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gridloreOK, I'm loving the new Dr. Who. Kirsten and I both experienced extreme squeeage when we heard the opening credits, and the TARDIS sound effect? Heaven!
But this was the episode I was looking forward to.. the return of the Daleks. OK, Dalek, since there only seems to be one left.
Very nicely done. I actually felt sorry for the damn killing machine. And the revelation that it was the Doctor who initiated the final act of the Time War, destroying both the Dalek fleet and the Time Lords explains his darker nature and manic energy. He's a Time Lord with a massive case of PTSD!
That shot of the Dalek in the dark.. and hearing it scream "Exterminate".. ahh, life is good.
But anyway, onto my fannish nitpicking. The Dalek may have sampled Rose's DNA, but that wouldn't get the Dalek a crash-course in sensitivity 101. I think that the experience of being a prisoner, being tortured, and being cut off from orders caused the Dalek to actually have to think for the first time. It could keep killing, but it finally realized that there was no point. No orders, no Dalek fleet, no reason to keep existing. But it needed an order to self-destruct.
What really made me love this episode was how tortured the Doctor was.. after he had the chance to destroy the Daleks before they even got going in Genesis of the Daleks! He chose not to, and the result was the Time War.
Good episode, now bring on Captain Jack!
But this was the episode I was looking forward to.. the return of the Daleks. OK, Dalek, since there only seems to be one left.
Very nicely done. I actually felt sorry for the damn killing machine. And the revelation that it was the Doctor who initiated the final act of the Time War, destroying both the Dalek fleet and the Time Lords explains his darker nature and manic energy. He's a Time Lord with a massive case of PTSD!
That shot of the Dalek in the dark.. and hearing it scream "Exterminate".. ahh, life is good.
But anyway, onto my fannish nitpicking. The Dalek may have sampled Rose's DNA, but that wouldn't get the Dalek a crash-course in sensitivity 101. I think that the experience of being a prisoner, being tortured, and being cut off from orders caused the Dalek to actually have to think for the first time. It could keep killing, but it finally realized that there was no point. No orders, no Dalek fleet, no reason to keep existing. But it needed an order to self-destruct.
What really made me love this episode was how tortured the Doctor was.. after he had the chance to destroy the Daleks before they even got going in Genesis of the Daleks! He chose not to, and the result was the Time War.
Good episode, now bring on Captain Jack!
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Date: 15 Apr 2006 17:02 (UTC)Just remember - Bad Wolf.
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Date: 15 Apr 2006 17:05 (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Apr 2006 17:11 (UTC)The only thing I don't like is that bit of 'Matrixy' pausing of the TARDIS in the opening sequence, for some reason, it just bugs me.
Have you read any of the Faction Paradox stuff? I'd heartily recommend reading "The Book of the War"
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Date: 15 Apr 2006 19:35 (UTC)Moose was caught watching it last night. He was facinated by the Dalek. We may get him hook, yet. :) He's rarely shown an interest in anything but Cartoon Network so far. *crossing fingers*
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Date: 15 Apr 2006 21:45 (UTC)Wait 'til Captain Jack Harkness shows up Doug... I think you'll like 'im.
-Tom
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Date: 16 Apr 2006 01:45 (UTC)no subject
Date: 16 Apr 2006 04:10 (UTC)