Day 227: The Invasion Episode 8

It's worth mentioning how different this serial has been to previous serials. It stands out amongst everything that it is surrounded by, with the introduction of a military presence and an action packed finale, as well as gratuitous amounts of action thrown in throughout the past eight episodes. This means that we have to talk about the future (read: I've decided to not talk about Tobias Vaughn for the umpteenth time this serial). This is unquestionably a pilot. In a television sense, we normally think of pilots as ways for spin-offs to occur, and a widening of the brand of the particular series. This, however, is not a pilot for a spin-off, rather a pilot for Series 7. Doctor Who has been steadily decreasing in viewers, and so a radically different approach has been suggested for the series. There will be less stories like The Dominators, where we fight aliens on alien worlds, and more like The Invasion, where the Doctor and his UNIT friends fight alien menaces on Earth. It's a new direction for the series, and this serial has certainly been incredibly enjoyable. We'll just have to see how things pan out. And let's not forget, Series 7 is still a little while away, which means that We've Got Work To Do!