I shall skip the continued forcing of American Jack Harkness into a story with no part for him, and begin with the good stuff. I liked seeing Cardiff, and I liked seeing the 4 of them charging around it. Great fun. I particularly liked spotting the electronic read-out board on the platform of Cardiff Station. I haven't seen one of those for a while. The 4 of them striding fearlessly into the town hall without a plan was quite fun too.
That was good. However⦠First off, a recap on what didn't work earlier - we are asked to continue to accept that the female Slitheen still has the same voice as the woman whose body she later took over, and that the rotted skin she wears, including eyeballs, mouth etc. Second, she survived being blown-up. Okay, but we could easily have had some clue of this in the earlier episode. Thirdly we're asked to accept that in just 6 months Blaine has become the Mayor of Cardiff without having her photo taken although being ex-MI5 would have been an acceptable explanation , and has set in motion the building of a deadly nuclear power station.
A rush job like that - no wonder it has so many safety issues dooming it to blow up and destroy the whole planet. Clearly there has been some contact with Mickey, so maybe also some contact with Jackie, but none acknowledged on screen.
Fifthly we're asked to accept that the murderous alien has now taken to courteously removing her human skin behind a locked door from her intended prey. I can't remember how the slitheen kill or if we were ever told how put I'm pretty sure they don't really need to fully undress for it.
Sixthly we're asked to believe that Blaine chose to climb out of a window and get chased for a bit, before remembering that she had a teleport. Eighthly, we're asked to believe that, after teleporting away and escaping, Blaine didn't stop running and get her breath back, but instead forced herself to continue running in safety. Tenthly, we're asked to believe that the Doctor can now catch "bullets" slitheen poison darts without even looking.
