annathepiper | Doctor Who 08.02 “Into the Dalek” reaction post

This was in our household’s consensus opinion pretty much not a good followup to the season opener. Which is a shame, because we like Capaldi, and we’re now hoping he’s not going to be wasted on inferior scripts.

My main beef with it? I’ve been hearing rumblings going around about how this season is supposed to be darker, and how this Doctor is supposed to be more morally ambiguous–except the questions raised in this episode are all questions we’ve seen raised before in far better episodes. And not to mention that we’ve seen the whole “shrinking down to go inside something” plot before. Hell, this thing even namechecked Fantastic Voyage!

Spoilers behind the fold!

(ETA: And oh hey, Dara’s got her own reaction post up. That she has chosen to illustrate her points with screencaps from Lost in Space pretty much sums up what you can expect in her reaction!)

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From:

tiggymalvern.livejournal.com

I agree with you entirely. I felt that most of the moral questions in this episode had been dealt with via Nine and 'Dalek' and we were re-hashing old ground that 'Dalek' did better.

I felt it was harsh of the Doctor to reject Journey at the end so summarily - she and Gretchen had spent time with him demonstrating that they weren't just to be dismissed as soldiers, that they could think and act appropriately. Apparently Daleks can learn, but Twleve can't. Sucky writing.

From:

annathepiper

Yeah, the Doctor was entirely unfair to the poor woman. "You were a soldier, so I don't want you on the TARDIS?"

That's rich coming from the guy who reset an entire timeline because he was angsty over having been the War Doctor, and who eventually realized he could go back and fix it. I.e., he realized a better course of action could be taken.

And here he's shooting that chance out from under a soldier who wants to get away from war? How does that even WORK?