The finale to this two parter had its highs and lows. On the positives. Dalek Sec continued to be a compelling character. Of all the versions of Dalek-human hybrids seen in Nu-Who so far he's probably the most interesting since our first in series 1. I also loved Tallulah and Laszlo arcs here. Their performance continued to really anchor the episode and I especially commend Ryan Carnes for being able to really convincingly act through pretty significant prosthetic. I'm sure emotions with giant tusks in your mouth wasn't easy but it never distracted. hugh Quarshie was also a pretty solid minor character as Solomon. I only wish Andrew Garfield was given a bit more to do. As much as I love seeing him around he honestly doesn't have much purpose in the narrative so I'm curious why Frank was such a prominent part of the script.
The overarching plot of the series wasn't as engaging as I hoped. The second iteration of Dalek-Humans just weren't that interesting. Visually they were just people so there was no intrigue there and the plot resolved itself in the same way the Dalke-Human plots have before, them realizing their not Dalek enough to kill and being destroyed. What I liked about Dalek Sec was that he was an original take on the premise so I'm sad as the story's stakes escalated it didn't go anywhere as interesting as that first kernel.
On the bright side Martha got something interesting to do for the first time in a while, using her quick withs to stop them all from being brutally murdered no less. Unfortunately on an emotional level she's still lost in the "i like the doctor but he's hung up on someone else" thing this series has been doing for ages. Its so annoying that everytime the show stops to explore Martha's interiority its that one-nite over and over and over again. The show never even thinks to let us see any other side of her.
Review by TshepisoBlockedParent2023-10-18T03:33:10Z
The finale to this two parter had its highs and lows. On the positives. Dalek Sec continued to be a compelling character. Of all the versions of Dalek-human hybrids seen in Nu-Who so far he's probably the most interesting since our first in series 1. I also loved Tallulah and Laszlo arcs here. Their performance continued to really anchor the episode and I especially commend Ryan Carnes for being able to really convincingly act through pretty significant prosthetic. I'm sure emotions with giant tusks in your mouth wasn't easy but it never distracted. hugh Quarshie was also a pretty solid minor character as Solomon. I only wish Andrew Garfield was given a bit more to do. As much as I love seeing him around he honestly doesn't have much purpose in the narrative so I'm curious why Frank was such a prominent part of the script.
The overarching plot of the series wasn't as engaging as I hoped. The second iteration of Dalek-Humans just weren't that interesting. Visually they were just people so there was no intrigue there and the plot resolved itself in the same way the Dalke-Human plots have before, them realizing their not Dalek enough to kill and being destroyed. What I liked about Dalek Sec was that he was an original take on the premise so I'm sad as the story's stakes escalated it didn't go anywhere as interesting as that first kernel.
On the bright side Martha got something interesting to do for the first time in a while, using her quick withs to stop them all from being brutally murdered no less. Unfortunately on an emotional level she's still lost in the "i like the doctor but he's hung up on someone else" thing this series has been doing for ages. Its so annoying that everytime the show stops to explore Martha's interiority its that one-nite over and over and over again. The show never even thinks to let us see any other side of her.