The End of Time Pts. 1 & 2 - "The universe will sing you to your sleep."
I can't believe it's over. The end of Tennant's time as the Doctor. It was epic, dramatic, mad, brilliant, sad and so much more. I loved it and hated it both. It was hard to watch in parts and in others I could watch it over and over. I didn't cry watching it through the first time, but during the second rewatch I did. Now I'm on the third time through and it's still all those things. It's still emotionally moving and a very fitting end to the Tenth Doctor. You just have to love our emo TimeLord. He died as he lived.
A few spoilery thoughts about the last two episodes.
The Master was thoroughly mad in pt. 1. I hated his eating habits and the crazy super hero powers. But in pt. 2 he really came through. Becoming the same old lovable Simm Master that I know and love. All of the scenes between Simm and Tennant were amazing and slashy and full of shared history and shared suffering. The scene in the wasteland when he shoots him in the chest then catches him as he falls...then suddenly remembers that their supposed to hate each other and drops him to the ground. Then the desperate, "please listen." That was just brilliant. Also brilliant is the "Where's your TARDIS?" scene with the Doctor in a bondage chair. Oh the twisted mind of RTD, how I will miss it. So slashy, "You could be beautiful." And he almost had him convinced too.
Wilf was a perfect companion for the Doctor at this stage in the game. He was supportive and encouraging and just trying to get him through. I loved the scene in the cafe and even more I loved the scene in the space ship. "I'm older than you," that was a lovely touching dialogue between two men who truly respected each other.
Timothy Dalton was less than impressive with all the spittle he produced in pt. 1, but he did somewhat redeem himself in the second part. However, that silly 'rissen mitten' or whatever it was became very annoying.
Loved the explanation of why the Doctor destroyed his homeworld. It made that fact about him a bit easier to take, and a bit more in character. He had to do it because the Time Lords were going to destroy creation. And the Master looked suitably horrified as well. I have to say that in my mind all the Master's verbous "Take me with you," talk was aimed and getting one over on Mr. President. It did not signify that he was thrilled with the Time Lords presence or that he agreed with their plan.
I also think the Master is probably back on that hellish Gallifrey in the time locked Time War trying desperately to figure out a way out. I suspect we will see him again.
My favorite part was the "Get out of the way" moment in both instances. I loved that the Doctor couldn't kill the Master and that beat that Simm waited before he gave a half smile and jumped out of the way. And then the Master ended up doing the same thing...he saved the Doctor, sacrificed himself. Pure genius on both their parts. And exactly what we would expect of two Time Lords locked in that eternal love/hate relationship that so defined the Doctor and the Master.
And Wilf. Poor Wilf...It was him. In the end it was him that knocked four times. And the Doctor's face...and his rant. For a moment I though how against character the Doctor's rant was, but if you think about Waters of Mars, or even Voyage of the Damned, it was probably quite like him. But in the end his better self took over. And he saved Wilf and sacrificed himself one last time. So moving, so perfect...so Ten.
He had to go back and see everyone one last time. I loved that. It must, however, take a very long time for a Time Lord to die from radiation poisoning. My favorite one was Wilf, made me cry every time. And Rose...he had to see Rose one last time.
The regeneration was very moving and had me in tears on the second and third run through. "I don't want to go." It sounded so very Scottish and in my mind that was Tennant...I can imagine that as coming from the actor, not so much Ten. But he so didn't want to die, he fought against it til the very end. And in that way I can see Ten saying that. He didn't want to go, he had more to do yet in that body, more people to save. He liked being Ten. I liked him being Ten too. And the moment the face changed was traumatic for me.
I can see that Eleven will probably be quite good. But honestly at the moment of regeneration I didn't much care. He was a bit manic. I would've preferred just one line and then a fade out, like Ten did when he regenerated from Nine. But he did well anyway and I will probably watch him. He seemed a lot like Ten to me. I think they got someone quite Tennant like on purpose and I think we'll have a bit of the same next year as Eleven tries to fill Ten's shoes.
But yes, right now I'm sad...sad for Ten's departure, sad for the end of the series, sad for the end of the Whoniverse as I know it. All those bright and shining companions that Ten said goodbye to will probably not be seen again on Doctor Who. Sarah Jane still has her show and presumably Jack is still in Torchwood, but Doctor Who has said goodbye to them, they are RTD's babies, not Moffat's.
