Bad Wolf

Well............ what do you say? The last time I sat gripped like that with me mouth open and me tea falling out of it, Id just been electrocuted,,,but thats what happened last night.

It started pretty normally, even though we didnt get a totally decent excuse how the three travellers were hi jacked from the TARDIS, but who really cares? The Doctor appears in Big Brother, and considering the current bunch of bizarre and weird sex mad bimbos we have in the genuine Ch4 series at present,,the Doctors housemates could have all been aliens and still seemed more normal. This thread played along fairly as expected, as did Rose on the Weakest Link,,theres been so many leaks and spoilers in the last few weeks that no one was unaware of the general theme of this episode.

Jack and his 'hidden' weopan??? well, it made me smile, but a little crude, even for this series where hes camping it up for Christmas, not that its an issue with me, I love camp humour,,just not sure if DR WHO is the right place for it.

The Androids were fairly basic in design,and followed the general theme of the shows, except with the killings, which werent killings as we found out.

When we discover that the Doctor himself is largely responsible for everything that has happened here, it suddenly becomes much more sinister and with the shows all coming from this present Earth time period, one has to wonder if Adam isnt up to his neck in all this ...he has the oppurtunity, the knowledge, is a genius,is potentially spitefull and very sly..maybe he was kidnapped after the Doctor dumped him and used,,who knows,....well, we will soon and I cant wait.

I cant rid myself of the suspicion that maybe the Doctor isnt who he appears to be either..its a rather elaborate trap dont you think?

All these episodes are nothing more than set ups, scripts and stories for them to play in for the amusement of someone or something else...it brings back memories of The War Games and Carnival of Monsters.Somehow the idea of the Daleks sat sitting, slippers on and sipping a mug of cocoa watching 'the zany adventures of the Doctor' on TV at night after a day of mad exterminations, doesnt feel right...their not interested in TV, plots, humiliation,,they just KILL.

Rose's killing was a shock,I know she doesnt die, i know she does more episodes,,but it was so well done,,that for just a few seconds, I thought 'Oh God'....but once that surprise wore off, it was obvious that she was elsewhere,,,which also beggars the question,,where are all the other humans killed playing these games?

Surely they are not this new breed of Daleks? Have they been first Entertainment and then fodder for the transmutation into a Dalek?

What an irony? Earth being destroyed by what were Humans origionally.

The scenes on the Dalek ship were magical and this where I stopped chewing ...the first thing we hear is that old familiar throbbing sound of so many Dalek episodes ...and then that distorted view of the Dalek gliding up behind the woman. Fabulous....and then to top all that, we have hundreds of ships whith thousands of Daleks, everywhere...goodness,it brings all those comic strips from the 60s suddenly to life, now we have the ability to show on TV what the artists painted decades ago..and wasnt it wonderfull?

Being a hardcore fan from way way back, I know roughly whats happening,so we know the Dr croaks, we know theres a mega battle,,but I suspect theres going to be so so so much more,,,maybe our little Dalek friend from earlier in the series reappears and helps Rose,,who knows,,,but whats for sure,is that next weeks episode is going to be amazing, with all the questions answered , some amazing effects which we just arent used to in this show and some more fabulous acting...

Finally,,,the acting,,cant ignore that,,Chris is just so good, and those final moments when he addresses the Daleks, you can see them back off a little,,this man has absolutely nothing to lose, and thats when people are at their very most dangerous.God I wish he wasnt leaving, these 3 just work so well together and this new Doctor due at Xmas,,well, he may be a fabulous actor,,but hes too young and pretty for me, and I find it hard to take that seriously.

Jack is Jack, charming, camp and very amusing, Im assuming some answers about his memory loss are answered too,,,but he just seems to thrive aboard the TARDIS, loving every single minute of it,which is portrayed to the audience watching...and then theres Billie,,Oh she is such a find,,thank god, we had these three actors to launch this series, its success is down to them,,obviously the Production team and all the Technicians too, but its They that we watch each week. Im very sorry Chris is going, despite the daft grins, hes a joy to watch, I only hope the new guy can follow his lead. We owe a lot to RTD, theres a huge amount of critism of him too, the camp, gay references especially,,,well I dont mind those,,thats a fact of life whether we like them or not,,,people dont like the Kitchen sink drama,,,I do,,it makes it more real, makes it easier for the new generations to associate with it, I do think however, maybe RTDs scripts havent been up to scratch with the other writers in this series, and thats a personal view,,Im not overly happy with endless farting monsters etc..but without him, we wouldnt be watching this series now..so credit and thanks where they are due.

Roll on next week..............