readies to kill Rose but it cannot, having found compassion embedded in itself from Rose's DNA. The Dalek is tempted to kill van Statten out of revenge, but Rose instead convinces it to spare his life. The Doctor arrives and prepares to kill the Dalek but Rose stops him, convincing him he is becoming like a Dalek. The Dalek is unable to cope with its new emotions, and asks Rose to order its self-destruction. Rose agrees to end its misery, and the Dalek implodes. Van Statten's assistant Goddard takes over the bunker, planning to wipe van Statten's memories and fill the bunker with cement. Rose offers Adam the chance to travel with her and the Doctor since he will have no job after this. Production Conception Rob Shearman, the writer of the episode, had his first encounter with the revived series of Doctor Who in 2003 after he created the Sixth Doctor audio Jubilee. Executive producer Russell T Davies drew heavily on Jubilee to create "Return of the Daleks" for his pitch to the BBC, a story with which Davies hoped to recreate the menace shown by the Daleks in their 1963 debut The Daleks. The adventure changed the setting from the alternate Earth in Jubilee to 2012 Utah, with the lone Dalek featured being held captive by businessman Henry Van Statten, a caricature of Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates. According to Shearman the script went through 14 revisions. The story itself was initially called "Creature of Lies", and Van Statten was originally called Hiram Duchesne. For a short period of time, Adam was the villain's son, but Shearman decided against it. The most notable change to the script happened when the Nation estate, holders of the rights for the Daleks, blocked the use of the Daleks due to the BBC licensing them out too much. The changed story contained an alien akin to a child who kills for pleasure, which eventually evolved into the Toclafane from "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords". Finally, the BBC was able to secure the rights from the Nation estate, and at the same time gave the episode its final name, "Dalek". Davies wished for the episode to be emotional rather than "rely on people running down corridors". Shearman expressed a desire "to take all those things people find funny about the Daleks and turn them into something people would find