These are decent, normal folks who aren’t looking for trouble, but they’ve unwittingly stumbled across a third of the remains of the Dalek, so, too late.
One of the Custodians is cut down while doing his duty (which had me saying to the TV, “You had ONE job …”), which is followed by that gorgeous dissolve showing the passage of time: The dead body in the ninth century fades into a pile of bones in the present, at the center of an archaeological dig beneath Sheffield Town Hall.Įmphasizing the holiday setting early on, Lin (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mitch (Nikesh Patel) are perhaps thinking less about the remains of the dead man in front of them, and more about the kiss they shared the night before on New Year’s Eve. This is all so big and powerful it seems a shame to whittle it down to a mere two minutes of screen time. The epic opening sequence recounts the ninth-century tale of an army of enemies coming together to battle a lone enemy, resulting in the formation of Order of the Custodians, who cut the creature into thirds and spread the pieces across the globe. It’s big and bold and feels cinematic and globe-spanning and time trotting - all the way around, a far more fitting finale to this inaugural season than “ The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos.” So much has texturally changed with this new Who that bringing back a single maniacal Dalek (also how the show reintroduced them back in 2005) to cap off this first block wasn’t so much of a masterstroke as a no-brainer. Well, now we know, and the answer is “brilliantly.” “Resolution” is a real corker and a remarkably fresh outing for the Daleks.
Photo: Sophie Mutevelian/BBC Studios 2018Įarlier this season, based on the monsters and villains he’d been unleashing, I found it difficult to imagine how Chris Chibnall might write a Dalek.
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