This episode marks the end of David Tennant's first season as The Doctor, and also sees the departure of Rose, who has been travelling with The Doctor since the end of "Rose" with the Ninth Doctor.
"Doomsday" was also penned by Russell T. Davies, and was the concluding part to "Army of Ghosts."
Once again, Davies devotes large portions of screen and script time to story elements that were completely unrelated to the crisis at hand. At the close of "Army of Ghosts," we saw that our troubles had become two-fold; not only did we have an army of Cybermen on the loose, but the sphere opened and revealed to contain the remainder of the Dalek order known as the Cult of Skaro. Mickey and Rose are trapped downstairs with the Daleks, while Jackie and The Doctor are held captive by the Cybermen high in the Torchwood tower.
The overall reason for this episode scoring as low as it did is mainly a reflection of Davies' typical attempt to write to simultaneous plotlines and cram them both into a single episode of Doctor Who. In the case of "Doomsday," we were not only dealing with the Cybermen/Dalek war being waged in the streets of London, but also the domestic and combatibility problems surrounding Jackie Tyler of our universe, and Pete Tyler of the parallel universe from "Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel." Near the end of this episode, things begin to look dark and bleak for Doctor/Rose fangirls, because the Doctor devises a plan to save the two universes, but requires Rose to be on the parallel side prior to the void being opened. Once closed, she would never be able to see him again. The Doctor does this with little regard for Rose's feelings. This episode showed the peak of just how selfish Rose could be, and how well The Doctor looks at the big picture. While The Doctor was openly ready to sacrifice his companionship with Rose in order to save two universes, Rose continually disregards the safety of others for the sake of her beloved Doctor, namely the final scene in which the Doctor explains that both universes would collapse, and Rose replies, "So?"
The episode would have scored much higher on the Whoscale if Davies would have focused the entire episode on the crisis at hand, but it was obvious by now that Davies was intending the series to be chiefly watched by little girls in their early teens who were hooked on the kind of drama offered by Twilight.
In my opinion, the episode was about 55% Doctor Who.
"Doomsday" was also penned by Russell T. Davies, and was the concluding part to "Army of Ghosts."
Once again, Davies devotes large portions of screen and script time to story elements that were completely unrelated to the crisis at hand. At the close of "Army of Ghosts," we saw that our troubles had become two-fold; not only did we have an army of Cybermen on the loose, but the sphere opened and revealed to contain the remainder of the Dalek order known as the Cult of Skaro. Mickey and Rose are trapped downstairs with the Daleks, while Jackie and The Doctor are held captive by the Cybermen high in the Torchwood tower.
The overall reason for this episode scoring as low as it did is mainly a reflection of Davies' typical attempt to write to simultaneous plotlines and cram them both into a single episode of Doctor Who. In the case of "Doomsday," we were not only dealing with the Cybermen/Dalek war being waged in the streets of London, but also the domestic and combatibility problems surrounding Jackie Tyler of our universe, and Pete Tyler of the parallel universe from "Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel." Near the end of this episode, things begin to look dark and bleak for Doctor/Rose fangirls, because the Doctor devises a plan to save the two universes, but requires Rose to be on the parallel side prior to the void being opened. Once closed, she would never be able to see him again. The Doctor does this with little regard for Rose's feelings. This episode showed the peak of just how selfish Rose could be, and how well The Doctor looks at the big picture. While The Doctor was openly ready to sacrifice his companionship with Rose in order to save two universes, Rose continually disregards the safety of others for the sake of her beloved Doctor, namely the final scene in which the Doctor explains that both universes would collapse, and Rose replies, "So?"
The episode would have scored much higher on the Whoscale if Davies would have focused the entire episode on the crisis at hand, but it was obvious by now that Davies was intending the series to be chiefly watched by little girls in their early teens who were hooked on the kind of drama offered by Twilight.
In my opinion, the episode was about 55% Doctor Who.
I hope you realize that if Rose had not come back and helped to keeep the void open then millions of Daleks and Cybermen would not have been sucked into the void. Resulting in millions of them stranded on earth. And btw that comment about little girls watching it for Twilight-like drama is incredibly stupid. Twilight wasnt even written yet when this episode aired.
ReplyDeleteYes, because it's so extremely hard for the Doctor to find another companion for "assistance." Maybe one that wouldn't have been a drama device.
DeleteSeriously? You read the review and your only complaint is my reference to Twilight? OK, how about this:
The Vampire Diaries
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Beverly Hills 90210
One Tree Hill
Degrassi
Glee
Melrose Place
Dawson's Creek
Party of Five
^ Is that enough references within the same time period? They're all the same type show.
I know, you deserve much more negative criticism than what he posted.
Delete"The overall reason for this episode scoring as low as it did is mainly a reflection of Davies' typical attempt to write to simultaneous plotlines and cram them both into a single episode of Doctor Who. In the case of "Doomsday," we were not only dealing with the Cybermen/Dalek war being waged in the streets of London, but also the domestic and combatibility problems surrounding Jackie Tyler of our universe, and Pete Tyler of the parallel universe from "Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel."
Congratulations! You came up with a grand total of two "plotlines" that were the reason you gave the episode a 5.5 rating for. Moreover, the Pete Tyler one was so short that it doesn't deserve a place to even be called a plotline.
I admit that when it comes to Doctor Who writers, Davies certainly isn't the best one (although he has my respect for bringing back Doctor Who). But I liked these two episodes, aside from the Doctor EX Machina at the end. That's what I would have focused on in a review of the episodes. Daleks VS Cybermen was an awesome idea, and it was really funny to see the exchanges between them.
(By the way, the Twilight comment neither made sense as Twilight didn't exist in any form when this, and was openly rude. You just wish to flame readers/viewers of Twilight because it's "the popular thing to do", don't you?).
Next, your reaction to the "So?" comment from Rose shows that you've never found true love, which saddens me. This is not meant to be an insult, I feel genuinely sad for you. True love is selfish in nature, that's no big surprise. You only think about the other person and would be ready to sacrifice ANYTHING to stay at their side.
"Yes, because it's so extremely hard for the Doctor to find another companion for "assistance." Maybe one that wouldn't have been a drama device."
Actually, it would have been. Who did you expect to remain in the Torchwood building when everyone there are either Cybermen or have been slaughtered by them?