The Universe Will Sing You To Your Sleep
So... yep... first entry of the new year and the new decade, that's pretty exciting. Less exciting? This'll be another fan ramble. This time on the subject of the season finale of Doctor Who.
Because, omg, it was really really good. I'll admit I wasn't really a fan of the first part. It was confusing and disjointed, but I think that's been a problem with most first parters in most series anyway.
So this was the pretty typical Doctor Who story. I mean, big bad stuff and the end of the universe and everything, except this time everyone knows the Doctor is going to die. ): Sad tiems. I love David Tennant's Doctor. He was my first Doctor after all, so I'm incredibly sad to see it happen, but a little excited as well. Now, as I'm writing this, I'm realizing I'm just going to ramble on and on unless I stay focused, so let's move to bullet points.
-The Time Lords. I squee'd a little when I found out the Time Lords were coming back. I really reeeeeeally like the little bits of world building they've done with them, and I really reeeeeeally want the Doctor to not be alone anymore. I'll be honest. His angsting about that is getting a little old. So... what they did with them is kind of a mixed blessing. :| I think the slow decent into madness makes sense. They were always such a stuffy, unadaptable race when we saw them, that I don't think they'd really be able to handle such a long, unending war. They just couldn't. They'd eventually stumble back onto their last resort. It's not like the universe matters to them. THEY'RE MOTHERFUCKING TIME LORDS.
So it makes sense. But I still wanted them to come back permanently. If only for a chance to see the Rani and Romana again. Perhaps it will never be. I dunno.
-The Master. DOOD. The Master is fun. The Master is crazy. I'm happy they brought him back. I loved loved loved LOOOOOVED his character in this story. I loved the intimate little scenes between him and the Doctor. You could really tell they could have been best friends and more if things had worked out differently, that they HAD been best friends at one point or other, that, despite everything between them, the Doctor is desperate to forgive him and the Master kind of wants it. It's very like he wants it but won't accept it because he doesn't think he can anymore.
And the whole bit where he was actually just a pawn of the Time Lords, who he's hated and tried to destroy his entire life, are actually the reason he's crazy? AMAZING. It's like he comes to his senses, sort of sort of sort of, right at the end when he defends the Doctor. Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.
-The gun. The entire thing with the gun was neat. Except for the part where it clicked every time he switched targets. What was that? I dunno. Fail, sound effects guy. Fail.
-The mother. YES SHE FINALLY RECOGNIZED THE DOCTOR. THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU
-Wilfred Mott. I... I love Wilfred Mott. I have always loved him, from the very first time they showed him. He's adorable. He such a good guy. I just... love him. And every scene with the Doctor is just amazing. He always looks at the Doctor like he KNOWS him. The scene in the first part where they were in the diner? Lovely. I just... I got the impression of two old guys, realizing they're coming to the end. They both know they're going to die and neither of them want the other to die and... NGH.
Every time he tried to tell the Doctor to live, live goddammit, I teared up. The actor did a brilliant job and the character is just amazing. They've never really had very much time together, but it's so obvious how much Wilfred loves the Doctor. Just loves everything about him and, more then anyone else in the Doctor's life at that point, doesn't, doesn't, doesn't want him to die. ;_; I love you Wilfred Mott. I hope you're in more episodes.
-The Doctor. Holy. Crap. I just... Yes there was the occasional bit of overacting, but there was just... so much... that was perfect perfect perfect. I think it's appropriate for him to be stressing out about dying. Dad said that bugged him but I dunno. Every other time it's been unexpected or he's been distracting by saving the world, but this time? This time he has days or months or longer, we don't really know, to just sit on this knowledge that's he's going to die. And unlike every time before, he's doing it alone. He has absolutely positively no one he can talk to. He just sits on it and waits and thinks and I'm not surprised he was driven a little crazy by it.
The speech at the end, before he saved Wilfred, was just beautiful in how absolutely lonesome it was. I think that's why I like his character and I think it's something that isn't touched on very often. The Doctor is alone. He is the Greatest Man to ever live and he will always always be alone. That speech was like his last kick back at fate, before he accepted that he was going to die, not in saving the universe, but in saving a single, insignificant old man. And I think, at the end, after he'd made something like peace with everyone, the fact that he still didn't want to die, I think, was wonderfully humanizing. Even after all that about living too long, he doesn't want to die yet. ): Oh Doctor. I adore you.
-And finally, the end. THE BEST PART OF THE EPISODE. This could have been a horribly written episode but if it kept that ending, I still would have loved the episode. Him going back and talking to, or saving, or checking up on all of the people who were important to him was just... just... TT^TT I almost cried, I'm not kidding.
