Monthly Archives: April 2011

“There you are, Tegan. There’s always something to look at if you open your eyes.”

Posted on April 30, 2011 by etheruk1

‘Kinda’ begins much in the same way as the first Dalek story. With Nyssa having to take a nice long sleep to get over her headache the rest of the TARDIS crew have time to explore the planet of Deva … Continue reading →

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“You see, with the Kinda, they seem innocent enough, and they smile a lot, or they used to.”

Posted on April 28, 2011 by etheruk1

‘Kinda’, by Christopher Bailey, is a story about colonisation and mysticism. Colonisation is a thorny issue and a theme that Doctor Who regularly returns to. The advancement and expansion of humanity is celebrated in the series but we’re regularly shown … Continue reading →

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“Captain, you’re not dealing with human beings here.”

Posted on April 26, 2011 by etheruk1

‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ features two warring factions and introduces the Special Weapon Dalek. They have come a long way since their first appearance and are markedly different from the more advanced versions encountered after the Time War. I’ve group … Continue reading →

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“I’ve been running faster than I’ve ever run. And I’ve been running all my life.”

Posted on April 24, 2011 by etheruk1

Doctor Who is back and what a season opener. ‘The Impossible Astronaut’ certainly sets the tone that we are in new territory. Amy and Rory have left the Doctor’s company, the episode is filmed in America, we’re shown that the … Continue reading →

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“Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.”

Posted on April 23, 2011 by etheruk1

At the climax of ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ the Doctor has successfully executed his plan, tricking the Daleks into destroying their own world and then themselves. I think it is important to realise that this isn’t the Doctor turning the … Continue reading →

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“Only a fool argues with his doctor.”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by etheruk1

‘Remembrance of Daleks’ plays on the idea of alliances. We learn that there are two groups of Daleks, the Imperial and Renegade factions. Throughout the 4 part story we’re introduced to a variety of characters and only as it progresses … Continue reading →

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“Life’s like that. Best thing is just to get on with it.”

Posted on April 19, 2011 by etheruk1

The Doctor makes mistakes and people die as a consequence. Just as in ‘Family of Blood’, if the Doctor had not set events in motion then people wouldn’t have died. In this case it was because he hid the Hand … Continue reading →

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“We’ve got reason to believe there is a great evil at work somewhere in this school.”

Posted on April 17, 2011 by etheruk1

Events are already in motion in episode 1 of ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’. Only a few feet away from the where the TARDIS lands the Doctor and Ace locate the surveillance van the military are using to trace the source … Continue reading →

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“Red Four has been seen in the Coal Hill area sir.”

Posted on April 15, 2011 by etheruk1

‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ by Ben Aaronovitch, returns us to where the series originally started, Coal Hill School and Totters Lane junkyard. Any one wanting to write their own follow up to a Doctor Who story would do well to … Continue reading →

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The Big Smoke, Part 2

Posted on April 13, 2011 by etheruk1

Unperturbed the Inspector maintained he was a secret planetary inspector, carrying out a surprise inspection. The security guard still wasn’t convinced, unsure of the logic of carrying out a surprise inspection at the same time as a planned inspection. This … Continue reading →

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