I completely agree, mrliparota & Charles. Add to that the fact that they aren't just fighting ONE of them (except in the series 1 episode Dalek)-- they're always fighting a massive horde. And that massive horde is always, without fail, completely _massacred_ in what, five seconds? Bad Wolf was cool. Doomsday was okay. But really, it doesn't work like that.
What happened to those Old!Who episodes where, you know, they had to actually take each Dalek out individually?

Stop whinging. You're lucky to get the series at all. It's BRITISH after all. You've got your Battlestar Galactica and all that stuff.

I agree, Charles.

There was also the fact that it seemed like each time Eccleson or Tennant encountered the Daleks, it was made out to be this big shocker - "But the Daleks are supposed to be gone forever!" Well, yeah, but what about those six other episodes where you ran into them and said the same thing?

I think the Daleks suffer from the same problem the Borg or the Terminators do. They were supposed to be this big, evil, unstoppable force bent on extinction. In each case, the "good guys" won by the skin of their teeth.

However, there are two problems. First, you can only ramp up the danger so much. And even as you do, if the heroes still come out on top, you have to wonder just how bad a threat they are.

Maybe Moffat will be able to write better Dalek stories... I won't hold my breath though.

Truthfully, I think the biggest problem I have with modern Dalek stories is that we were denied the best one ever... ie the time war. Instead we get some pretty mediocre encounters.