Did they have to do that US victory flag pose, with the UK, its too American for a British show IMO.
By this time I think that photo is pretty much known internationally. I took it as sort of a 'See, we can do it too.' joke.
I have to admit this is one of the few times I actually didn't like the episode. As others have said, way too rushed and about as deep as a comic strip on the back of a cereal box. Honestly, for all the money they must have spent making the new Daleks, you'd think they'd have put more effort into the story. It honestly did feel like something that was thrown together over a weekend.
* Churchill's actor: Definitely way off. All I can figure is he was the closest they could find.
* I'm not the sort who complains about change. I didn't have a problem with the new Daleks until I saw them on screen. Wow. That middle section really is too big. And the 'hump' on the back looks horrible.
* So wait. That machine was supposed to re-sequence DNA? So where did the new casings come from? Unless they're trying to tell us now that their shells are biological.
* As others have said. They managed to re fix those Spitfires in less than ten minutes? Hell it would take them longer than that just to take off and reach orbit. The gravity bubbles were all well and good. But propellers and internal combustion engines also need an atmosphere to work.
I'm also going to let my WW2 buff side show. Those weren't stuka's the dalek was shooting down. Those were also the wrong model of Spitfire. During the BoB, Spitfires were armed with eight machine guns. It wasn't til after the battle that they were armed with those long-barreled cannons. (If only they'd thrown in a line about them being 'experimental', I probably would have bought it.)
* So what was the big deal about London being lit up? The city was bombed not stop for most of a year without being destroyed. Sure there would have been a lot of damage from the German raid, but nothing the English couldn't handle.
* Disarming the scientist didn't make a lot of sense either, as others have said. Why would an android have memories? And why would reviving them stop him from exploding?
If they'd rewritten it slightly so that the scientist started out wanting to explode, and the Doctor broke his conditioning by reminding him of his humanity, it would have made much more sense. And would have made a nice callback to Resurrection of the Daleks.
* Amy: "Have you ever fancied somebody..." NOOOOOO!!! Not again!
Ah well. On the plus side, Matt turned in a great performance. You really felt his frustration. Although I was almost starting maybe the Daleks really did mean well (wouldn't that have been a twist?) Loved the scene of him banging away on it with that big honking wrench.
And the running joke about Winston trying to get the Tardis key was rather fun. Hinted at what was obviously a long running friendly rivalry.
Ah well. I guess they can't all be winners. Though I do worry that its liable to turn my best friend off the show. She didn't like last weeks, and has already said she didn't want anymore companion/doctor romances. I may not have anyone to talk DW with face to face after this week.
Anyway, I'm off to watch the Confidential now. Maybe it'll help explain things and put them into better context. After which its off to GB. God help me.
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