But I can't decide wether the whole "EXTERMINIEREN!" scene was extremely insensitive or just very cool.
See, I had been all ready to say something along the lines of "fantastic, even if only for the German Daleks," as everyone else has already rightly said. One of the funniest moments in ages. My mum and I were both pissing ourselves laughing (while my dad hadn't even noticed).
But later, in the "test the bomb" scene, my mum pointed out the Dalek-Nazi parallel, especially as regards to herding people into a stone room where they're gassed and killed
en masse. I pointed out that the Daleks had always had the element of a Nazi parallel, what with the whole "rule the world, kill anything that isn't like you" thing.
Daleks shrieking "Exterminieren!" isn't quite so funny anymore in that context.
Loved the brilliant twist involving Caan, brilliantly done. Then again, why bring back Davros at all to create a new Dalek race if he wanted the Daleks dead in the first place. I know that the things insane, but that's just stupid.
Davros needed Daleks to do his plan and Caan needed Davros to do his plan so The Doctor could wipe them out.
Oh, just say "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey" and be done with it.
I mean, The Daleks are pathetic now, even Davros, whom Julian Bleach gave a fantastic performance of, if needlessly taken down a peg (Oh, you spoke in relation to blah blah your not the leader....why the f**k not?) are just so easily disposed of, why do they even bother bringing them back with such fanfare?
Yeah, i thought he ended up being a bit wasted, honestly. At least we got a good old-fashion Davros Rant (tm) out of it, and those are always good value.
Also, the Dalek "SUPER DUPER DESTRY-TEH-UNIVERSE-O-MATIC" device was such a ridiculously overblown piece of nonsense, faux "epic" arse-dribble of a perilous plot device that I found it simply incredible - literally, as in "without credibility".
My general response to that whole thing was "Ummm...why? What does that gain you?"
That's the big hole in the Daleks' motivations - if you want to destroy all other life-forms to the extent that it's the only goal in your life, the only thing you think about, the only thing you live for, then what happens if/when you actually succeed in that goal? What do you do with your life then?
Also, all the companions in the Tardis was a very nice touch, although pulling the Earth seemed a bit...too much.
Fantastically and wonderfully over-the-top in a shameless way. Loved it.
Also, No campy Xmas Special lead in! Wahey! That "what? WHAT?!" device cheapened the last 2 season finale's, im SO happy they didnt cheapen it this time round.
Yeah, that if nothing else marked it as the End of an Era. Finally alone again, no sudden twist to rescue him.
Although I almost expected him to say "What? WHAT?" when the second Doctor came out of the Tardis. There, it would have been fitting.
Rose, supposedly gone for good. Maybe this time she will be, it'll be easier for Moffat to leave her than it was for RTD. I'm glad she gets the angry Doctor to temper and the infamous three word phrase wasn't uttered out loud. Good on you RTD.
Some important points there:
1 - it was only the Human Doctor who said it, so the traditionalists can still maintain the Real Doctor never said IT.
2 - it was whispered invisibly in her ear, so we never actually saw or heard the words, so the traditionalists can maintain that even the Human Doctor never said IT. For all we know, he could have been whispering "Wanna see why they call me David Ten-Inch?" Witness Rose's response.
3 - the whispered-in-the-ear device deliberately recalled River Song's whispering of his name. Did Human Doctor tell Rose his name? Does that qualify as a marriage proposal?
... and also the way they tied in Gwen with Gweneth from the Unquiet Dead, (which is something I asked about way back then when Torchwood started) ...
That was a nice throwaway. Just a quick, "Are you...?" "Oh yeah!"
