"Eve of the Daleks" is the first of three special episodes that followed the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who.

In the episode, the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her two companions, Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Dan Lewis (John Bishop), get trapped in a time loop on New Year's Eve.

Once there, they find Sarah and Nick (guest stars Aisling Bea and Adjani Salmon) and the five are repeatedly chased by a Dalek.

Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, Nick turns up at a storage facility in Manchester owned and operated by Sarah, on whom he has a crush.

Both the Doctor's group and the Daleks attempt to learn from the previous loops in order to anticipate their enemy's next moves.

During the loops, Nick confesses returning each year to see Sarah while Dan points out to the Doctor that Yaz has romantic feelings for her.

The TARDIS finishes restructuring and the Doctor and her companions leave to find the lost treasure of the Flor de la Mar, while Sarah and Nick decide to travel the world together.

[12] Whittaker stated that when she first read the opening lines of the script, in which she gets exterminated by a Dalek, she thought she was being killed off earlier than she had expected.

[9] Jonny Dixon reprised his role as Karl Wright from "The Woman Who Fell To Earth" (2018) in a brief cameo near the end of the episode.

Laufer and Whenary collaborated on creative ways of framing the Daleks, using cinematic techniques to make them appear more intimidating.

[35] On 18 November 2022, composer Segun Akinola announced that selected pieces of the score from this special would be digitally released on 2 December 2022.

The website's consensus reads: "Doctor Who scales back and is all the better for it with a New Year's special that finds fresh notes within a self-contained yarn.

"[20] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Club, Caroline Siede opined that "Eve of the Daleks" was one of the best episodes under Chibnall, particularly praising the guest cast and use of storytelling.