The fifth and final instalment of the animated Daleks series is called "Day of Reckoning" (which just happens to have been borrowed from an episode of The Dalek Invasion of Earth).
The last two Daleks - the Emperor and the Strategist - return to Skaro, but are closely followed by the Mechonoids. Turns out that they aren't the last Daleks after all, as their are a few more hidden in underground bunkers. Despite coming to wipe the Daleks out, the red Mechonoid scientists still wants to be friends with the Strategist, but it has plans of its own. It looks like it is conspiring against the Emperor, but is really working on a scheme to send the Mechonoids through a portal to that big green lighting effect from the first few episodes. The Daleks win, only to be warned that another foe is coming for them - thus setting up either another run of animated episodes, or a tie-in with the books / audios / comics which make up the rest of the incredibly expensive 'Time Lord Victorious' franchise.
One gets the impression that a punch-up between the Daleks and the Mechonoids was always one of the main points for producing this series. It kind of feels like the first four episodes were just treading water to get us to this point. Once again some nice CGI, but also a lot of very poor quality work, sub-cheap gaming level. Daleks and Mechonoids fighting each other should have been exciting, but it isn't.
Richard Martin achieved far better results with just three Mechonoid casings and four or five Daleks - without any fancy computer generated assistance - back in 1965, in The Chase.
If they do do another short, free to view, animated series, I'll give it a whirl.
I am certainly not tempted to pursue the TLV series any further after this.
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