What did you think of this episode?
Sonic!
Good!
Bumpy-wumpy!
Exterminate!
Underrated? Possibly!! To be honest, the whole of series 1 is criminally underrated!!
This is a more quiet episode before the Dalek shit (their sewers are revolting) hits the fan, but that isn't a bad thing.
I am not sure why, but this episode works much better than the previous Slitheen two parter. This might be down to more airtime for Annette Badland who is brilliant as Margaret - that and slightly less of the farting perhaps.
Christopher Eccelston it goes without saying, is fantastic as always!!!!
The new TARDIS team is fun to watch as well, the Doctor, Rose, Jack and Mickey having fun, albeit fleetingly - "and I was having such a nice day".
"You're pleading for mercy out of a dead woman's lips."
So a big bad plan to escape the planet which leads to some great scenes. The Doctor zapping (sonicing?!) Margaret back from her teleport is the kind of thing I could watch all day.
The elephant in my room was how Mickey had been treated by Rose up to this point, expecting him to be there when she called, but Mickey laid the smackdown on her and I was very happy with this, I was starting to think they would just have him as some wet comic relief, but he really shone here.
"Only a killer would know that. Is that right? From what I’ve seen, your funny little happy go-lucky life leaves devastation in its wake. Always moving on because you dare not look back. Playing with so many people’s lives you might as well be a god. And you’re right, Doctor. You’re absolutely right. Sometimes you let one go. Let me go."
I think a lot of people love the dinner (in bondage) scene and I am no different. It is funny and serious in equal measure. It is good to see the Doctor being challenged for once, I don't think this had happened much up to this point.
Some of the CGI has looked a bit dated in this series, but I love the look of Cardiff splintering apart. I really did enjoy this episode on this viewing, I was probably a bit more where the hell is all the action in my younger years, but now I really appreciate this one.
So all in all, a strong episode, and then we are ready for the big finale...in the Big Brother house!!!
RATING: Good!
BEST LINE: "You left me! We were nice, we were happy. And then what? You give me a kiss and you run off with him, and you make me feel like nothing, Rose. I was nothing. I can't even go out with a stupid girl from a shop because you pick up the phone and I comes running. I mean, is that what I am, Rose, standby? Am I just supposed to sit here for the rest of my life, waiting for you? Because I will."
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