Dalek

LetÂ’s face it... Put a Dalek in a Doctor Who story and you are going to get peoples interest. We have waited for over a decade to get these things back on our screens, and by God, did they do it with style!

What we have been treated to is something so much greater than just the return of the Daleks. This story had real body and soul. This is an episode from which all the Doctor Who fans the world over can say, ‘We told you so’ with a grin firmly planted from ear to ear.

From the offset it’s quite clear that this isn’t the script of RTD. No slapstick humour, no grafting on of pointless jokes, no cringe worthy lines of dialogue, just pure and simple sci-fi drama. This was a great flight of fantasy. After all, Doctor Who was not meant to be too intelligent at the end of the day, that’s what “Sapphire and Steel” was about (please can someone bring that back too?). But while it was nail biting edge of your seat stuff (and I assure you I was on the edge of my seat) it had real heart.

In “Dalek” we had elements of Asimov’s “Robot” and Philip K Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of electric Sheep”. Yes, it really was that good! A Dalek all-alone dealing with emotions for the first time. Long time fans will be amazed how beautiful and emotional tonight’s episode has been. New fans will just see why we have all wanted to see the return of this show for so long!

I really must say this. Thanks RTD for bringing back “Doctor Who”, but there is a big difference between writing for “Doctor Who” as a fan and writing for “Doctor Who” for the fans.