Now the lame "The Long Game" has payoff. The Daleks have been lurking, manipulating the human race behind the scenes for hundreds of years. Too bad they had a spy in their midst, who essentially kidnapped the Doctor and alerted him to the problem.
And on top of that, we get a Hunger Games-esque look at the mindlessness of entertainment and violence. People are forced into reality TV shows where the losers die and the winner gets to live.
"Is that all?"
"Isn't that enough?"
I don't have much to say about that plot other than, yay, we need more media awareness (which I learned from a TV show, yes, the irony).
+ OTHER THINGS I LIKED +
+ Lynda with a Y. I never wanted her to be a full-time companion, but I quite like her. She's sweet, and a bit timid, but she's willing to be brave with a push. Speaking of companions, I meant to keep track of who asks who into that relationship.
Maybe someone else has written that meta.
+ Jack! Always. He's so refreshingly hilarious in the middle of this drama. Of course he gets put in a makeover show. His clothes disappear, and all he thinks is, "Your ratings have just gone up!" Then he pulls a gun from his bum and makes a grand escape, flirting with girls and boys and robots. That...might be the best sentence I've ever written.
+ Rose is so excited to answer a question with the Face of Boe. Little does she know HE IS IN HER TARDIS TEAM.
+ The daleks! This is, I think, the only time I found them suitably scary en masse. We knew one survived, but I thought that was just to give us some backstory on the Doctor. Then we get to "Bad Wolf" and there's a whole hidden fleet of half a million! Chills. I actually was afraid. Too bad they started showing up all over the place and stopped being so scary (or so believable that they were killed off).
+ Rose's disintegration. I mean, I knew she couldn't be dead. But my goosebumps sure weren't aware. And what a nice juxtaposition, Jack flying off the handle, threatening the ones who killed her, and all the Doctor can do is silently touch the spot where she last stood.
+ Until Jack solves the puzzle and she's alive! And the Doctor and Jack share a grinny hug! I love this TARDIS team.
+ And then. Oh, man. The Doctor confronts the daleks and promises to save Rose, and it. is. epic.
- OTHER THINGS I DID NOT LIKE -
- Why did Rose continue to play a game that she knew was killing people? I know she would have been killed to try to escape, but it seems out of character for her not to try anything.
- Ugh. That jerk of a contestant. I don't blame him for playing to win, but his total lack of pity was disgusting.
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