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5 July 2025
This review contains spoilers!
Rescued from the daleks - 2/5 (A review Requested by RandomJoke. Thanks for putting me through this mess) The story begins with doctor and Ian on the tardis and we get a look at the tardis landing signal which from my knowledge never again is used before or after this story. Ian is running out of the tardis saying "We must save the scientist" this is how we begin to understand what Ian's morals truly are he wants to save them because he is a good man with a strong moral compass saying they must save him no matter what. This means that Ian is willing to risk his life to save this scientist even without (from our small amount of knowledge) knowing who this scientist is, who captured them and why they were captured. It also gives us a strong motive for Ian this story that this scientist must be saved no matter what .
The next slide shows the scientist strapped to a mechanism with the Doctor telling Ian to release the scientist this goes to show that the doctor is an authoritative figure in this dynamic and orders Ian to do things without doing it themself, Ian follows the orders immediately and is seen on this second slide to be moving towards the machine that has the scientist. This also pushes forwards Ian's motive of saving the scientist which he wants to do no matter the cost (See paragraph 1)
Slide number 3 shows Ian saving the scientist as ordered by the doctor in slide 2 (See paragraph 2) and the scientist telling us who the main villain of the story is being the DALEKS!(Dun dun duuuun). Slide 4 is a continuation of slide 3 (and so is in the same paragraph) with the scientist telling the Doctor that they created a machine the daleks want and so the daleks have captured them. This clearly shows us the Daleks motivations in this story. And helps the reader be connected with the world more.
Then in slide number 5 a Dalek appears with a different design as how we see it in the tv show, this time they are black and blue with a gold rimmed belly, this is similar to a later dalek design as seen in Daleks master plan where a leader dalek is black and blue in different but still similar places. One of the 3 humanoid characters state "A dalek has spotted us" which helps ramp up the tension of the story and makes us want to see what happens on the next slide.
Slide number 6 shows how the Dalek is defeated, surprisingly there is only 1 dalek guarding the prisoner and then Ian being as smart as he is throws his Jacket over the Daleks "Tele-eye" which to my knowledge is only called that in these stories and as this happens the Dalek doesn't try to shoot any of our 3 escapees. Then on slide seven as a continuation from this slide the Doctor Ian and Scientist run into the Tardis before the Dalek can see with the Doctor stating "Before he can see we shall be safe" where the doctor clearly genders the dalek without any foreknowledge but I digress. And then our story has ended.
As the story comes to a close all of our main heroes have completed their task. One thing I want to talk about is the Tardis exterior in these stories. It looks nothing like the tv design! It has no windows, the door slide open, and it doesn't look like a police box! But that's fine with the limited space to draw anything and there is no space for detail but One slide I want to talk about is slide 3. Slide 3's art is great the red outlines around the Dalek help the reader focus in on the Daleks and helps show how scared our characters should be in this situation but they aren't they stand up in the face of terror and pure evil and fight back. The dalek does a lot in this story for never saying a word. It makes its presence known and makes it feared without a single utterance. It shows what the daleks are in doctor who, something to be feared, something to be scared off, something from your worst nightmares. This is why slide 6 is such a let down, the dalek is easily defeated with a coat of all things. And the doctor and company running away in the final slide.
This story has its ups and its downs but sadly most of the story is its downs and so my rating will be a 2/5
Thank you for reading.
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