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This episode has quite a lot to like. Early 1930s New York City! Class tensions! The aftermath of World War I! The Cult of Skaro! British actors gamely doing American accents! Andrew Garfield!
It also has mutant pig people, so I suppose it's a bit of a wash.
I actually can't find much to say, really - it's the first part of a two-parter, so it probably doesn't bode well that I'd lost interest by the final act. A lot of the setup is pretty interesting, but at a certain point they're mostly just chasing pig men through the sewers, which is...not exactly compelling.
And in general, those pig men are a baffling choice that derail the whole thing. Yeah I get it, the Daleks were doing genetic experiments. But...they also could have just enslaved regular people? Have them do a little mind control, and you've made your episode far less silly, and less expensive at the same time! I suppose that would make it less palatable when they all get slaughtered next week, though.
Very much agreed on that last point. It's not really canonical, but in "Daleks' Invasion Earth" the daleks just slap mind controlling helmets on humans. Seems far more effective. The genetic argument explanation also doesn't make much sense, given they wanted to turn merge daleks and humans. Why are pigs even involved? We also never got an explanation for why there was random glowing green goop in the sewers.
Have you ever seen a Dalek toilet?
thanks, I hate it