There are some unexpected moments of throat-catching
poignancy as the Doctor takes Donna to her first-ever alien
planet. There he's reunited with the Ood, and what unfolds
prompts a teary Donna to beg the Doc to take her home.
The Ood are brutalised in what look very much like
concentration camps - before they're dispatched to other
planets as slaves, all at the behest of a nasty, besuited
villain.
But the sinister process is going wrong - the Ood are
turning murderous, something that's so far from the true
nature of a gentle race. When the Doctor demonstrates to an
emotional Donna just why, and with what urgency, they need
to be set free.
In this weeks VORTEXTRA... Discuss
4.3: Planet of the Ood, Rate the Episode and check out our Episode Guide entry for it. View our facts about
Ice, take part in our Quiz for the episode and
check out Teaser #3 for the forthcoming
DWO Role Playing Game.
NEXT TIME... VORTEXTRA explores
4.4: The Sontaran Stratagem.