Doctor Who:
Army of
Ghosts/ Doomsday
By Russell T.
Davies
“This is the
story of how I died.”
The Doctor
and Rose return home to discover that England
in fact the whole world has been invaded by ghosts. The Doctor doesn’t believe it is ghosts in
fact he thinks it is something else entirely and he finds out by trapping one
that it is indeed a bit sinister. The signal
for the ghosts appears to be coming from the Torchwood building. Torchwood have
been expecting The Doctor for some time and when he arrives give him a round of
applause before keeping him at armed guard for security purposes.
Something
sinister is lurking inside Torchwood Tower.
Something that has broken over from their Earth to ours. It appears that the Cybermen have come across
dimensions when a mysterious void ship broke through the void into our
world. The Doctor is confused as to how
this could be and wasn’t even sure it was possible. Then all hell breaks loose as cybercontrolled
Torchwood employees activate the dimension shift to full power allowing the
Cybermen to invade. What is worse is
that also activated the void ship and out of it comes the Daleks and now The
Doctor has two evil forces to contend with to save the Earth from destruction.
This is the
story in which Russell T. Davies delivers the goods. Cybermen and Daleks in the same story and
they are fighting each other. Wow this
is a fans dream. Having the two best
enemies of The Doctor battling it out was something fans have discussed and
dreamed about forever. At least I have
and I am sure I’m not the only one. So
many great moments in this story that makes you grin all over. But with all that fanwank in this story was
there a story to complement all the excitement.
The Army of
Ghosts sets up the events and action perfectly.
The plot was so intense that it kept you riveted to every scene. For example who are the ghosts and what is in
the void ship in Torchwoods secret lab. This
story also sets the wheels rolling for Rose’s departure, for now, from the
show. Or I guess from being a regular as
she does come back later on. You get a
hint that something devastating is going to happen to her right from the beginning.
You kinda feel sorry for her but not
really when she acts like selfish and very snobbish and self-centered towards
her mother in the TARDIS. That scene alone sums up the character of Rose. Behind it all she really isn’t the nicest
person towards her family and friends.
Army of
Ghosts had some good moments from the reveal of the Daleks in the void ship to
the Cybermen lurking around Torchwood but the stupidest was the Ghostbuster
homage. That was pretty stupid and did
not really project well. I will say the
funniest was when The Doctor realized that Jackie was still on board the TARDIS
when they dematerlized. One of the best
lines ever was Jackie saying “If we end up on Mars I’m going to kill you.”
Now Doomsday
was the showdown of all showdowns between the Daleks and the Cybermen. It was pretty cool seeing the confrontation
especially the verbal confrontation between them. Best line is when the Dalek tells the
Cybermen they are better at dying than the Daleks was just priceless. Doomsday is of course the story where Rose
leaves in what is one of the more gut wrenching scenes. I would have preferred if she got sucked into
the void as that would have been more devastating for The Doctor and would have
been interesting to explore the ramifications of that on The Doctor but having
her getting exiled in a way on the alternate Earth is just as sad. The farewell was pretty sad also with The
Doctor saying goodbye to Rose from a hologram image and having the power cut
off before he can say what he wanted to say was emotional and one of the sadder
scenes in new Who.
The overall
story was ok as it was mainly an action story with the Rose bit at the
end. It is a favorite of mine as I loved
seeing the Daleks and Cybermen together and watching The Doctor desperately come
up with a plan that would save the Earth.
It is a fun story to watch and if you can get past the Rose bits it is
very entertaining. This story was a great
end to David Tennants first season as the Doctor which was a pretty good season
itself.
Grade A
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