I love this show. And I'm really reeeeeally hoping, with Stephen Moffat in charge next season, it's going to get even better.
Because, omg, it was really really good. I'll admit I wasn't really a fan of the first part. It was confusing and disjointed, but I think that's been a problem with most first parters in most series anyway.
So this was the pretty typical Doctor Who story. I mean, big bad stuff and the end of the universe and everything, except this time everyone knows the Doctor is going to die. ): Sad tiems. I love David Tennant's Doctor. He was my first Doctor after all, so I'm incredibly sad to see it happen, but a little excited as well. Now, as I'm writing this, I'm realizing I'm just going to ramble on and on unless I stay focused, so let's move to bullet points.
-The Time Lords. I squee'd a little when I found out the Time Lords were coming back. I really reeeeeeally like the little bits of world building they've done with them, and I really reeeeeeally want the Doctor to not be alone anymore. I'll be honest. His angsting about that is getting a little old. So... what they did with them is kind of a mixed blessing. :| I think the slow decent into madness makes sense. They were always such a stuffy, unadaptable race when we saw them, that I don't think they'd really be able to handle such a long, unending war. They just couldn't. They'd eventually stumble back onto their last resort. It's not like the universe matters to them. THEY'RE MOTHERFUCKING TIME LORDS.
So it makes sense. But I still wanted them to come back permanently. If only for a chance to see the Rani and Romana again. Perhaps it will never be. I dunno.
-The Master. DOOD. The Master is fun. The Master is crazy. I'm happy they brought him back. I loved loved loved LOOOOOVED his character in this story. I loved the intimate little scenes between him and the Doctor. You could really tell they could have been best friends and more if things had worked out differently, that they HAD been best friends at one point or other, that, despite everything between them, the Doctor is desperate to forgive him and the Master kind of wants it. It's very like he wants it but won't accept it because he doesn't think he can anymore.
And the whole bit where he was actually just a pawn of the Time Lords, who he's hated and tried to destroy his entire life, are actually the reason he's crazy? AMAZING. It's like he comes to his senses, sort of sort of sort of, right at the end when he defends the Doctor. Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.
-The gun. The entire thing with the gun was neat. Except for the part where it clicked every time he switched targets. What was that? I dunno. Fail, sound effects guy. Fail.
-The mother. YES SHE FINALLY RECOGNIZED THE DOCTOR. THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU
-Wilfred Mott. I... I love Wilfred Mott. I have always loved him, from the very first time they showed him. He's adorable. He such a good guy. I just... love him. And every scene with the Doctor is just amazing. He always looks at the Doctor like he KNOWS him. The scene in the first part where they were in the diner? Lovely. I just... I got the impression of two old guys, realizing they're coming to the end. They both know they're going to die and neither of them want the other to die and... NGH.
Every time he tried to tell the Doctor to live, live goddammit, I teared up. The actor did a brilliant job and the character is just amazing. They've never really had very much time together, but it's so obvious how much Wilfred loves the Doctor. Just loves everything about him and, more then anyone else in the Doctor's life at that point, doesn't, doesn't, doesn't want him to die. ;_; I love you Wilfred Mott. I hope you're in more episodes.
-The Doctor. Holy. Crap. I just... Yes there was the occasional bit of overacting, but there was just... so much... that was perfect perfect perfect. I think it's appropriate for him to be stressing out about dying. Dad said that bugged him but I dunno. Every other time it's been unexpected or he's been distracting by saving the world, but this time? This time he has days or months or longer, we don't really know, to just sit on this knowledge that's he's going to die. And unlike every time before, he's doing it alone. He has absolutely positively no one he can talk to. He just sits on it and waits and thinks and I'm not surprised he was driven a little crazy by it.
The speech at the end, before he saved Wilfred, was just beautiful in how absolutely lonesome it was. I think that's why I like his character and I think it's something that isn't touched on very often. The Doctor is alone. He is the Greatest Man to ever live and he will always always be alone. That speech was like his last kick back at fate, before he accepted that he was going to die, not in saving the universe, but in saving a single, insignificant old man. And I think, at the end, after he'd made something like peace with everyone, the fact that he still didn't want to die, I think, was wonderfully humanizing. Even after all that about living too long, he doesn't want to die yet. ): Oh Doctor. I adore you.
-And finally, the end. THE BEST PART OF THE EPISODE. This could have been a horribly written episode but if it kept that ending, I still would have loved the episode. Him going back and talking to, or saving, or checking up on all of the people who were important to him was just... just... TT^TT I almost cried, I'm not kidding.
I love this show. And I'm really reeeeeally hoping, with Stephen Moffat in charge next season, it's going to get even better.