Ugh, the Slitheen. Again? That was my thought going into this episode both times, and both times it turned out to be an awesome episode! Mostly because it puts the monster stuff to the side and instead grapples with issues like execution, culpability, and moving on.
Only one Slitheen left on Earth, and she's willing to destroy it to escape. The Doctor, Jack, Rose, and Mickey catch her, and decide to take her to her home planet, where she faces capital punishment. The majority of the episode is made up of the Slitheen attempting to escape through poisonous finger darts or poisonous words. And she makes some good points.
"I didn't make the law."
"But you're delivering it."
Hmm. I like when villains are the voice of reason.
In the end, the Slitheen makes a massive escape attempt, stares into the heart of the TARDIS (foreshadowing!), and regresses back into an egg. The Doctor and co. decide to drop her off in a Slitheen hatchery where maybe she won't grow up to be an evil planet-usurper.
+ OTHER STUFF I LIKED +
+ The first scene! Oh my word! Doctor/Rose/Jack is the snappiest, crackliest, wittiest group! Add Mickey as their punchbag, and the hilarity and snarkiness goes to 11. Oh how I wish this group could have lasted longer.
Aw, they cut off Jack's "whatever" sign. That deserves another +.
+ Jack telling embarrassing stories and everyone sitting around laughing uproariously. I get that those happy moments don't make for exciting TV, but I want more of that! That's what fanfic is for, I guess, to fill in the gaps. Some episodes slide together one after another, but there is very obviously many adventures between "The Doctor Dances" and "Boom Town." Jack has fit into the group, so I like to think they had a bunch of adventures for maybe a month or two.
+ Bad Wolf! The Doctor even mentions it, all dramatic like. But when Rose starts to get scared, he flips a switch and says it's nothing. Does he really have an inkling of what is to come, or does he really think it's a coincidence? Hard to tell.
+ The Slitheen calling the Doctor out, saying only a killer would understand her so well. He doesn't disagree. Oh, Doctor, you are so messed up. I love you.
+ Torchwood! This is the rift that Jack will build his base on. I know those London landmarks! I just...oh Jack. I wish you could have stayed on Doctor Who. You're much better as a funny accomplice than the angsty hero.
- OTHER THINGS I DID NOT LIKE -
- Mickey. I mean, I'm sorry you feel so useless. But....you are. Stop trying. You don't fit into the Dream Team, no matter how many times you try. The rest of the TARDIS crew run toward danger with smiles on their faces. Mickey curls up in a ball or clings to the nearest mother-figure. Of course that makes him the most human and relatable, but I don't watch an adventure show to sympathize with someone who doesn't like adventure.
- Rose is willing to sleep with Mickey? I don't get that. Last episode she was definitely flirting with the Doctor. I guess flirting was not indicative of feelings as deep as I wanted them to be. Not like the Doctor, who looks sadly as Rose talks to Mickey and then watches on video as she walks hand-in-hand with him away from the TARDIS. ("I do that! I hold her hand! Not YOU.")
Of course, all Rose does the whole time is talk about the Doctor, so she's obviously not as in to Mickey as she wants to be. And at the first sign of danger, she runs to the Doctor without even glancing behind to see that Mickey isn't following. Only after everything has been settled does she go back to look for him, but he avoids her.
I suppose Rose is clinging to her old life a bit. Wanting the new adventure, but yeah, she wants a backup. That's terribly unfair of her, and Mickey suffers for it, but I can understand. I'd wager by now life in London is the one that looks a bit not-real to her, and she doesn't realize that Mickey is still living day-to-day, never knowing if she'll show up or not.
Now she knows, and she won't go back to Mickey in a romantic way again.
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