Doctor Who fans there so few episodes out there that are truly deserving of the title of classic and well the episode that i'm about to review for you all is just that. Since this episode is a classic in every single sense of the word from it's iconic villains to it's iconic imagery and even the fact that this episodes features the very first ever departure of a companion and so then join me as I review the episode that saw a classic companion leave the TARDIS with the episode is question being called simply just "The Dalek Invasion Of Earth" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is The Doctor , Ian , Barbera and Susan find themselves in London and have to stop an evil force from taking over the earth. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being truly breathtakingly beautiful and entertaining in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is William Hartnell as The Doctor , William Russell as Ian Chesterton and Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright. Also starring in this episode is Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman , Bernard Kay as Carl Tyler , Peter Fraser as David Campbell , Alan Judd as Dortmun , Ann Davies as Jenny , Michael Goldie as Craddock , Michael Davis as Thomson , Richard McNeff as Baker , Graham Rigby as Larry Madison , Nicholas Smith as Wells , Patrick O'Connell as Ashton , Peter Hawkins as The Voice Of The Daleks and David Graham as The Voice Of The Daleks.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast members both series regular and guest cast members turning in some truly wonderful performances with all of this episodes cast members making the most of this episodes wonderful script.
This episode features what is quite possibly the most iconic cliffhanger in all of Doctor Who history with a Dalek emerging from a London river. That one shot is so effective because it tells you without any line of dialog who the main threat is and just how much of a threat that they are and all of this is done by just showing us the characters reactions to seeing this episodes villains and that's it and that is great storytelling because it's a very strong case for show don't tell and that is something that works really well in this episode.
As I mentioned this episode features the very first departure of a companion with Susan leaving the TARDIS. What I really loved about this one scene is just how emotional it was not only for Susan but for The Doctor as well with both of them struggling to speak during the scene and with The Doctor leaving while Susan isn't looking because of the fact that he can't bring himself to say goodbye to her face to face because it would break his heart and I have to admit that I got a little but emotional during it because it's not just one character leaving another character it's a grandfather saying goodbye to his granddaughter possibly for the last time and that's what made the scene really emotional plus it was a really well written and well acted scene as well.
Speaking of the writing that whole final scene actually wasn't written by the episodes writer Terry Nation it was instead written by the writer of the next episode and the shows script editor David Whitaker. Which might explain why that one scene feels so differently from the rest of the episode since the rest of the show is written more like a thriller all throughout the episode and yet that one scene is written more like a drama which while it doesn't create a case of tonal whiplash it is something that does stick out a mile.
To me this episode feels very different from the rest of the show since this one episode looks and feels alot more like a movie then it does an episode of a TV show. Not only that but this episode also shows us that not everyone during the events of this episode is out to help our heroes which means our heroes could be betrayed by every single person that they meet which means that they are constant danger as it mean that anybody could hand them over to this episodes villains all for just the tiniest scrap of food and that makes the episode all the more tense and exciting as well.
Now then this episode has / had an episode count of six episodes with a grad total running time of roughly two and a half hours. Which is pretty much the perfect running time for this episode to have since this episode has more then enough story to cover that amount of running time altho I would have preferred it if this episode was five episodes long since most of episode is basically a filler episode since it has no effect on the actual plot of the episode as a whole but that is a very minor issue in an otherwise great story.
So now then since this is an action show that means that I have ti actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was really good. Especially for the kind f budget that this show had back in the sixties but even so the episodes action was really good and was for the time also really impressive as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was such a phenomenal episode and it;s one that i;d say is a quite essential watch for any Doctor Who fan since it's great example of what this show can be like when it's at it's best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 9.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.