zustifer | [narrator] Next Week: Dalek!

The second half of the cliffhanger Dr. Who was fairly rewarding in its slapstickitude, but I cannot help looking forward to the next one. You have to hand it to Britain for not having the temerity to change the Dalek design except extremely incrementally. Had it been an american show, apart from it not being possible in the first place, we'd've decided that the Daleks needed guns that shoot rock candy or a more elaborate hat or hydraulic stilts or something, this time around.
The teaser for next week's episode seemed to indicate that the doctor would be Captain Kirked (damn it, can't find the image; you know, where someone's torturing him and he's manacled in a cruciform position, with no shirt, and he's avidly sucking in his gut during all profile shots) up someplace. I find this somewhat alarming. But I really enjoyed how the Dalek got to yell over the beginning of the final credits (which immediately followed the teaser).

PS: There is apparently a strain of hosta called Captain Kirk. TMYK!