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This is a minimalist 30-minute cut of Victory of the Daleks, Mark Gatiss' first major script for the Moffat era and the second big letdown of the series one episode after The Beast Below. The signs were all there from the two that trouble was brewing, but fortunately the rest of the series was top notch quality and spared such thoughts from manifesting in most fans's minds until the mass bungling of the latter half of series six.
Victory of the Daleks biggest crime is the New Dalek Paradigm, aka the Teletubby Dalek Rangers...which I couldn't remove. If I could, I would, I swear[/George Micheal], so I decided to make do with removing the other big misfire of the story...Bracewell, the Dalek-enginerred scientist who "develops" the gorgeous looking Ironside Daleks (why didn't Moffat keep them on?) is revealed to be a living bomb.
What happens next is a truly despicable bit of emotionally manipulative storytelling where the power of love saves the day for the first time in the Moffat era. It's time consuming filler designed purely to drag out the Daleks' inevitable escape and nothing more, so off it goes.
Also gone is the ending with Amy's crack forming just as the TARDIS dematerializes, just to give this episode more of a one-and-done feel.
Do your worst Adolf!
Victory of the Daleks biggest crime is the New Dalek Paradigm, aka the Teletubby Dalek Rangers...which I couldn't remove. If I could, I would, I swear[/George Micheal], so I decided to make do with removing the other big misfire of the story...Bracewell, the Dalek-enginerred scientist who "develops" the gorgeous looking Ironside Daleks (why didn't Moffat keep them on?) is revealed to be a living bomb.
What happens next is a truly despicable bit of emotionally manipulative storytelling where the power of love saves the day for the first time in the Moffat era. It's time consuming filler designed purely to drag out the Daleks' inevitable escape and nothing more, so off it goes.
Also gone is the ending with Amy's crack forming just as the TARDIS dematerializes, just to give this episode more of a one-and-done feel.
Do your worst Adolf!