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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.