Episode Title: The Waters of Mars
Broadcasting Station: BBC One
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Official Synopsis: Mars, 2059. Bowie Base One. Last recorded message: 'Don't drink the water. Not one drop.'.
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This episode is great, in some ways. Oddly sad, in others. And, slightly terrifying in others. Lets just say this episode increased my fears of water to all new heights. Anyway, though it is terrifing, I have some interesting issues with this. For starters, the fact that it's a fixed point in time, it effectively means that, no matter what happens in the episode, these people will die. And the Doctor's actions shouldn't have been able to do anything to change that.
Furthermore, the deadly virus, or germ, was able to transmit, or implant, itself into the humans on Mars. But, these people got that virus from using the Martian water. Why didn't they bring their own water, if they were becoming a colony? They're the first colony out on Mars, and they know nothing of it. Wouldn't they bring as much as they could from Earth, in order to avoid just this type of catastrophy?
Another point, probably the main reason why I dislike this episode, is the 'villains.' They are, basically, visually, water-possessed humans. The first impression of these baddies is impressive, definitely scary. But, after that first impression passes, they just feel kinda silly. Even though, sure, the power of water is great, these bad guys get really old, really fast.
Finally, I find it impossible to believe that the Doctor can barely pilot the Tardis on his own, but could somehow make the 'funny robot' control it perfectly enough for it to matterialize around them. However, even though this episode is not great, it is basically the best of the specials between Series 5 and Series 6, mostly because the ending of the episode is flawless.
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