BBC's Doctor Who

I didn't do anything.

Nooo, I don't think so. I just helped a bit with the editing.

Stavroula is a welcome hand in the maintitles review gang! Definitely not 'nothing'.

she was the editing helping hand, and it's a hand I'll never let go again

I liked the "Waters of Mars" special, especially the chilly ending when [spoiler]Dr. Who almost turns evil.[/spoiler]

I also adore that whole space station/monster thingie, so I guess that accounts for why I liked it so much.

Yeah, that's a good one too. Or the one with the spaceship hurling towards the sun. Those premises I love.

Interestingly I was just about to add an entry about the last episode to the Recently Viewed thread about this, but I'll happily continue here.

I liked the plot: it was insanely over the top, but done with panache and fun by all (I love John Simms as The Master.)

I also like the way Doctor Ten, like Thor said, [spoiler]was really, really reluctant to let go[/spoiler]. Very much in keeping with the character! Dalton as [spoiler]Rassilon, wielding the Hand Of Omega[/spoiler]: a very fine treat for Doctor Who oldbies, and something that bodes very, very ill for the Doctor and the Timelords indeed!

Bernard Crippens was excellent again as Wilf, and the way the prophesied end came to pass ("he will knock four times...") was absolutely heart-rending.

Sadly there was a bit to dislike as well:
The tendency to introduce an epic threat, only for it to be dispelled in about 30 seconds flat.

The "Lady In White" (what the f*ck was THAT all about??? Was that supposed to be [spoiler]Donna as a Timelord [/spoiler](as suggested by another one of Tennants dark, moody and meaningful glances at the end? Or was it supposed to be [spoiler]the Doctor's mum[/spoiler] as suggested by some websites (how the hell did they arrive at THAT conclusion???)).

And I hated the final twenty-minute wankfest. Positively pointless. And ye GODS was it melodramatic. Broodingly meaningful glances. Gold's music finally (and irrevocably) surpassing the point of epic intensity into sheer hyperbole. Ugh!

As to Doctor Eleven...well.... to be fair, I had huge doubts when Tennant took over from Eccleston (whom I still think was bloody marvellous in the role), so I'll uncharacteristically postpone any judgement until the new series in the spring.

Comedians, murderers...in the UK the red line is always so thin...

You may be too deeply dippy for this board.

No. Dippy. Definitely. Deeply.

Hee hee.
I am on the exact polar opposite of everything you wrote (well. Except on the great cast)!

I loved the story.
I found Tennant as Hamlet rather unconvincing (especially when set against Patrick Stewart's superior performance as the King).
I already expounded on the ridiculous and pointless, WAY too self-referential epilogue (which was really Tennant/Davies saying goodbye. Not the Doctor. Which just makes no sense, especially in such a protracted manner!).
I loved his final line, which was completely in keeping with Doctor Ten (not the first Doctor to actively resist renewal, but the first one to successfully refuse it (season three)).

I think that I was overall satisfied with how David Tennant ended his stint as the Doctor. As with a lot of RTD episodes, it veered from being great to being too sweet and sickly - and the final 20 minutes were, for me, too much of a self-congratulation. But, (on a positive note) maybe saying all the goodbyes may mean that they'll all be laid to rest in the coming new series. A line may have been drawn under all the Tyler family, etc and we can move on.

I personally liked Tennant's final line - the Doctor's enjoyed his current incarnation and it's natural to want to continue.

The show as a whole had too many references to other sci-fi/fantasy and it made the storyline seem a bit of a mix-and-match concoction.

Gold's score for this final two-parter certainly had enough in it for me to want the music as a stand-alone CD: the opening statement of a previously-heard theme was a great and powerful opening, and the (OTT?) statement of the Doctor's theme just as he utters his final words was a great ending.

I notice that a 5-disc DVD release of the specials is due out in mid-January, featuring "The Next Doctor", "Planet of the Dead", "The Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time - Parts 1 & 2" and features a "Doctor Who At The Proms" extra.

After having just watched a trailer for the upcoming series of Doctor Who, it looks as though there may be some interesting "baddies" - though my heart sank slightly [spoiler]when I saw a reference to the return (again) of the Daleks[/spoiler].

But, one thing I don't like, is the revamped logo for the series.