Episode 5: Evolution of the Daleks (The Gaz Review)

I liked a lot of things about this episode, the Human-Dalek was way cooler than I'd ever thought he'd be. When I first saw the cover of the Radio Times I thought here's another excuse for someone to go crazy with a ring-modulator and wear a squid-head. How wrong I was, Human-Dalek Sec has to be the most sympathetic alien since the Face of Boe in New Earth.

The Cult Of Skaro delivered Daleks that were unlike any others we have seen before, when they stop shouting, they question, they have doubts, they rebel and they gloat. They were a real menace and a worthy of the title of alien race most likely to destroy the universe.

The awakening of the Human-Dalek soldiers was a piece of imagination worthy of Mary Shelley. It was also fantastically realised by the design and effects team from The Mill.

But... and there seems to be a consistent but so far with this season, there were a lot of things that could have been better with a bit more thought, I mean how many times can the Daleks spout exposition and let The Doctor get away? I thought that was why the Cult Of Skaro were brought into existence in the first place? Stupid over sized pepper-pots, I agree with Jeremy Clarkson, I could take em'. Whilst I'm ranting about Daleks, the escape by Dalek Khan, that was just appalling... “emergency temporal shift”!!! I must try that in my next annual review and see if I get out of danger – be-jay-sus my cat could write a better escape than that!

I'm very quickly becoming a bit sick of Martha, she's carrying this longing for The Doctor a bit too far, in fact it's becoming a little too much like watching an episode of Grange Hill and it needs to be sorted out.

At least there were no musical numbers this week, just some pointless speechifying, very dodgy science, which I'm in complete agreement with Jones and some big explosions.