DW: End of Time, part 2 reaction

[ghost2]

Since my RL friends either don't know New Who exists or don't care for it, I watched "End of Time, part 2" with my foster dog. I thought it was loads better than part 1; the dog liked the first half of the episode.


I very much liked the slashtastic Doctor/Master scenes. I hope to see lots of fanfic now.

"Worst rescue ever"? Way to be ungrateful, Doctor. ;)

Okay, I feel like the return of the Time Lords/Gallifrey was wasted. It could have been a major story with tons of possibilities and instead was just a throwaway plot. Boo!

The Master was awesome, though.

That was Rassilon? Am I supposed to understand how?

Not enough Donna.

Did not like how the Doctor threw his temper tantrum and blamed poor Wilf. I also wasn't wild about Ten's death being another in the self-sacrifice mode, simply because the Nine-to-Ten regeneration was the same sort of thing and I would have preferred a change of pace.

Nice to see all of those old friends, even though the scenes were shamelessly self-indulgent. I'm soft for that sort of thing, so I went with it.
-Martha/Mickey? Hmmm. I'm reserving judgement on that one. I liked Martha/Tom a lot.
-Sarah Jane seriously needs to teach Luke to look both ways before he crosses the street.
-The Jack scene was great. It's ridiculous to expect him to remain celibate forever out of love for Ianto. Much better for him to potentially be happy.
-There's Donna again. I wish someone would hand me a winning lottery ticket!
-Good to see Rose and Jackie from early 2005. Sappy as it was, I didn't even mind Ten standing in the shadows to speak to Rose.

Still, that was a very long goodbye.

The regeneration, finally!

The dog's reaction (he zoned out during the Doctor's speechifying):


My reaction: \0/ (I am NOT SORRY to see the end of Ten. It was well overdue, IMO.)

I liked Eleven's "I'm a girl!" bit. He did seem overly manic, too much like Ten, but it's far too early to say anything for certain. As long as Matt Smith gets good writing, he should be fine.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

How have you watched it already?? O_O

I thought Eleven was manic because he's in post-regeneration mode - and Ten was just the same...

Don't even get me started on the Martha thing!

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

As long as Eleven doesn't stay too Ten-like! I want a change.

I've seen a lot of reaction to the Martha/Mickey part. Seems like a very controversial choice.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I want a change too!

The Martha/Mickey thing is just SO pasted on! UGH! Much as I love both characters, there's the whole issue of Rose and the Doctor again.

[marah-sarie.livejournal.com]

It was Rassilon, right? I thought I might have just drunkenly hallucinated that part. HOW it was Rassilon, I have no fucking clue.

There was lots of Doctor/Master slash, though, for which I'm willing to forgive really quite a lot. Except for the Martha/Mickey thing.

I am really, really ridiculously exited for Eleven.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

A bunch of people have said it was Rassilon, so I'm going along with them unless we're told otherwise.

The Doctor/Master stuff was a definite highlight.

I'm excited for Eleven, too! I have a really good feeling about how he'll turn out.

[happydalek.livejournal.com]

Ahh, good times! The slashiness totally worked here. Just about the only time it ever has for me. I'm glad the Master got to calm down and show some of his brilliance this time, and no disgusting mastication scenes! There is soooo much fic potential in this episode! Ahh, timey-wimeyness.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, lots of fic potential. I hope some writers pick up on it, but I expect we'll mainly see Ten angst and Eleven fic instead.

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

I'm going along with -- the Time Lords were so desperate when they resurrected the Master that when they lost him, they resurrected Rassilon.

Too much goodbai, not enough Time Lords.

I nearly cried at the sixteen four knocks.

And falling off a radio mast made Four regenerate but jumping out of a ship through plate glass equalled no regeneration. Makes no sense!

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if they were going to have Ten crash through that window and then be able to get up and move around like he did... it was strange. It was a pretty spectacular fall.

I was surprised and disappointed that the Time Lords weren't in the episode more.

[ladymalchav.livejournal.com]

And falling off a radio mast made Four regenerate but jumping out of a ship through plate glass equalled no regeneration. Makes no sense!

My thought at the time was 'What are your bones made of, adamantium!?'

[wondygal.livejournal.com]

Man, when Ten called him Rassilon, I totally thought he meant it as a swear word, like, you evil immortality-obsessed bastard! And then I read reaction posts talking about Rassilon, and went ooh, nice. And now I'm thinking, wait, what?

I really, really liked the Jack scene. It was really lovely, I thought. The other scenes were sweet and all, they made me happy, but the one with Jack felt like -- well, like it wasn't unnecessary? It felt more about Jack? I dunno.

I was not crazy about Eleven in his ten seconds of screentime, as he seemed too much like Ten to me, but it is absolutely way too early. The bit about being a girl was funny, in a meta way. I am super excited about Amy, though!

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

The Rassilon thing surprised me. And the Jack scene was my favorite of that bunch, too.

Agreed about Eleven, but I think he'll recover from that start. I hope Amy is half as awesome as I'm anticipating.

[thisbluespirit]

Never mind that nonsense, your foster dog is very cute!!!

And, yes, there wasn't enough Donna, and the Master was great, and I liked Eleven. ("I'm a girl!") :lol:

But Ten should definitely have had a better exit. *shakes head*

I am all excited for S5 now, though.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Poor Bingo... he was looking at the screen during a lot of the first half of the episode, but then it apparently started to drag too much for him. I looked over and he was curled up in a ball, sound asleep.

New Doctor and new companion make me excited for S5, too.