Doctor Who - The End of Time
Yaaay, Doctor Who. I thought that was great, great fun. I'm not sure I thought a great deal of the Time Lords coming back - althogh Timothy Dalton was perfectly cast - and the Master's clones all over the shop. No, what I liked was basically, Wilf, yaaay Wilf, the Doctor talks to Wilf, Wilf talks to the Doctor, Wilf IS AWESOME.
Etc.
I also liked the salvage aliens. "That's cacti!" / "That's racist!"
And also, I liked John Simm. Although the whole Master thing not really what I liked the episode for, he is a wonderful actor. And Wilf's groupies! The lovely bus of people who can find the Doctor for him, and it doesn't seem to be explained how they managed it (I remember Clive, in the first season, who had spent years trying to find the Doctor) - it's just the power for awesome that is Wilf, I s'pose.
But yes. When the Time Lords and the Master disappear, and the Doctor does his farewell tour, this is what I loved. I loved the Martha-and-Mickey-are-amazing show, I especially loved Verity Newman, Joan Refdfern's great-something granddaughter. The bar, which looked like Milliways - I loved the care, time, money and attention that clearly was put into it, for all it's a five-minute scene - where the Doctor gives Jack a boyfriend as a going-away present. Donna's wedding was lovely, too. (And Wilf's earlier explanation that she is not going to be Donna Noble-Temple, which does sound like a tourist attraction.) The lovely lady who wants Wilf to marry her. And the lottery ticket, which is maybe the first time that's ever been done in the forty-year history of a show about time travel.
Oh, and Rose! When the camera panned in on them I thought it was going to be silly. But... it wasn't. It totally wasn't. I liked the glimpse of Jackie, and then Rose being sweet, and likeable - from her perspective she's stopped to help a drunk guy in an alley - and there's a nice image of the TARDIS in the background too, covered in snow, as it always ought to be in a Doctor Who special.
About the mysterious woman, then - credited as "the Woman". My theory is that she is the Watcher. (As in, Logopolis - the odd, Michelin-man type figure who follows Four around for all of the episode, as some sort of herald of death.) But of course I may be wrong.
And finally, Matt Smith - whom so far I kind of like. (forthwritten has Issues about his hair, but I like that, too.) He's kind of sweet. And as Shim notes, he checks his Adam's apple to see what gender he is after he's checked his nose and his legs and his ears are there. And it's nice to know that he could be a woman, if... I don't know, circumstances are different? But yes, I liked him.
Finally finally, David Tennant. I still love him. I really, really do. I'm very glad he was the Doctor for four years. Onwards and upwards.
Etc.
I also liked the salvage aliens. "That's cacti!" / "That's racist!"
And also, I liked John Simm. Although the whole Master thing not really what I liked the episode for, he is a wonderful actor. And Wilf's groupies! The lovely bus of people who can find the Doctor for him, and it doesn't seem to be explained how they managed it (I remember Clive, in the first season, who had spent years trying to find the Doctor) - it's just the power for awesome that is Wilf, I s'pose.
But yes. When the Time Lords and the Master disappear, and the Doctor does his farewell tour, this is what I loved. I loved the Martha-and-Mickey-are-amazing show, I especially loved Verity Newman, Joan Refdfern's great-something granddaughter. The bar, which looked like Milliways - I loved the care, time, money and attention that clearly was put into it, for all it's a five-minute scene - where the Doctor gives Jack a boyfriend as a going-away present. Donna's wedding was lovely, too. (And Wilf's earlier explanation that she is not going to be Donna Noble-Temple, which does sound like a tourist attraction.) The lovely lady who wants Wilf to marry her. And the lottery ticket, which is maybe the first time that's ever been done in the forty-year history of a show about time travel.
Oh, and Rose! When the camera panned in on them I thought it was going to be silly. But... it wasn't. It totally wasn't. I liked the glimpse of Jackie, and then Rose being sweet, and likeable - from her perspective she's stopped to help a drunk guy in an alley - and there's a nice image of the TARDIS in the background too, covered in snow, as it always ought to be in a Doctor Who special.
About the mysterious woman, then - credited as "the Woman". My theory is that she is the Watcher. (As in, Logopolis - the odd, Michelin-man type figure who follows Four around for all of the episode, as some sort of herald of death.) But of course I may be wrong.
And finally, Matt Smith - whom so far I kind of like. (forthwritten has Issues about his hair, but I like that, too.) He's kind of sweet. And as Shim notes, he checks his Adam's apple to see what gender he is after he's checked his nose and his legs and his ears are there. And it's nice to know that he could be a woman, if... I don't know, circumstances are different? But yes, I liked him.
Finally finally, David Tennant. I still love him. I really, really do. I'm very glad he was the Doctor for four years. Onwards and upwards.