Sunday, April 29, 2007
Evolution not revolution
Evolution of the Daleks was something of a good episode last night in the latest installment of Doctor Who season 3. The Daleks of Skaro begin shirking away from their new "human" Dalek leader Sec, who basically has like a brain for a head some scaly tentacles on either side of his head (not to mention one eye) who has diferent ideas for the future of the Daleks. The Doctor is brought in to help the Daleks try and evolve and change their form but the our old encased pepperpot friends have a slightly different idea from their human(ish) leader.
This was a good old return to the kind of battle of good vs evil again like back in the classic days of Doctor Who, and David Tennant was on about the best form as the Doctor as he's ever been. So far this series has been echoing the qualities of the first alot more and I think its definitely for the better, especially after the disappointment of the second series. The idea of the human daleks wasn't too bad albeit I admit it was a little cheesey looking and it definitely does borrow from the Nazis especially in the solider like way they move (although a bit more robotic, but Terry Nation had always based the Daleks on the Nazis). But overall it was a good episode and one of the most enjoyable so far.
Next up comes what looks like another promising episode, The Lazarus Experiment with Mark Gatiss as... well Lazarus.
This was a good old return to the kind of battle of good vs evil again like back in the classic days of Doctor Who, and David Tennant was on about the best form as the Doctor as he's ever been. So far this series has been echoing the qualities of the first alot more and I think its definitely for the better, especially after the disappointment of the second series. The idea of the human daleks wasn't too bad albeit I admit it was a little cheesey looking and it definitely does borrow from the Nazis especially in the solider like way they move (although a bit more robotic, but Terry Nation had always based the Daleks on the Nazis). But overall it was a good episode and one of the most enjoyable so far.
Next up comes what looks like another promising episode, The Lazarus Experiment with Mark Gatiss as... well Lazarus.
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Myself, I thought it was far weaker than last week's installment. A real let down with more gaping plot-holes than I could count. If the Daleks had a self-destruct option on the "Human Daleks" why didn't they use it in the first place rather than lost a firefight? If they were channelling energy from a solar flare how come it was night-time in New York (and therefore the wrong side of the planet) when it hit? How come the humans that had been infected with Dalek DNA all looked completely human? How did a lightning bolt carry the Doctor's DNA into them? And ANOTHER "Emergency Temporal Shift" get-out? Come on!
Ok, so it's Doctor Who, it's just meant to be a bit of fun, but that's not an excuse to write lazy rubbish that a five -year-old could find holes in.
Ok, so it's Doctor Who, it's just meant to be a bit of fun, but that's not an excuse to write lazy rubbish that a five -year-old could find holes in.
Aye well guess its hard to please every one. I must admit I didn't know what to expect from the "human" daleks, I thought their appearances would have been altered to an extent too, and I thought that part a bit cheesy and naff, and yeah the Time Lord DNA thing was basically bullshit. Still I did enjoy it.
Not to sound sexist of course but I don't think the Doctor Who stories written by women in the past were particularly great (well only Pip and Jane Baker really, well Jane really!). They wrote such crap as Mark of the Rani and Time of the Rani (spare us).
Let's hope next week's will be good then. Anything with Mark Gatiss is worth a watch.
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Not to sound sexist of course but I don't think the Doctor Who stories written by women in the past were particularly great (well only Pip and Jane Baker really, well Jane really!). They wrote such crap as Mark of the Rani and Time of the Rani (spare us).
Let's hope next week's will be good then. Anything with Mark Gatiss is worth a watch.
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