After what must have been a surprising return, the Daleks
are well and truly back and even the episode is called ‘The Daleks’. The Daleks
are slightly different because they have a disc on their backs. They also sound
different and in their first encounter with the Doctor, he has a wonderful
moment of defiance and the Daleks proclaim themselves as the Masters of Earth.
It’s at this point that they are sent to the saucer. We are introduced to Jenny
who comes across as quite a cold and abrupt character. Its quite hard to believe
that there was talk about making her a companion. It’s possible as she could
mellow over the rest of the story and want to travel with the Doctor.
The set to the landing ramp is quite good but is slightly
ruined by the return of the dreaded cut-out daleks. I don’t know why they
persist with them. It would be better to have just the five Daleks on set and
believe that its just them. It isn’t helped when the spot light seem to hover
on and around the cut-outs which just seems to add insult to injury. The
Robomen are given a bit of backstory and some of the language used by David is
quite strong. They are human but in the end they are just the lackeys of the
Daleks. The performances are that good because they are slow in talking and
look half asleep. I know that this is how they are suppose to look but its not
a great way of portraying a group of people The battle out on the loading bay
is short but it was well done. They use all five Daleks and even though its in
a quite tight space its still quite well achieved.
I like the resistance of Dortmun, Jenny and co. Even though
they are visitors it is Barbara comes with a plan to help the attack become a
success. This is a good group of people and they work in such a way that makes
them weary and just as determined to fight back and its done well and it makes
you want them to succeed and I particularly like Tyler as he seems quite smart
and is strong. Dortmun is slightly annoying and David is quite sprite and
perky. Almost a bit too perky and if I didn’t know better then I would say he’s
working for the Daleks.
The Doctor and Ian are trapped on the saucer with a bloke
named Craddock. The Doctor and Ian work together to try and get out and they come
up with a plan to escape their cell despite the gloom from Craddock though the
plan doesn’t go that well when they are captured almost immediately. The Doctor
is manhandled onto a bench and the Doctor gets the cliffhanger as he is by the
end unconscious. I think that the cliffhanger isn’t the greatest but the sight
of the Doctor in danger with no obvious sign of rescue must be quite a good
reason to tune in. As a result its good at getting the story going after the
introduction episode. We learn about the Robomen and what the Daleks may want
on Earth.
It’s a good episode and carries on at the same pace as the
first one did and apart from the cut-outs the direction and production of the
episode was good.
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