And so the end of time has come. Goodbye Ten. May flights of angels sing you to your rest. Or may the universe sing you to your sleep. Either way...my wonderful Tenth Doctor...Goodnight.
A few spoilery thoughts about the last two episodes.
The Master was thoroughly mad in pt. 1. I hated his eating habits and the crazy super hero powers. But in pt. 2 he really came through. Becoming the same old lovable Simm Master that I know and love. All of the scenes between Simm and Tennant were amazing and slashy and full of shared history and shared suffering. The scene in the wasteland when he shoots him in the chest then catches him as he falls...then suddenly remembers that their supposed to hate each other and drops him to the ground. Then the desperate, "please listen." That was just brilliant. Also brilliant is the "Where's your TARDIS?" scene with the Doctor in a bondage chair. Oh the twisted mind of RTD, how I will miss it. So slashy, "You could be beautiful." And he almost had him convinced too.
Wilf was a perfect companion for the Doctor at this stage in the game. He was supportive and encouraging and just trying to get him through. I loved the scene in the cafe and even more I loved the scene in the space ship. "I'm older than you," that was a lovely touching dialogue between two men who truly respected each other.
Timothy Dalton was less than impressive with all the spittle he produced in pt. 1, but he did somewhat redeem himself in the second part. However, that silly 'rissen mitten' or whatever it was became very annoying.
Loved the explanation of why the Doctor destroyed his homeworld. It made that fact about him a bit easier to take, and a bit more in character. He had to do it because the Time Lords were going to destroy creation. And the Master looked suitably horrified as well. I have to say that in my mind all the Master's verbous "Take me with you," talk was aimed and getting one over on Mr. President. It did not signify that he was thrilled with the Time Lords presence or that he agreed with their plan.
I also think the Master is probably back on that hellish Gallifrey in the time locked Time War trying desperately to figure out a way out. I suspect we will see him again.
My favorite part was the "Get out of the way" moment in both instances. I loved that the Doctor couldn't kill the Master and that beat that Simm waited before he gave a half smile and jumped out of the way. And then the Master ended up doing the same thing...he saved the Doctor, sacrificed himself. Pure genius on both their parts. And exactly what we would expect of two Time Lords locked in that eternal love/hate relationship that so defined the Doctor and the Master.
And Wilf. Poor Wilf...It was him. In the end it was him that knocked four times. And the Doctor's face...and his rant. For a moment I though how against character the Doctor's rant was, but if you think about Waters of Mars, or even Voyage of the Damned, it was probably quite like him. But in the end his better self took over. And he saved Wilf and sacrificed himself one last time. So moving, so perfect...so Ten.
He had to go back and see everyone one last time. I loved that. It must, however, take a very long time for a Time Lord to die from radiation poisoning. My favorite one was Wilf, made me cry every time. And Rose...he had to see Rose one last time.
The regeneration was very moving and had me in tears on the second and third run through. "I don't want to go." It sounded so very Scottish and in my mind that was Tennant...I can imagine that as coming from the actor, not so much Ten. But he so didn't want to die, he fought against it til the very end. And in that way I can see Ten saying that. He didn't want to go, he had more to do yet in that body, more people to save. He liked being Ten. I liked him being Ten too. And the moment the face changed was traumatic for me.
I can see that Eleven will probably be quite good. But honestly at the moment of regeneration I didn't much care. He was a bit manic. I would've preferred just one line and then a fade out, like Ten did when he regenerated from Nine. But he did well anyway and I will probably watch him. He seemed a lot like Ten to me. I think they got someone quite Tennant like on purpose and I think we'll have a bit of the same next year as Eleven tries to fill Ten's shoes.
But yes, right now I'm sad...sad for Ten's departure, sad for the end of the series, sad for the end of the Whoniverse as I know it. All those bright and shining companions that Ten said goodbye to will probably not be seen again on Doctor Who. Sarah Jane still has her show and presumably Jack is still in Torchwood, but Doctor Who has said goodbye to them, they are RTD's babies, not Moffat's.
And so the end of time has come. Goodbye Ten. May flights of angels sing you to your rest. Or may the universe sing you to your sleep. Either way...my wonderful Tenth Doctor...Goodnight.