I normally try to write my reviews of new episodes as soon as possible, typically straight after Unleashed. This time, I just couldn't bring myself to. In the gap between finishing watching The Reality War and writing this review, I have thought about this episode, this era, Russell T Davies and Doctor Who as a whole a lot. Like with most other episodes this series, my opinion on it has declined the more I've thought about (to the point where I prefered this over Wish World upon having just watched it, and now I'm rating it quite a bit lower). This is because this series is all about trying to be sensational, even at the cost of being bad. This series relies entirelly on its shock value, and there is very little actual substance to think about afterwards. The plots are busy, and character work is sidelined (I still don't feel I really know Belinda (more on this in particular later) and even the Fifteenth Doctor properly, while, comparing to series 1's Rose, I feel like I know Rose and the Ninth Doctor very well by the end).

In some ways, I feel that this episode is the best second part to Wish World that they could have done. My reasoning for this is that the Rani and Omega are all dealt with suprisngly quickly. To clarify, this is bad writing: after all of the build up, this episode should have spent much longer on those elements, but I did not like those elements so I kind of don't care. In the moment, I enjoyed the second half more. The more I've thought about it, however, the worse my opinion on it has got.

What little characterisation of Belinda we had received is largely re-written/re-interpreted, and her role in the story is reduced to standing in a box for a lot of the episode. I am extremely glad that Poppy didn't end up being linked to Susan, but that's really the only bit of praise I can bring myself to say. 

I really didn't like the large action sequence where UNIT was shooting at the big skeleton things. That's not what I watch Doctor Who for. If everything else would better, this would be fine, but it's yet another thing.

One small bit I did like was when the Rani got eaten by Omega and then the plot just moved on without addressing it. The Thirteenth Doctor scene was also really nice.