Day 210: The Dominators Episode 1

So what's created in this story is an idea of a peaceful society that is being invaded by a slightly less peaceful society. What's interesting is that this hasn't explicitly been done before. The major pacifist race that we've encountered over the past 210 episodes has been the Thals, in the original Dalek serial. That story was quite clearly about rising up against the evil forces that lurk elsewhere in the world. This is markedly different, by instead choosing to focus on defence from an invasion, whilst dealing with the fact that the people who are being defended are, rather annoyingly, not going to put up too much of a fight. This change already makes the story feel more action-packed, as we're promised about the action that will occur during this adventure, rather than waiting to see whether it will happen or not. It's also interesting that this serial is a contrast to the first Dalek serial, as we once again have some new Dalek substitutes, who we'll talk about tomorrow.