NuWho Rewatch: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks

The key thing I remembered about this story, going in, was that mean comments on the Internet made the author cry. In retrospect I do have to wonder what the back-stage politics were, that meant Russell Davies felt it was appropriate to tell the world that nasty Internet fans made Helen Raynor cry, especially given she was the only woman who had written a Doctor Who story under his stewardship and so maybe he should have been a little careful about not undermining her professionalism. But this was at the start of the first big falling out between the production team and Internet fans (over whether the show's treatment of Martha was racist). I'd like to be able to say the production team handle interactions with Internet fans better now but, to be honest, I'm not sure they do.

( So, you know, actually I rather enjoyed it )

So, I enjoyed this. I think there are a couple of unwise scripting decisions and there are quite a lot of problems with the production, but there is plenty to like.

... Of course I was watching Time and the Rani in parallel which lends a certain perspective to the concept of bad Doctor Who.