Doctor Who 1x06 "Dalek" rewatch-review
As I've stated elsewhere, once I finished season two of New Who, I was going to rewatch and review what I call my "Her Name was Rose" collection (click here for the full list of episodes).
( On with 'Dalek' now ... Spoilers for 'The Long Game' and vague references here and there to Daleks. That's about it this time around. )
( On with 'Dalek' now ... Spoilers for 'The Long Game' and vague references here and there to Daleks. That's about it this time around. )
This was fascinating reading the ins and outs of how it all came about. I think this is very interesting:
I knew that Russell planned on writing a story called at that point 'The Companion Who Couldn't' for the episode seven slot. It'd be a yarn which emphasised that not just *anybody* is up to the job of travelling in the TARDIS - and by showing how Adam was too frightened to cope with the experience, how remarkable Rose was in comparison. It's not a bad idea, but I think the trouble was that it's one of those concepts that quickly get out of date once the production's being made. By the time 'Dalek' was being made, it was pretty clear to all that Rose was special already, and that Billie had a terrific chemistry with Chris, without bringing someone in who hadn't and didn't to labour the point.
And that makes so much sense. It really does make it so clear; you never really know just how things will hit when all is said and done.
I didn't like the Adam/Rose scene merely from a silly shipper point of view, though, logically it did make sense and I don't think it made Rose come across as shallow at all.
So now we have the answer to the "hug" deletion. Thank you for that. I'll just take solace in that at least we got to see it!!
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