We had the wonderful 'Dalek' previously, so expectations were very high.
The Doctor and Rose have picked up pretty boy Adam, after saving him from Van Statten's museum, and landed on Satellite 5 Space Station in the year 200,000. Something is wrong and halting human progression, the technology the Doctor witnesses is somehow wrong, but what's at the heart of it? Seemingly a frost bitten Simon Pegg is the Spider at the heart of a web causing the problems. He and his also icy crew view everything that goes on at Satellite 5. Suki is quickly unveiled by Pegg as a traitor, and gets promotion to floor 500, we learn that only the chosen few get there, but never return. Not all is golden on floor 500 as it's littered with corpses and snow. Not the dream promotion Suki was hoping for. We learn Satellite 5 is lying to the people with its transmissions, and the real boss is the Mighty Jagrafess.
I mentioned expectations were high, but this is sadly a pretty below average episode, it just doesn't really work, it feels so disjointed and it's actually quite boring. Simon Pegg is totally wasted, he does his best with a really weak script, but somehow manages to bring the character to life. Poor Bruno Langley didn't gel at all well, he did have one good scene with the delightful Tamsin Greig. Bruno could have improved with a bit more time possibly and Greig could have had a much bigger role. Christine Adams puts in a good day's work as Cathica, and is one of the highlights of the episode. Not a fan.... 4.5/10
