Day 49: The End of Tomorrow

The Daleks, are of course, Nazis. One of the reasons that they are successful, as has been mentioned previously, is that they were conceived in the wake of World War 2, where we have a nation still reeling over the fact that they faced a Nazi menace every single day for years. And the Daleks represent the evolution of that. Evolution, of course, implies getting better, and as such, the Daleks have done the thing the Nazis failed to do, invade London. It's somewhat disturbing to see metal creatures giving salutes outside various London landmarks, but what's more disturbing is not what the Daleks do, but what the humans do. In this episode, we meet Ashton, a black market dealer, who goes around to the camps of human slaves, and offers them food, in exchange for precious metal. The horror of this is that it has become clear that it is not a "We're all in this together" mentality, it's a kill or be killed feeling. Everyone is out for themselves, and they put their own personal gain over other people's survival. And whilst we might think, that this sort of thing wouldn't have happened, the brutal truth is that humanity is made up of douchebags, and that when everything goes to Hell, people may stop caring for others.