411 – Doctor Who – Resolution

It’s time for a Ressurection Revelation Remembrance Resolution! …of the Daleks… …on New Year’s Day, no less. Simon and Eugene discuss the Doctor Who 2019 New Year’s Special, Resolution. Episode Synopsis:  In the Ninth Century, based on the context of the story, in what might be presumed to be England, epic armies came together to battle the most deadly foe the planet Earth has ever faced.  They prevailed and they follow up their victory with possibly the dumbest plan in the history of the universe.  The body of their slain foe is cut into three parts, sent to the three corners of the Earth where, a lone guardian will sit on the remains for all eternity making sure that…. Hell, I don’t know what they were expecting, but there they sat, for centuries. Except for the one guardian who got killed and the deadly remnants just lay beside a road, unmolested for so long that it got covered up, in situ, and preserved for our new archaeologists friends in Sheffield to dig it up and, on New Year’s day, 2019 they re-animate the body, which promptly teleports the other bits back together and forms into a squid-like thing. The Doctor picks up an Earth alarm of alien activity and tracks it, where she and the gang on on the trail of the enemy – which turns out to be a Dalek sans casing. The Dalek has taken the body of the female archaeologist and is using it as a make-shift transport machine in order to take over the Earth.   As it attempts to collect parts to further its mission of taking over the Earth, Ryan’s dad shows up for some heart-warming family holiday special fodder.  He’s apparently an engineer peddling microwave ovens door-to-door.  I didn’t catch the brand name, but I think it was “Chekov’s Gun Microwaves and Plot Devices, Inc.” Between raiding a high tech firm collecting alien technology and a scrap merchant’s farm, the Dalek, using the female archaeologist’s strong arms and some mean blacksmithing skills, builds a new Dalek casing. Next the Dalek proceeds to a major communication hub to send a signal to the fleet.  With Ryan’s dad’s help – and his wicked microwave skills – they defeat the Dalek’s plan, mostly, but the Dalek escapes and takes Ryan’s dad.  Blackmailing the Doctor into returning him to Skaro in the TARDIS. The Doctor tricks the Dalek by opening up the TARDIS to a super-nova, but it looks like Ryan’s dad will die too, until Ryan can overcome his Dyspraxia and hold his father’s hand, saving him for being sucked into the super-nova. With the Earth saved, the gang leave.