Doctor Who season 4 episode 3: Planet of the Ood

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Doctor Who is a TV show about the doctor, an alien whotravels time and space. In this episode, he and Donna Noble land on the planetwhere the Ood are bred in the year 4126. The Ood are a race modified by man toact as perfect slaves, and are now revolting. This episode helps us to see slavery in a new perspective. Oneof the things clearly depicted is the difference between what the Ood reallyare and what humans stubbornly think of them. The Ood are advertised ascreatures coming from a far off planet with only one purpose: to serve. Butthis is only the result of a trade secret: the Ood’s external brain is cut offand replaced with a speaking device. Multiple times during the shows, commentsare made on the fact that some people know this and don't care, and the restsimply don't ask: they prefer to live the lives of ignorance that the empiresuggests. This situation is very similar to the situation ofsweatshops in our world today. This is even mentioned in the episode: thedoctor makes Donna realize this by asking her who made her clothes. At first itwould seem that the purpose of humans is to expand their power by any meansnecessary; but by the end, the Doctor shifts that purpose to caring about otherpeople and races and essentially fighting for shalom.In the end of the episode, the Ood decide to redeem the lifeof the CEO of the Ood factory by transforming him into an Ood instead ofkilling him. I find that in this way they show a kingdom way of life by showingmercy while still obtaining their own safety.How effective is showing the plight of alien creatures inmaking us realize how bad the situation of slavery is on our planet?More importantly, what are some what we can help fightslavery today, which is much more rampant than we like to think ?