Doctor Who Finale Part 3 Recap: “Journey’s End”

Then Dalek Caan starts in again with his insane ramblings. Dalek Caan, it seems, is the Daleks’ answer to Michael Ausiello, because he keeps offering up these spoilers about what’s going to happen. Namely that the Doctor and Rose will be there “at the end,” his “soul will be revealed,” and “one of his precious children will die.”

The Doctor is all, “Come again?” Davros promises they’ll see this prophecy play out together, because the end of their journey is about to begin. With the testing of the Dalek “Reality Bomb.” Based on its name, I’m wondering if they’re planning on getting all of humanity hooked on lousy TV shows featuring out-of-control egomaniacs competing to date and/or screw over other egomaniacs. If that’s the case, it looks like it’s already been activated and a huge success.

We cut to human prisoners being herded by Daleks into this cavernous room for “testing.” The guinea pigs include Sarah Jane, Mickey, and Jackie, who figures out the testing has something to do with this ominous device on the ceiling above them.

When a woman falls next to Jackie, pissing the Daleks off, Sarah Jane takes advantage of the distraction to go to a nearby door and open it with her “sonic lipstick.” Certainly a nifty little device to have around. Although the Carson Kressley part of me can’t help but think a little actual lipstick wouldn’t hurt her either.

Anyway, Sarah Jane ushers Mickey through the door with her. Unfortunately, Jackie’s too busy with the fallen woman to follow them. They watch through a window in the door as the Reality Bomb revs up.

Inside the Vault, the others watch the testing on Dalek-vision, and the Doctor figures out the Daleks are using a massive energy stream created by the orbiting stolen planets. The Doctor screams for Davros to stop it. But the test proceeds …

Inside the experimentation chamber, the machine is revving up louder. It certainly looks like Jackie’s about to be toast. But then Mickey hears a small beep and realizes his clutch-purse-deportation-device has recharged. He catches Jackie’s eye and signals for her to use hers. Saying she’s sorry to the woman next to her, Jackie activates her device. She re-appears next to Mickey in just the nick of time.

The Reality Bomb goes off, and the human test subjects are dissolved into atoms from head to toe.

Inside the Vault, Davros crows that this was a focused test on human subjects. But at full transmission, the Reality Bomb will wipe out all forms of matter. And since it is at the center of the Medusa Cascade time-space rift, it will also destroy every parallel dimension as well.

Davros: This is my ultimate victory. The destruction of reality itself!

The Supreme Dalek orders all Dalek fleets to return to the Crucible for “shelter from the cataclysm.” Soon, he brags, Daleks will be the sole life-forms in existence! One has to wonder what exactly the Daleks will do with all that free time. Play Wii? Mate Wii?

We see hundreds of Dalek ships heading to the Crucible, including ones leaving Earth. Donna’s mum is thrilled they’re leaving, but Gramps, no dummie when it comes to aliens, is suspicious. Plus he’s still worried about where Donna is.

Cut back to Sarah Jane and friends, standing around in shock after witnessing the Reality Bomb test. There’s some noise from a nearby vent, and out pops Jack. Spying Mickey, he snarks that it’s just his luck to climb through miles of air shafts and run straight into “Mickey Mouse.” Could have been worse; he could have popped out in the Crucible’s loo while Davros was on the can. Trust me, if you think his head is shriveled to the point of deformity, you seriously don’t want to see the state of his junk.

Mickey snarks back, calling Jack, “Captain Cheesecake.” And Jack snarks, “Actually it’s Beefcake.” I’d say that he’s much more a Sergeant Beefcake, or maybe even a General.