Day 211: The Dominators Episode 2

This episode's Dalek replacements are the Quarks. They annoy me, half because they're not the subatomic particle that their name refers to, but also because of how poorly set out these creatures are. They lack the excellent design of the Daleks, instead resembling air conditioning units with legs. Their voices are not the harsh metallic tones of the malevolent pepperpots, instead their voices resemble indistinguishable high pitched syllables that occasionally form words. And their major problem is that the production team clearly believed that they were good. There were major arguements about who got the rights to the Quarks, causing this serial's writers to leave the series in a huff (a shame as they wrote The Web of Fear, probably one of the best stories we've had so far) and that means that the production team quite clearly has some problems if they think that what they're putting out id of any sort of quality. This new Bryant/Sherwin era of Doctor Who will bring many things, but consistency in production quality is not one of them.