![]() I’m sure there were eight year olds who could have coped. You’d be stuck from the outset if you didn’t. You have to: suspension of disbelief is absolutely vital in sci-fi, particularly in Doctor Who (“So, like, he can travel in time and space in a box that’s bigger on the inside than on the outside? Nah, not convinced.”). I could have forgiven one or even several of these problems. So why exactly are they standing around while Jackie and Rose’s dad try to work out why they love each other? The void is an absence of anything, including space and time: so what exactly was the stuff everyone got covered in? How do you fit five million Cybermen through a window in Canary Wharf in just a couple of minutes? How come Torchwood had better universe-jumping gear than the Cybermen? When exactly did they test it? How come a force powerful enough to suck in a Cyberman in India who’s been through the void only once isn’t powerful enough to suck Rose and the Doctor who have both been there and back twice? Why don’t the Cybermen grab on to anything or choose to disappear through all those cracks in the universe once the anomaly is activated? How come the Doctor didn’t just tie himself and Rose to something, rather than holding on for dear life? Why did the Time Lords build a giant Dalek-shaped Pez dispenser? Why does everyone drive to Norway when they could just have hopped into Rose’s dad’s zeppelin? How come Ms Cleavage could survive the cyberisation process with her own mind intact? The Doctor and co are running for their lives from millions of Daleks and Cybermen. There was hardly a single scene or line of dialogue that didn’t cause Vicky to start going, “Yeah, but no, but yeah, but…” I think the trouble is I had Vicky Pollard in my head. 7.30: Get on with it! 7.35: Still 10 minutes to go. 7.25: Was that only five minutes? Surely not. Christ, there’s another 25 minutes to go. Already, my brain is trying its hardest to filter out the dross and crud surrounding the few good things in the episode.īut nothing can alter the fact that from about 7.20pm on Saturday night I was clock-watching.ħ.20: Is that the time? I could have sworn it was 7.30. ![]() I may reconsider if I ever get round to watching the episode again. The Daleks and the Cybermen had a great big fight and Rose is stuck in another universe. So it’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for. Dialogue from Doctor Who episode Doomsday. It’s like the best thing she’s ever done. Cyberman: Dalek? Dalek: Cyberman? Cyberman: Did your sensors detect the fluid that I just expelled from my right lateral articulator joint? Dalek: My probes observed the phenomenon Cyberman: Are they able to analyse it? Dalek: They report it is composed of waste oil and grease and certain biochemical solutions Cyberman: Where is it now? Dalek: It is sinking into the floor where it is being absorbed by human excretions such as dandruff and hair Cyberman: That’s your void ship that is.
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