"Ha, I love 1958. No one's seen Die Hard. Or Alien. Nor Die Hard 2. Or Aliens. Or Die Hard 3."
Companions: The 10th Doctor.
Air Date: 21st to 27th November 2009.
During a visit to a local diner, the Tenth Doctor stumbles upon a mysterious alien artefact that leads him on a mission to rescue Rivesh Mantilax from the threat of the Viperox and the clutches of the American military.
Dreamland is the second animated feature for Doctor Who, the other being the Infinite Quest. In this adventure the Doctor lands in Roswell New Mexico a short time after a certain UFO crashed in the desert. Drawn into the mystery the Doctor discovers captured alien Grey's, mysterious Men in Black, and a whole race of war-like insectoid aliens waiting to conquer the Earth.
Basically Dreamland is the Whoniverse explanation for the events surrounding the Roswell crash of 1947. I've often wondered what those events might have been like in Doctor Who and it seems someone had the same idea. I like that the Gray aliens, despite the ominous way the media treats their "appearances" in the real world, are shown to be a friendly species in the Whoniverse. Off course the mysterious Men in Black and the alien Viperox are easily recognizable as the villains, in typical science fiction fashion. In other words, they don't look like the good guys.
As Dreamland is basically a children's animated episode it is lacking in general plot. It flows nicely along with enough cool moments to keep the kids happy. For the adult viewers there are a few moments. The quote above is in reference to air ducts running throughout the US army base. Also, the monstrous Viperox queen looks an awful lot like the queen from the Alien movies, complete with nest of alien eggs. Intentional? Who knows but it gave me a chuckle.
Dreamland isn't considered part of the overall canon of the show though much like The Infinite Quest I choose to include it as it is a televised adventure and fits in nicely as an escape for the Doctor before everything goes pear shaped for him in the next story.
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