — Stewart Alexander
Dock Worker — Mel Taylor
Dalek Operators — Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Anthony Spargo, David Hankinson
Dalek Voices — Nicholas Briggs
Hero Pig — Paul Kasey
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