The Long Game

Exploration of the manipulation of media in the modern world through 'fake news' controlled by Aliens on a gigantic space station in the year 200,000? Brilliant. Execution is filled with pointless characters. Was Adam wrote for the sake of having his life ruined? Bright moments steady the episode into a decent outing at the mid-point of the season.

On Satellite 5 you can mind-read all about it: but In the Earth year of 200,000 the truth and the news is not what it seems, and a 90-year old regression is quite normal and the means. Searching for the answers, the Doctor and Rose (eventually) make their way to floor 500 where others have previously blundered (albeit out of ignorance) and are imaginatively confronted by a slimy mucous media mogul and his pundit - but that doesn't peg them back. When the temperature starts to rise, there is not a great deal of surprise, and the baddies are quite justly chastised, and some. Meanwhile Adam, who we met in the previous instalment consumes viewing minutes to ensure this episode fits the delegated TV time slot.

This is by far my favourite episode of Season 1 of Dr Who for several reasons.

First of all, it steers clear of clichés, something that the creative teams behind "World War Three" and similar atrocities could learn from. Rose Tyler isn't her usual helpless self either and, sparingly, she isn't a big part of this episode.

I also loved the casting in this one too, Simon Pegg does a great job as the villain "The Editor", and the rest of the cast are impressive too.

With a few quips and a fast-paced and entertaining story, for me this is the stand-out episode of Season 1

Without doubt this is the weakest story of the first season of the DOCTOR WHO relaunch and it's all down to writer/executive producer . Like most episodes written by RTD it has a very good opening hook and a very good closing sequence but in between we have a fairly bad structured and paced story where nothing much happens

The opening revolves around new companion Adam experiencing his first trip into space with humorous results and it's at this point the audience are left rubbing their chins thinking hey this guy might be a really good addition to the Tardis crew but unfortunately as the story progresses it becomes obvious that he's only included to take up some running time and to set up a joke at the end . Likewise the inclusion of both Simon Pegg and Tamsin Grieg seems more like gimmick casting in order to make the episode more memorable than it really is and there's no way you'll believe this story was part of the Bad Wolf running theme . As always Ecclestone's performance as possibly the most callous incarnation of The Doctor is fantastic

Although this episode has an interesting premise and Simon Pegg steals the show, it is ruined for me by the sheer stupidity and annoying nature of Adam Mitchell. I'm glad they got rid of him. It's a good episode that's could have been better.