Now, that was what I call an almost 5o minute long teaser for season 7. Even though I'm not too sure about the soon-gonna-be-the-new-comapion's name: Oswin Oswald. Seriously? And, doesn't the whole thing seem to be familiar: the Doctor witnessing the death of a future companion, even though technically this time it does not necessarily need to be the future death of a future companion... besides, the Doctor does not seem to know. Or is it just me who thinks that there is something haunting about Oswin's final words 'Run you clever boy and remember'. Admittedly, there is a tiny possibility that this is the way how she will die after all. Nevertheless, let's not forget the one and only lesson we should have learnt from season 6, namely, not to take anything for granted, especially when it comes to story archs crafted by the Mighty Moff.
Talking about story archs. Is the Doctor fighting the Dalek's masterplan of turning everybody into Dalek-protptypes what this year's season is going to be about? Could be. And I have the feeling that the Dalek's not remembering their archenemy may have also some other additional, yet unexplored consequences than them chanting the two words for which this series has been famous...
However, the episode also operates on a different level. The fact that the Doctor is some sort of responsible for the Ponds almost breaking up gives an interesting touch to the story, just as the constant misinterpretations of eggs-termin-ate (which may be syntactically a perfect Japanese sentence BTW). Not to mention the sad irony of a 'I'm human'-chanting Dalek-human (or human Dalek, after all?) who indirectly becomes the reason why the Doctor manages to escape his future most likely cause of death (i.e. death by Dalek) ones more.
The only slight downside I can think of is the lack of one-liners, something Moffat is famous for. Then again, the primary purpose of 'The Asylum of the Daleks' seems to have been to present a mouthwatering appetiser of season 7's remaining episodes, and it certainly did not fail to accomplish that.
Talking about story archs. Is the Doctor fighting the Dalek's masterplan of turning everybody into Dalek-protptypes what this year's season is going to be about? Could be. And I have the feeling that the Dalek's not remembering their archenemy may have also some other additional, yet unexplored consequences than them chanting the two words for which this series has been famous...
However, the episode also operates on a different level. The fact that the Doctor is some sort of responsible for the Ponds almost breaking up gives an interesting touch to the story, just as the constant misinterpretations of eggs-termin-ate (which may be syntactically a perfect Japanese sentence BTW). Not to mention the sad irony of a 'I'm human'-chanting Dalek-human (or human Dalek, after all?) who indirectly becomes the reason why the Doctor manages to escape his future most likely cause of death (i.e. death by Dalek) ones more.
The only slight downside I can think of is the lack of one-liners, something Moffat is famous for. Then again, the primary purpose of 'The Asylum of the Daleks' seems to have been to present a mouthwatering appetiser of season 7's remaining episodes, and it certainly did not fail to accomplish that.
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