"It is clear that he knows that I can run this council without his aid. Now, gentlemen, we come to the main discussion before this meeting. The apportioning of the government of the universe after the conquest. All of you will be allowed to oversee your own galaxies. BUT... all of you will be responsible to the Dalek Supreme... and me!"
They are really stretching the plot pretty thin at this point.
I'm serious. Last episode the Doctor made a big deal about how the Monk's directional unit would either work or blow them to kingdom come. This one begins with the TARDIS not getting blown to kingdom come, therefore it must have worked.
But the Doctor spends five minutes thinking that they failed and they're going to have to steal another time machine to get back to Kembal and aren't there still some Egyptians kicking around, better check the scanner.
And voila, they're on Kembal.
God bless you Sara (not Jane) for being pissed at the Doctor after all that.
Back at the Dalek city, the leaders of the rest of the universe other than the Daleks and Mavic Chen have been growing increasingly agitated at not appearing in most of this serial. Seriously, funky gravity walking guy gets fewer lines than the guy whose shed got stolen back in The Feast of Steven.
They vote to banish Mavic Chen from the rest of the serial and take over as chief suck ups to the pepper pots when Chen and the Daleks return leading to an awkward moment on both sides.
Chen, demonstrating the suave sophistication that brought him to the highest office in the Solar System, tells the other delegates that, despite controlling GALAXIES, his contribution of some radioactive silly putty means that he gets to tell them what to do and if they don't like it he can yell louder, nyah nyah nee boo boo.
The Daleks leave and then return to imprison everyone. Thank you Daleks.
The travelers leave the TARDIS and head out to the Dalek city. They lose the Doctor and spend 10 minutes walking through the jungle talking about things that don't really advance the plot or develop character. OK, Sara (not Jane) does get a couple of OK lines, but they could have skipped the jungle walk scene without loosing anything.
Steven and Sara (not Jane) get to the Dalek city and discover that it's abandoned. When they get to a control room, they jump to the conclusion that the Daleks have captured the Doctor. They try to lure the Daleks to the control room by calling out over the intercom (the audio voice from last episode).
The delegates hear the dulcet tones of Sara (not Jane) and respond that they have been imprisoned by the Daleks and would you please let us out.
The delegates do make a decent argument; the Daleks betrayed us, let us out and we'll fight em and stuff.
The delegate ships fly off one by one. Until Chen's blows up.
The two travelers spot a Dalek and follow it underground in the hopes of finding the Doctor. Then Chen shows up and points a blaster at them.
Next up: The Destruction of Time
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