Day 349: Planet of the Daleks Episode 6

Two things about this episode make me quite cross. One is the way in which the plot has been wasted. The Episode 1 cliffhanger features an invisible Dalek. This is promising. We can now expect a story with invisible Daleks rampaging through the jungle, ready to attack when we least expect it. It is, however, never dealt with again. This is such a waste of what could have been a fantastic concept, and brings further to light how poorly this story has been written.

But that's not the episode's worst sin. The end of it has the Doctor telling Taron, the Thal leader, not to glamourise the events of this story and not to treat it as if it's some sort of exciting and thrilling game. However, the past story has been all about having fun and excitement with the Daleks. Yes, there's been death and destruction, however this is par for the course for a Doctor Who story, and in addition to this the deaths that occurred were never fully dwelt upon to make us feel anything and realise the consequences of the actions that have taken place, thus meaning that this ham-fisted attempt at a moral is too little, too late for this story.