LALLA TIEM NAO
Lalla! You are no Mary, but you are Lalla! That is almost as good!
Do you find that you assume Adams wrote all the funny lines? That is harsh on Terry Nation, but you know. This is the most srs bizness of S17 really, innit?
ANYWAY, Lalla has been captured by Daleks. They don't seem to do her up as much as Mary, I wonder why that is. Do they think she's less glam? She is taken away and Tyssan looks on, angstily.
Oh yeah, this is the one where Nation forgets what his own creations are and writes like they're robots. Romana falls apart a bit. Let's blame the whole regeneration thing. I am not going with the apocrypha that says it's actually the TARDIS attempting to seduce the Doctor. (Srsly.) The Daleks are very shouty in this.
The Movellans have captured Tyssan. He isn't evil. Romana is in a... rock mine? Moving rocks. The prisoners are also Ethnically Diverse, yay! Romana turns out to know the gist of the Dalek backstory, which is helpful. Meanwhile Four seems to have taken a liking to Tyssan. There is touching. Tyssan reveals that the Daleks have Romana, Four decides to go after her. The Movellans want to go too, armed with their sex toys. Sorry, Intimate Massage Devices.
Romana falls over dead. Oh well, that body didn't last very long. Four works out the plot and then dismisses it as too silly.
"Drilling will continue until penetration is complete." Other than unintentional innuendo the Dalek dialogue in this is really shite. They just keep saying the same things over and over. Remember when they had actual lines and stuff? Back when they were in monochrome? And now they are bitchy and that is lols? This is the least fun period of Dalek dialogue. Daleks are super-creepy when silent, though. When they just glide about.
Four pockets a bomb, this will be Important Later On. They all look at a map and decide what the Daleks are trying to penetrate. It helps that the Doctor remembers his way around.
A Movellan dies, it is very sad. Not really, but let's pretend. Daleks arrive so everyone hides behind things. Then they run away. It is probably very exciting. Oh hay, it's this bit! "If you're supposed to be the superior race of the universe, why don't you try climbing after us?" Thus begins the career of a hundred shit stand-up comedians.
Oh noes! Romana's grave! Four desperately digs for her, but then she appears ALIVE! They taught her at school how to stop her hearts. Bet that was a surprisingly fatal afternoon of education.
They find a shaft that goes to the fourth level. Attempts to shake the Movellans prove futile. Handy that there are still working lights in this abandoned city, isn't it? Four touches Romana and says "Btw it was shit when I thought you were dead." Awww!
OH SHUT UP, DALEKS. But penetration is imminent.
Dun dun duuuun DAVROS! Yeah, Four, you could have stopped him. But you didn't. Bet you feel stupid now, don't you? Rocks fall, Movellan dies. Davros moves his evil hand and comes back to life. CLIFFHANGER!
Do you find that you assume Adams wrote all the funny lines? That is harsh on Terry Nation, but you know. This is the most srs bizness of S17 really, innit?
ANYWAY, Lalla has been captured by Daleks. They don't seem to do her up as much as Mary, I wonder why that is. Do they think she's less glam? She is taken away and Tyssan looks on, angstily.
Oh yeah, this is the one where Nation forgets what his own creations are and writes like they're robots. Romana falls apart a bit. Let's blame the whole regeneration thing. I am not going with the apocrypha that says it's actually the TARDIS attempting to seduce the Doctor. (Srsly.) The Daleks are very shouty in this.
The Movellans have captured Tyssan. He isn't evil. Romana is in a... rock mine? Moving rocks. The prisoners are also Ethnically Diverse, yay! Romana turns out to know the gist of the Dalek backstory, which is helpful. Meanwhile Four seems to have taken a liking to Tyssan. There is touching. Tyssan reveals that the Daleks have Romana, Four decides to go after her. The Movellans want to go too, armed with their sex toys. Sorry, Intimate Massage Devices.
Romana falls over dead. Oh well, that body didn't last very long. Four works out the plot and then dismisses it as too silly.
"Drilling will continue until penetration is complete." Other than unintentional innuendo the Dalek dialogue in this is really shite. They just keep saying the same things over and over. Remember when they had actual lines and stuff? Back when they were in monochrome? And now they are bitchy and that is lols? This is the least fun period of Dalek dialogue. Daleks are super-creepy when silent, though. When they just glide about.
Four pockets a bomb, this will be Important Later On. They all look at a map and decide what the Daleks are trying to penetrate. It helps that the Doctor remembers his way around.
A Movellan dies, it is very sad. Not really, but let's pretend. Daleks arrive so everyone hides behind things. Then they run away. It is probably very exciting. Oh hay, it's this bit! "If you're supposed to be the superior race of the universe, why don't you try climbing after us?" Thus begins the career of a hundred shit stand-up comedians.
Oh noes! Romana's grave! Four desperately digs for her, but then she appears ALIVE! They taught her at school how to stop her hearts. Bet that was a surprisingly fatal afternoon of education.
They find a shaft that goes to the fourth level. Attempts to shake the Movellans prove futile. Handy that there are still working lights in this abandoned city, isn't it? Four touches Romana and says "Btw it was shit when I thought you were dead." Awww!
OH SHUT UP, DALEKS. But penetration is imminent.
Dun dun duuuun DAVROS! Yeah, Four, you could have stopped him. But you didn't. Bet you feel stupid now, don't you? Rocks fall, Movellan dies. Davros moves his evil hand and comes back to life. CLIFFHANGER!