Who Fan Site Reviews: Doctor Who Series 1 Episode 4: Aliens of London


WHO FAN SITE REVIEWS: SERIES 1 EPISODE 4: ALIENS OF LONDON


Rating: 9/10


Now then, straight onto one of the weirdest Doctor Who two parters of the Nu-Who era. Although some may consider it as an episode only worth the meme quality but I think it introduced some really interesting new aliens which sadly weren't in the series that much. I also think it handled the issue of the dangers of travelling or, in Rose's case: Travelling through Space and Time. I think a really powerful scene in the episode was when Rose arrived home and went to see Jackie, her mother and the shock on Jackie's face at her daughters return was very natural acting from Camille Coduri. I also enjoyed the cameo of future Torchwood character Toshiko Sato and the space pig was just pure brilliance. Harriet Jones was also a strong character in this episode because of her bravery when she decided to just go off with The 9th Doctor and Rose. As well as being quite gritty and hard hitting, this episode did have some funny parts to it: Like when the Prime Minister is farting in the lift and Jackie's reaction when seeing the 'Slikeen' policeman. Some more weak parts of the episode was the fact the Slitheen were far too comedic and if the audience were to take them seriously, maybe make them a bit more 'scary'. I think that making this episode a two-parter allowed it to show the potential it has. Another notable moments of the episode were the panic when the spaceship landed in the Thames and the cliff-hanger because I genuinely thought that The Doctor and Rose and all of the other Downing Street cabinet were going to be electrocuted, setting up the suspense well. All in all, a strong start to a brilliant two-parter.

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