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"We will view the
Tate Modern, and then
exterminate. Exterminate!" |
Let me give away my conclusion right at the beginning. “The Dalek Invasion of Earth” is the
very best of the first nine surviving
Doctor Who stories. As I scan my list of upcoming First Doctor stories, it’s hard to think if this story ever gets beat in the First Doctor’s tenure. Its opening scene in a roboman (as later identified) pitches himself into a river (also later noted as a typical ending for a roboman) is exceeded only when (
Spoiler Alert but it’s in the title) a Dalek emerges from those same waters. They never establish what the Dalek was doing under the waters of the Thames, but it’s not like you can go and ask a Dalek that sort of thing.
“Excuse me, Mr. Dalek, but just what were you doing right now on the bottom of the Thames?”
“You will be exterminated! Exterminate!
Exterminate!” Daleks are lousy conversationalists. Don’t bother inviting them to tea.
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