Doctor Who:
Aliens of London/World War
3
By Russell T. Davies
“If aliens fake an alien
crash and an alien pilot, what do they get? Us. They get us. It's not a
diversion, it's a trap.”
The Doctor returns Rose
home in which he believes she has been gone for 12 hours which it turns out to
be 12 months instead and it caused quite the furor. Jackie was livid as she thought Rose was
kidnapped and even went as far as accusing Mickey of murdering her. Needless to say this was not the homecoming
that Rose had expected and it was another goof by The Doctor that resulted in
all this.
Then all of a sudden an
alien ship crashed to Earth hitting Big Ben before crashing into the
Thames. This has gotten The Doctor’s
spirits up as he now has something to investigate and to get away from the
domestics. What he finds is a pig. A normal
pig that someone has augmented his mind to make people think it is an
alien.
The Doctor arrival in
London hasn’t gone unnoticed as a phone call from Jackie has gotten the
attention of those that are the real culprits.
Soon The Doctor and Rose are picked up and brought to Downing Street to
help with the alien emergency. But it
turns out to be a trap as The Doctor discovers that the Slitheen have taken
over the government and want to make the worlds powers use their nuclear
weapons to destroy the Earth so they can sell it for a profit. So its up to The
Doctor to once again save the Earth.
Aliens of London/World War
3 isn’t a particular favorite of mine.
I just could not find the Slitheen all that threatening and for an alien
they are pretty weak. I mean they are
known more for farting noises than being threatening or scary. In fact they are more suitable for a children’s
show and actually work really well on The Sarah Jane Adventures than they did
in Doctor Who. I’m guessing the
producers were hoping they would catch on as a new baddie but the Slitheen did
not just work well.
I really liked the part of
what happens when a companion goes off with The Doctor and what happens to
those they leave behind. This was pretty interesting as this has never been
explored before in Doctor Who. It is a different light we get to see as
Jackie is all concerned and worried and the same with Mickey as he is dealing
with being accused of murder. What is
troubling is at some point during all this you get the feeling that Rose doesn’t
care all too much about the ramifications later on when she leaves with The
Doctor again.
The story is pretty simple
and just doesn’t get do much for me. Ok.
I just don’t like it and that whole running around Downing Street seemed too
much like Scooby Doo to me. The Doctor
locked up in the meeting room and doing everything on the phone telling Mickey
what to do was ok and gave the extra regulars something to do but it just
seemed a tad bit boring to me. One of
the good things was that Aliens of London/World War 3 was the first multipart
story and we were treated to a pretty decent cliffhanger. I guess that is something and the electricity
effects were kind of cool. Luckily it
gets better with the next story.
Grade D+
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