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This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: The Magic Mousetrap


As far as Dalek stories go it's pretty good. In fact, as far as stories go in general it's pretty good. I like the base-under-siege vibes. If I had to describe this story it would be "Doctor Who meets Doom" complete with soundtrack and all. Granted, I haven't actually played Doom so feel free to ignore that statement. The song that everybody was humming did start to get on my nerves.

I'm not sure I like the way 7/Ace/Hex is going. I'm just not sure I like this whole hyper-manipulative characterisation of the Doctor, even if I do think McCoy's performances are consistently one of the best things in every story. That's not a problem with this story in particular though, moreso a general observation.

Enjoyed this one a fair bit and it's always great to have a Dalek story that doesn't make you die from boredom.


Next Story: The Angel of Scutari


thedefinitearticle63

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This review contains spoilers!

Eis aqui mais um caso onde eu não me encanto com uma “história Dalek”. Isso pode soar meio estranho para aqueles que acompanham o canal, você deve estar questionando “Como assim, ele não gosta mais de histórias Daleks??...Genesis?? Revelation?? Remembrance??”. Sim, eu gosto de histórias Daleks e ainda mantenho créditos positivos a grandes e icônicas histórias do gênero (como por exemplo as citadas anteriormente e Jubilee, Terror Firma, Resurrection, Dalek entre outras) - Porem já há um tempo, confesso que não crio mais grandes expectativas quando me deparo com mais uma aventura que envolve os temidos “Saleiros”. O motivo vai pelo fato de que comecei a notar a existência de uma certa repetição, uma mesma “receita de bolo” sempre é repetida – Na grande maioria dos casos temos um planeta (ou um povo) que está em guerra com os Daleks, inicialmente eles são o elemento surpresa até que alguém solta um “DALEKS!” (toca o tema de abertura) e PIMBA. Em “Enemy Of The Daleks” ocorre o mesmo, eu sinceramente não consegui sentir a grandiosidade que muitos sentiram ao ouvir esse áudio, pra mim só mais uma BOA história Dalek que não possui nada de diferenciado – Quero destacar duas coisas que me incomodaram nessa história, a primeira é a repetição do conceito de “Genesis Of The Daleks” só que dessa vez aplicada em outras criaturas (os Kiseibya), isso me incomodou um pouco e tornou tudo muito previsível. E o segundo incomodo é a trilha sonora que basicamente um é “rock” com uma guitarra pesada...Tipo inicialmente é maneiro, mas a falta de uma variação significativa por parte das composições das músicas, tornaram as faixas bem enjoativas e um pouco chatas de se ouvir.

Here is another case where I am not enchanted by a "Dalek story". This may sound a bit strange to those who follow the channel, you must be wondering "What do you mean, he no longer likes Dalek stories??...Genesis?? Revelation?? Remembrance??". Yes, I like Dalek stories and still give credit to great and iconic stories of the genre (such as the ones mentioned earlier and Jubilee, Terror Firma, Resurrection, Dalek among others) - However, for some time now, I confess that I no longer have high expectations when I come across another adventure that involves the dreaded "Salt Shakers". The reason goes by the fact that I started to notice the existence of a certain repetition, the same "cake recipe" is always repeated - In the majority of cases we have a planet (or a people) that is at war with the Daleks, initially they are the surprise element until someone yells "DALEKS!" (the opening theme plays) and BAM. In "Enemy Of The Daleks" the same happens, I honestly could not feel the grandeur that many felt when hearing this audio, for me just another GOOD Dalek story that has nothing distinctive - I want to highlight two things that bothered me in this story, the first is the repetition of the concept of "Genesis Of The Daleks" but this time applied to other creatures (the Kiseibya), this bothered me a bit and made everything very predictable. And the second annoyance is the soundtrack that is basically "rock" with a heavy guitar...Initially it is cool, but the lack of significant variation by the music compositions, made the tracks quite tedious and a bit boring to listen to.

(Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible).


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A bloody action movie with Daleks, written by THE David Bishop, with blasting Rock'N'Roll soundtrack - what else do you need?

One of those stories where Daleks do feel like a serious threat.

Also, huge respect for hiring an actual Japanese actor to play a Japanese character.


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