Worse than that. In my school, it was presumed if someone was picking on you, they must have had a good reason. Every time someone beat me up or was otherwise horrible and I tried to tell someone about it, the principal would interrogate me, ask the bullies a few quick questions (mostly, is that how it really…

I seriously think that Boom Town is one of the best episodes of the first few years of the revival. It's certainly a standout in Eccleston's series, not least for the sole outing of the full Eccleston-era TARDIS team. And it's so contemplative, so much more so than the modern show almost ever gets to indulge in.

I wouldn't take the title too literally. So far as I can see, Davies just meant to say something along the lines of "Democratically elected President" — except he let pomp and theatricality warp that into something that's plainly wrong if you know what he's talking about. Not for the first or the last time!

If Davies had kept it to the screen they probably wouldn't have noticed or cared. The UN's problem arose from the alternate reality website program that (I think) Joseph Lidster cobbled together for the production team. In amongst the fake blogs and search engines was an official UNIT website that purported to be from…

Right. Just a throwaway line, but it was there. I recall that when Torchwood began I was puzzled why she had moved from medicine to technical support — and I guess I wasn't alone in that.

The thing I like about Day is its acknowledgement — for possibly the first time, outside of the Doctor's memories of his youth — that the Time Lords aren't this one faceless bureaucratic organization, little different from the monster races that the Doctor so often battles.

It also may be worth consideration that Davies is deeply Welsh. His favorite location (both interior and exterior) seems to be Roald Dahl Plass. In turn, his sense of humor seems to be deeply influenced by 20th century British children's literature, in the Roald Dahl mode.

Those two, plus Vampires of Venice, plus the Dalek episode. Oh, and remember The Beast Below? Well, now you do. All amongst the low points of modern Who, to my mind — except for that mostly silent assistant to the fish lady, and his reaction shots when she begins to flicker on and off. That guy is priceless.