The basic premise of this story is, the Doctor meets the devil himself!! Well sort of. The creature he meets is the one that gave birth to the idea of the devil so that raises the question, does that make this the real devil?
A great two part story which also introduced the Ood as a recurring alien in the new series. They are described as being a slave race, they live to serve others. This is an idea that will be explored in a later episode and it seem strange that the Doctor doen't question it here as it seems morally dubious. The Ood are a great looking creature with their squid mouths which David Tennant informs us (in a DVD extra) feel fantastic that he just wanted to go up to them and chew them. Bit weird that David...a little bit weird.
I have to admit that as much as I like this one, Rose is starting to get on my nerves a little. As a companion she is becoming far too cocky. Also at times she seems to be imitating the Doctor so much that Billie Piper takes on some of the characteristics of David Tennant when she is talking. I like to think that this was all intentional, to show the growth of her character before her eventual "demise" at the end of the series.
Aside from that little quibble (is quibble a word?), this is a fantastically atmospheric story with some great scenes such as the ones where the Doctor is being slowly lowered into the pit with no idea how deep the pit goes. As his cable runs out, with no sign of the bottom of the pit, he has to make the decision of whether he dares let himself drop, knowing that it could be as little as 30 feet or could be miles! It's at this point that the Doctor starts to possibly explain his true feelings for Rose. They have been cut off from one another since the communications went down so the Doctor tells Ida that is she manages to contact Rose "if you speak to Rose tell her....tell her I....oh she knows" at which point he lets himself drop. That's awesome!
A great two part story which also introduced the Ood as a recurring alien in the new series. They are described as being a slave race, they live to serve others. This is an idea that will be explored in a later episode and it seem strange that the Doctor doen't question it here as it seems morally dubious. The Ood are a great looking creature with their squid mouths which David Tennant informs us (in a DVD extra) feel fantastic that he just wanted to go up to them and chew them. Bit weird that David...a little bit weird.
I have to admit that as much as I like this one, Rose is starting to get on my nerves a little. As a companion she is becoming far too cocky. Also at times she seems to be imitating the Doctor so much that Billie Piper takes on some of the characteristics of David Tennant when she is talking. I like to think that this was all intentional, to show the growth of her character before her eventual "demise" at the end of the series.
Aside from that little quibble (is quibble a word?), this is a fantastically atmospheric story with some great scenes such as the ones where the Doctor is being slowly lowered into the pit with no idea how deep the pit goes. As his cable runs out, with no sign of the bottom of the pit, he has to make the decision of whether he dares let himself drop, knowing that it could be as little as 30 feet or could be miles! It's at this point that the Doctor starts to possibly explain his true feelings for Rose. They have been cut off from one another since the communications went down so the Doctor tells Ida that is she manages to contact Rose "if you speak to Rose tell her....tell her I....oh she knows" at which point he lets himself drop. That's awesome!
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