This is intended to be the first in a number of posts about the disastrous climax of series two of the rejuvenated Doctor Who, the episode in question – Doomsday – contains what is possibly the worst dialogue ever broadcast.
Not only that but some of the ideas it contains, and the implementation of those ideas, are beyond ridicule. Enough of all this spiel, let’s get on with the curious case of Void material…
In Doomsday we discover that anyone that’s been in the Void gets covered in Void Material. The longer you’re in, the more gets stuck to you. Simple. How do you detect if you have any of this Void material on you though?
Gosh, isn't he so whacky and out there!
Well the only way to detect Void material is by the use of a complex series of detectors that unravel all the tightly knotted dimensions of space that surround the target and count the number of positive hits from the particles of Void material as they struggle to return to their own dimension.
Either that or just put on a pair of cheap 3D glasses.
This is yet another example of Davies’ piss-poor writing for Doctor Who and his lack of imagination. He just goes for a very cheap and unsatisfying gimmick that runs the length of the show until the disappointing reveal at the end.
It’s as if we’re supposed to sit there watching the Doctor running about in 3D specs and think that it’s just The Doctor being all whacky and out-there.
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