(BEWARE: This video clip of a comedy skit contains bad language that some people may find offensive)
If there's one thing, besides his spot-on character-driven writing, that you can't fault Russell T Davies for: it's his enthusiasm for Doctor Who. As the man who brought the show back to life on the BBC after so many years, he may sometimes play fast and loose with its tangled mythology and his action scenes are not always up the standard of his emotional ones, but he loves this show and will do everything he can to get as many people as possible to share that love.
However, you have to wonder if his idea of slapping a big picture of the "surprise" monster from this weekend's Daleks in Manhattan episode on the front cover of the new issue of The Radio Times (other listings magazines are available) kind of spoiled the surprise a bit? Unless, of course, it's a canny double bluff.
Ever since I "accidentally" read online that the mysterious Void Ship in Army of Ghosts last season contained Daleks - thus ruining the big reveal for me - I have tried as hard as possible to avoid spoilers for the series. But this is - literally - in your face and very difficult to avoid as its on every magazine shelf in every newsagent in every village, town and city in the country.
Up until this point, I didn't even know there were going to be Dalek/human hybrids - just the annoying Pig Monsters we'd seen squealing around in the trailers! So I am a bit ticked off that the BBC has chosen to spoil its own surprise, but I'm still holding out hope for that unpredictable clever twist...
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