The Doctor is IN!!

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So where were we? Oh yes. Right. Dalek/human hybrid. With one eye, an elongated head and weird tentacle thingys that dangled and wriggled occasionally.

It turns out that the Daleks have been preserving the more intelligent humans they've come across, sucking out their memories and keeping them to be hosts to a new breed - human/Dalek hybrids in human form.

But - the metal menaces aren't too keen on their new leader. I think the funniest scene of the night was the two Daleks talking in the sewers about their doubts about their leader. I loved the way they turned the tops of their heads around to check they weren't being overheard! It was a lovely little touch. I could just see these two gossipy neighbours chatting over the fence...

Anyway, head-honcho Dalek has this idea that a mix of human and Dalek DNA will create an even stronger race, because the humans always survive, and he wants the Doc to help, because he's, you know, a genius and knows more than they do about genetic engineering.
The Doc very shrewdly points out that his little pepper-pot friends don't seem too pleased about the idea, but nope, he's the boss and they have to obey. He also suggests that the Doc could then whisk them all off somewhere nice in the Tardis so they can start again. Bless him, the Doc agrees to help, thinking that this is pretty hopeful - a Dalek who doesn't want to kill everyone who isn't a Dalek.

But alas, that dream won't do (!) - the pepper-pots have switched the DNA and substituted the mixed stuff with pure Dalek DNA, so they're going to end up as Daleks on the inside, humans on the outside.

The energy for all this is going to be generated by a sunburst which is due imminently, and Martha figures out how it's going to be transmitted - notice the Dalek with the back of his pants missing? That wasn't a costuming mistake, the poor thing had his bumps stripped off to act as a conductor for the radiation. Awwww.

Doc whips out the old Sonic Screwdriver but - oh no - he loses it before he can get all the Dalek stuff off the roof, so he does what he has to and climbs up the pole. Which means all the energy has filtered through him. (Pay attention - this could be important later!)

The 1000 human Daleks are sent out on an extermination spree - but of course, in the end can't kill the Doctor, because the energy burst was filtered through him, so they've all got a little of the Time Lord in them now. (I was going to make a rude comment about Martha there, but notice how I restrained myself?!)

The bit where one of them turns around and keeps asking "why" - yeah, reminded me of my kids.

So, Dalek-sek is killed, as are two of the others, leaving just one. That was nicely done - tying into the first season ep Dalek where we discover there's just one left.

David Tennant got to do his manic genius thing again, when he pulled out all the stops to save the pig-man.

Martha and the whole "he doesn't see me, he sees her" thing is starting to get on my nerves though. Did I say starting?



Next week... David Tennant in a tux! Can't be bad. :)