Victory of the Daleks (No Spoilers)

[meltroid]

Rather disappointing, especially since it came from Mark Gatiss. The story started superbly with some great ideas and lines but went down hill. I've a feeling I don't get on with Andrew Gunn's style - I felt the direction of The Beast Below a little off key as well

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Which particular plot point of sickening stupidity?

[routemaster159]

You don't have to worry about spoilers. Contemporary Willon Theory implies that ideas of sufficiently high density can collapse to form black holes which radiate heat (in the form of high energy irritation) before disappearing, removing the memory. This is why script-writers can re-use bad ideas.

Re: Which particular plot point of sickening stupidity?

[meltroid]

I only rated one plot point as "sickeningly stupid" rather than "amusingly stupid": disarming a bomb by convincing it that it was human FFS

Since there have been no news reports of Mark Gatiss bursting into flame after that scene was shown I can only conclude that either 1) Willon Theory is flawed or 2) the Gatiss SHC event has been covered up by the government and he will now be replaced by a robot possibly but not necessarily of extra-terrestrial origin.

Of these options 2 is clearly the more likely. Would you like some tea?

Re: Which particular plot point of sickening stupidity?

[routemaster159]

You don't have to worry about spoilers. Contemporary Willon Theory implies that ideas of sufficiently high density can collapse to form black holes which radiate heat (in the form of high energy irritation) before disappearing, removing the memory. This is why script-writers can re-use bad ideas.

Re: Which particular plot point of sickening stupidity?

[routemaster159]

Willon Theory cannot be incorrect. Reality would collapse, so option 2 is the only possible explanation.

I'm trying to compose a comment at Nonesuch House in another tab.

[nonesuchhouse]

Liking all the pointers back to old Who. Even if it's not a Fenric type of thing, it's nice to be made to think about it.

'You do not require tea' (or whatever was said) was a blinder though.

[sleepyscholar]

Which stray plot strand?

Incidentally, I liked the defusing the human bomb because it was done to show that they weren't going to rely on the screwdriver. And instead of scientific gobbledigook, they opted for liberal arts gobbledigook.

The argument being that, in order to make him convincing, the Daleks had simply nicked a genuine person's brain to program the positronic brain. Being Daleks, it hadn't occurred to them that (and this is a recurring Moffat theme), the humanity wasn't just the meat. In Forest of the Dead, Moffat is clearly saying that the only 'life after death' he believes in is a technological 'translation' of the brain processes. With so many shows (especially American shows, such as the otherwise interesting -- and very Unit-era Who -- Fringe) insisting on being a bit religious, I like Moffat's adamant atheism