The fourth and final part is where it counts. After all the things that have happened over the course of the three stories it was important that the pay off was what was expected. It’s a position that Nicholas Briggs (writer) has been in before. Having to end the first season of Dalek Empire: Infinity in the write was done well enough so I had high hopes the same could happen here. By now Karen Brett has been converted but only sounds slightly different., you can tell that it is still her. This might be to try and evoke an emotional response from the listener. Paul Hunt has (as expected) being appointed Emergency executive-in-chief. This means effectively that the Cybermen can take over the Earth and get on with their plan The character of Reorden is push into the centre of proceedings. He is the leader of the Android ship and is initially negative to Liam. However as with anyone who has a grudge or doesn’t like someone, they slowly warm to that other person and the two characters had some nice scenes together. This story does seem to be more about Liam and Karen than Paul and Karen.
What I like about this story is how fast everything moves. The story is set over the space of a few hours and this adds a certain amount of tension to the proceedings. However I was disappointed with the ending of Karen. I felt she deserved a slightly better ending than the one she got. Considering she was the main character she wasn’t exactly given a brilliant ending.
Overall this story was very good but there were something’s that I thought could have been improved upon. The series as a hold was everything that I could have wanted. It was a nicely built plot (even with some weaknesses) and the characters were all well rounded and superbly acted. I don’t think that it can be compared to Dalek Empire because the two serials have different things to offer the listener. For me it built on the imagery of the Cybermen as creatures that can infiltrate a race like the humans and even though the plan was slightly over done can manipulate whoever they like to get what they want.
What I like about this story is how fast everything moves. The story is set over the space of a few hours and this adds a certain amount of tension to the proceedings. However I was disappointed with the ending of Karen. I felt she deserved a slightly better ending than the one she got. Considering she was the main character she wasn’t exactly given a brilliant ending.
Overall this story was very good but there were something’s that I thought could have been improved upon. The series as a hold was everything that I could have wanted. It was a nicely built plot (even with some weaknesses) and the characters were all well rounded and superbly acted. I don’t think that it can be compared to Dalek Empire because the two serials have different things to offer the listener. For me it built on the imagery of the Cybermen as creatures that can infiltrate a race like the humans and even though the plan was slightly over done can manipulate whoever they like to get what they want.
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