The latest Doctor Who, Victory of the Daleks, is not a terribly original or interesting entry into the series. Mark Gatiss, member of the superb comedy troupe the League of Gentlemen, gives us a very pedestrian entry mixing two of the more tired elements of Doctor Who throughout its history – Daleks and historical bigwigs (this time Sir Winston Churchill).
This could have been any Doctor, with any companion, and the new Daleks look like they’re candy-coated. We’d say they look like M&Ms, our friends across the pond would call them Smarties. Either way, it’s far less frightening to run from candy than the dirty, war (and Doctor) scarred pepperpots of old.
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I also thought this episode was far below par.
By the way, I don’t know if your tagging system is working. When I click on “Doctor Who” in the cloud on the right, this post doesn’t come up. It doesn’t show up in the search either.
Correction, it does show up using a search. Sorry!