Bad Wolf

Sunday, 12 June 2005 - Reviewed by David Bell

Oh....my....god. How amazing was this episode. As a fan of Big brother I got quite a tingle hearing Davina Mccall say "Can the Doctor please come to the diary room". Then hearing her say "You are live on channel 4400, please do not swear".

The episode started off light heartedly with the Big Brother theme tune playing over the scene, then as the show went on we met the amazing Anne Droid and also Trinny and Sussanah's droids. The first half was really funny with all the game show jokes and it was a great feel to the episode. Russel T Davies had brought the futuristic reality shows to life in such a perfect way. So so good. I loved how the makers managed to get the real Anne Robinson, Davina Mccall and trinny and Sussanah. All praise to them for willing to do it and all praise to channel 4 for giving them permission.

While a couple of the housemates couldn't act, I did like the girl who went with the Doctor and was praying she's survive. Might even make a good companion one day. It was quite a scary thought to think of these people being picked at random and then being disintegrated. Quite scary.

But just when you thought the episode was going to be all about this, then all the Bad Wolf references made complete sence. Loved the flashback method of linking all the stories.

Seeing the Doctor realise that it was him who had caused all this, albeit manipulated into it, was truly great. The Doctor, as bron Slitheen said last week, moves on and very rarely see's the consequences of his actions.

I loved all the Bad Wolf references and the scene where jack had his clothes removed brought a smile to my face.

But then when Rose was shot down and thought dead my heart sank. For a brief second I really did think that was it for her. I thought maybe all the season 2 rumours were just that, a way of making this such a shock. By decieving us in the way the tv series 24 does with it's rumour mill.

The reactions from the Doctor and Jack were spot on and I genuinly felt for them both, and Rose too. This story emphasised how well the Doctor and Rose work and how jack was a great addition.

But just when you thought the episode couldn't get any better they revealed there trump card.....The DALEKS. oh...my...god they looked amazing. The way they menaced Rose and there space fleet looked excellent. Loved the reaction of the Doctor realising they had survived the Time War. And I was cheering the Doctor when he made that speech "first i'm going to rescue Rose, then save the human race and then wipe out every last Dalek...Rose I am coming to get you". I just couldn't stop cheering. Then the site of millions of Daleks, on platforms, flying. The best cliffhanger ever and the preview looked fantastic. Can't wait for next week .

Just simply fantastic. This will hopefully silence a lot of the Russel T Davies critics. He make a blinder. 11/10





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