Boom Town

Eh, it was alright.

And really, that's about the best I can say to sum it up. It was "alright." It didn't really have enough for me to say it was a wasted 45 minutes watching it, but nor was there enough bad stuff to have the vitriol that the Haters have had for it. And boy, have the Haters been out for this one.

I can kinda see why. The Slitheen for whatever reason haven't gone as over with the Internet crowd as one might have hoped. I don't mind them, meself, I thought their babyfacedness attached to the massive hulking clawed bodies were downright disturbing the first time I saw them. The flatulence jokes got to be a bit much, I admit. Here, she wasn't all that annoying. She was in between evil, in trying to fulfill the original mission (make Earth a radioactive husk adn then sell it as starship fuel to the highest bidder), and trying to make the best of being the last of her family (remember, "Slitheen" was their last name not species!). And I loved the scenes in the restaurant with her and the Doctor.

Rose and Mickey on the outs, well, we coulda seen that one coming from a mile away. Just always figured it'd be ROSE on the offensive.

And we allll know that there's a whole lot of Somethin' Somethin' goin' on now that Captain Jack's in the TARDIS. I'm telling you, Jack is something else. Totally unlike any character I've seen in mainstream TV sci-fi (that I've seen, mind you), and I'm so glad he's there. Too bad he only shows up towards the end of the season, but I understand the need to establish the Doctor/Rose relationship (not necessarily "ship" mind) first. But DAMN has he been a boost to the proceedings.

And Daleks. Holy %$#& that's a lot of Daleks....