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SecretMethod70 · 07-06-2008, 01:01 AM

Spoiler: well, Davros is probably going to survive somehow and that's an easy way to bring back the Daleks back

Other than that, the finale (speaking of both parts as a whole) was enjoyable, but extremely "fanwanky" and there were a number of things that just made no sense or were just totally unnecessary and stupid.

So, par for the course with RTD's writing.

Spoiler: Having two Doctor's due to some crazy mistake would have made a great standalone episode. As part of this episode, and with the explanation that was given, it was just stupid. It's like RTD said "We have all the various companion people from the new series together, and we've got a giant weapon that threatens to destroy all of reality, you know what else would be great? Let's have two tenth Doctors!"

I'm totally OK with The Doctor using the hand to regenerate into the same Doctor. That's fine with me, and doing that should have left the hand dead. For the hand to inexplicably retain the regeneration energy (which The Doctor blew away) and have that regeneration be inexplicably set off by Donna touching it....just makes no sense. And, OK, so by using the hand during regneration, the original tenth Doctor stayed as David Tennant. What did the hand use to make sure he regenerated into David Tennant instead of some other Doctor?

Spoiler: And then there's the ending with Donna. It was a very sad ending, and it was done rather well, but I really think Donna should have died. It makes more sense that it would kill her, but instead The Doctor just has to do his Time Lord Vulcan Mind Meld Magic and voila, Donna loses her memories and is safe. I'd much rather have seen a similarly touching ending where Donna goes home, dying from overload, and spends her last moments with her family, and finally gets some validation from her mother. But, no, RTD refuses to kill a companion (and, based on Stephen Moffat's track record, he probably does too).

07-06-2008, 01:01 AM	#212 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Spoiler: well, Davros is probably going to survive somehow and that's an easy way to bring back the Daleks back Other than that, the finale (speaking of both parts as a whole) was enjoyable, but extremely "fanwanky" and there were a number of things that just made no sense or were just totally unnecessary and stupid. So, par for the course with RTD's writing. Spoiler: Having two Doctor's due to some crazy mistake would have made a great standalone episode. As part of this episode, and with the explanation that was given, it was just stupid. It's like RTD said "We have all the various companion people from the new series together, and we've got a giant weapon that threatens to destroy all of reality, you know what else would be great? Let's have two tenth Doctors!" I'm totally OK with The Doctor using the hand to regenerate into the same Doctor. That's fine with me, and doing that should have left the hand dead. For the hand to inexplicably retain the regeneration energy (which The Doctor blew away) and have that regeneration be inexplicably set off by Donna touching it....just makes no sense. And, OK, so by using the hand during regneration, the original tenth Doctor stayed as David Tennant. What did the hand use to make sure he regenerated into David Tennant instead of some other Doctor? Spoiler: And then there's the ending with Donna. It was a very sad ending, and it was done rather well, but I really think Donna should have died. It makes more sense that it would kill her, but instead The Doctor just has to do his Time Lord Vulcan Mind Meld Magic and voila, Donna loses her memories and is safe. I'd much rather have seen a similarly touching ending where Donna goes home, dying from overload, and spends her last moments with her family, and finally gets some validation from her mother. But, no, RTD refuses to kill a companion (and, based on Stephen Moffat's track record, he probably does too). __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling