An enjoyable episode with a simple yet interesting script. The story is basically the doctor meeting a thief (Michelle Ryan) who are transported through a worm hole to an alien planet (Dubai) on a bus. They then meet an alien called a Tritovore who also got there through a worm hole. It turns out it is the robotic stingrays who devour whole planets and create wormholes to got to another planet to destroy that one too. As I say it isn't overcomplicated or anything but it is really helped by the alien costumes as well as locations. Let's start with the companion (which the doctor should always have) in this one we have Lady Christina de Souza who is a thief which we discover (brilliantly) right at the beginning with her stealing a cup which comes in handy later on in the story (twice). She is a very strong character who works very well for this story, and I wouldn't have minded her staying on. Next the amazing locations. This story is one of those special rare ones that actually are filmed outside of UK (other notable stories are City of death, the angels take Manhattan and A town called Mercy.) The locations really add to the story creating a great atmosphere and it has been used well as an alien planet. Finally the costumes of the Tritovore are great same with the alien language. Also the CGI of the stingrays are really interesting with a super concept. Overall a great story with a great range of characters. To improve, the dialogue could have been written a little better but not a big problem. Also it could have had more Easter themes considering it is an Easter special but again, not a huge problem.
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