The Asylum of the Daleks

This episode was a very good start to season seven. The lighting of this episode was fantastic! It was of a much better quality than the lighting had ever been for Doctor Who. The opening credits were fantastic. The comedy and seriousness of this episode were really well balanced. Jenna Louise Coleman was really good in this episode. Her character mixes really well with Matt Smith's doctor. Bringing back the classic villains, the Daleks, in this new way through the introduction of the Dalek asylum was a brilliant idea. The new human Dalek puppets were a great addition which made the Daleks even scarier and more relatable than the original Daleks which in all honestly are not very scary looking at all. The use of slow motion in the scene with Rory escaping from the Daleks was very good. The hallucination that Amy has in the Dalek asylum is very interesting. The Doctor finding the reverse button on the Dalek to avoid being killed by the self destruct was a very clever plot twist. The begging of the relationship between Oswin and the Doctor is very unique. The moment in intensive care where Clara deletes all the information about the Doctor it makes her the superior of the relationship for those few minutes. This is a very unique Doctor companion relationship right from the start. The glance Clara makes towards the camera after she says "Run you clever boy and remember" was very powerful and foreshadowed the importance of the line. The fact that the Daleks cannot remember the Doctor opens up a whole new realm of opportunity for future Doctor Who episodes. Overall this was a very good episode of Doctor Who. I loved Stephan Moffat's writing and the production value was a lot better than it has been for the past seasons. It is a very promising beginning to season seven. The references to the time war were great, and the new presentation of the Daleks was fantastic.