Yes…you can BET THERE ARE SPOILERS BELOW! Are you crazy or something???
PART 1 of 2
Written by Russell T. Davies
Directed by Graeme Harper
“The Children of Time are moving against us, but everything is falling into place.”
OH MY F-CKING GOD!
There’s a bit of plot in here somewhere…but honestly…WHO THE HELL CARES!
The Stolen Earth is the most fanwanky / apocalyptic / end-of-everything / team up episode to end ALL episodes. It was as if Marvel and DC Comics combined to tell a story that would end EVERYTHING…TOGETHER…AT THE SAME TIME!
My bloody head hurts like you have no idea. I think my brain melted and poured out through my nose!
Ok…let’s sum up WHY THIS WAS THE GREATEST THING THE TEN YEAR OLD IN ALL OF US WILL EVER SEE:
(1) A new Dalek army! A new, RED Supreme Dalek! The rescued, emaciated, disgusted, sublime Davros! The insane, SINGING Dalek Caan!
(2) Every companion the news series has seen…every ONE OF THEM! And Rose being stroppy at this Martha woman she doesn’t know about!
(3) TORCHWOOD and SARAH JANE ADVENTURES guest stars in the SAME STORY!
(4) Freaking planets in the sky! Time war references! The Shadow Proclamation! Judoon! The all out Dalek assault on planet Earth that 1964’s Dalek Invasion of Earth could only DREAM ABOUT! Daleks destroying houses, families…and being more evil than…well…EVER!
(5) REGENERATION? HUH? DUH? ARGH! NO! You shall NOT TAKE DAVID TENNANT! Not yet!
This wasn’t a story…it was a bloody rush of adrenaline from start to finish. Epic in every single way a comic book/graphic novel can be epic…it even ends with the biggest, most outrageous TO BE CONTINUED statement ever done on television!
Oh my god, I think I’ve lost my mind! But I DON’T CARE! That was brilliant in a way I can’t even describe…and Bernard (Donna’s grandad) Cribbins STILL manages to steal all of his scenes!
Oh lord…how the hell am I supposed to wait until NEXT WEEK??? How can I possibly hold back the geeky squee that threatens to engulf the entire universe?!?
10
A superficial score, to be sure…but dammit, I nearly WET MY PANTS! 
(OK…it PROBABLY deserves a 6…but really, how can you NOT love an adrenaline rush like THIS! If only Independence Day had been as enjoyable…but since it wasn’t, I’ll stick with my inner-child rating for this one. )
