Doctor Who:
The
Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit
By Matt Jones
Reviewed by
Paul Bowler
“You know
nothing. All of you, so small. The Captain, so scared of command. The soldier,
haunted by the eyes of his wife. The scientist, still running from Daddy. The
little boy who lied. The virgin. And the lost girl, so far away from home. The
valiant child who will die in battle so very soon.”
The TARDIS
materialises aboard Sanctuary Base, on the planet Korp Tor, a world that
inexplicably orbit’s a black hole. The Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose (Billie
Piper) encounter the Ood, a subservient telepathic race who maintain the
station. After a brief misunderstanding with the Ood the Doctor and Rose meet
the human crew.
Captain Zach
(Shaun Parkes) explains how the planet is suspended inside a gravity funnel,
which allowed their spaceship to land safely on the planet, and how Zack then
had to assume command when the expeditions original commander - Captain Walker
- was lost during the trip to the planet. The energy funnel originates from a
power source deep inside the planet, they have been drilling down to uncover
the source of this power, and in the process ancient symbols have been
discovered that cannot be translated - even by the TARDIS.
