Series 1 Episode 11: Boom Town

Summary:
The Doctor, Rose and Jack are in Cardiff because they need to refuel the Tardis and which place would be better for it than the Rift. Soon they are joined by Mickey and think they can spend a calm day until the Doctor notices an old foe in a newspaper. Margaret, a Slitheen that has survived the rocket on Downing Street, is now major of Cardiff and plans to build a power plant on top of the Rift. They soon capture her and she tells them that she wanted to destroy the planet so she could use the energy to come back home. Mickey and Rose have a fight because she always leaves him behind and he comes running every time she calls him. At the same time Margaret and the Doctor have dinner where she tries to poison him but soon her plan B to get home is revealed. Can the Doctor stop her?

I don't know why but I kind of grew fond of the Slitheen. I know that they are supposed to be scary aliens and so on but I somehow like them. Maybe the reason for that is that the Doctor always manages to defeat them in one way or the other. This episode shows how Mickey feels about Rose travelling with the Doctor. He still loves her but he knows that he doesn't have a future with her and wants to start new. On the other hand he is still so attached to her that he always comes when she phones or needs help. The scene with the Doctor and Margaret in the restaurant is just brilliant and I love how they have managed to help her or the Tardis has managed to help her in the end. Jack doesn't have a lot to do in this episode but that's alright because the focus is more on Rose/Mickey and the Doctor/Margaret. An enjoyable episode between two two-parters.

Quotes from "Boom Town"

Today you get quotes from the episode "Boom Town" from series 1.

Jack: Ah, sweet. Look at those two. Why don't I ever get any of that?
The Doctor: Buy me a drink first.
Jack: You're such hard work.
The Doctor: But worth it.

Mickey Smith: I don't mind you hanging out with big ears up there...
The Doctor: Oi!
Mickey Smith: Look in a mirror.

Margaret Blaine: He slipped on an icy patch.
Cathy Salt: He was decapitated.
Margaret Blaine: It was a very icy patch.

Margaret: This is persecution. Why can't you leave me alone? What did I ever do to you?
The Doctor: You tried to kill me and destroy this entire planet.
Margaret: Apart from that?

Margaret Blaine: London doesn't care. The South Wales coast could fall into the sea and they wouldn't notice...Oh! I sound like a Welshman. God help me, I've gone native.

Margaret: This is the technology of the gods.
The Doctor: Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad god. You wouldn't get a day off, for starters.

The Doctor: You've been in that skin-suit too long. You've forgotten. There used to be a real Margaret Blaine. You killed her, and stripped her, and used the skin. You're pleading for mercy out of a dead woman's lips.

The Doctor: (to Margaret Blaine) It's not just any old power source - it's the TARDIS! My TARDIS - the best ship in the universe...The heart of the TARDIS...This ship's alive. You've opened its soul.