Chibnall has just confirmed at the Doctor Who panel at Comic Con that the Daleks will not be in Series 11. This will be the first series without the Daleks in. Of course, this is not the first time we have heard this. Series 6 was said to be the same. Truth be told we didn't have a Dalek story in Series 6 but one Dalek did appear. Will Series 11 be the first to be completely absent with the Daleks? Who knows.
The Daleks were absent as the centre piece monster from last series too so this would be the first double series absence of a Dalek story since Season 23-24 (Series 11 is Season 37 when converted). This is obviously a major thing. We haven't had a Dalek story since 2015.
A big gap between Dalek stories is just what the Doctor ordered in my opinion (pun intended). The Daleks should be a credible and major threat to the Doctor and they have lost that. They are becoming generic. The Daleks have already been in 11 stories as a major villain and many more as minor in modern who. They have done this in 10 series. In classic who they were in 15 in 26. The ratio is scary. There are far more Dalek stories now than there used to be. However in the first 10 seasons of Doctor Who, the Dalek story count was 10, almost what we have now. Therefore the dwindling of the Daleks is almost parallel between old and new.
Do I think Whitaker should face the Daleks? Yes, of course. It is the Doctor's right of way. One of the marks as it were for them to cross to truly be the Doctor. McGann never faced them and that is a gaping whole. So this isn't the end of the Daleks. Personally I thought they would be back for this year's series and then have a break for two or maybe even three series. I would not be surprised if they are back next series, which hopefully is next year.
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