**Doctor Who spoiler alert**
I’m still so excited I’m not sure I can put these thoughts in any coherent order just yet so this may jump around a bit.
Firstly thank goodness all those James Nesbitt rumours were WRONG. It would have ruined it for me, so yay for wild speculation which turned out to not be true.
Alas poor Donna, not dead, but dead to the world of the Doctor. So sad for him and sad for Donna too but she won’t know what she’s missing. I think it will be hard on Wilf knowing and not being able to say anything. Good on the Doc telling her stupid mother what’s what. Maybe she’ll ease up on Donna now.
Doctor Donna – delightfully nutty the Doctor and Donna sort of mashed up and reconstituted as two timelord/human hybrids. the constant babbling and gobbiness of Donna combined with the hyperactive gibberish of the Doctor was amusing though I have to say more than a few minutes might just get annoying. Oooh, two Doctors, now there’s a twist. How soppily romantic leaving the human version with Rose in her alternate world. Aww they can grow old and grey together. Once she’s made him a more compassionate less genocidal version of himself that is. She got herself a bit of a bad boy Doctor to deal with and you just know she’d rather have had the one who’s had his edges softened a little.
I’m so pleased someone finally said it. The Doctor just isn’t as all peace loving as he’d have you believe. Count the corpses in each episode folks. He might not have putlled the trigger or detonated the bombs but he has an army of dedicated followers who do the deadly work for him. How many have the time children killed?
OMG, who knew the tardis was designed for 6 pilots? Insane! How fab to see it full of all his friends. The minute they came together you just knew it couldn’t last. The programme’s not big enough for all those egos in the same show fulltime. It was sad to see the Doc end up alone again but the extras had to be dispatched. Oh how convenient sending Mickey and Martha off with Jack. Well he was needing extra help after the demise of Owen and Toshiko. I did think it was mean though, not letting Donna’s mother help – honestly – she’s not thst bad is she. Loved the hugs goodbye and particular Donna taking her opportuity for a grope of Jack, positively shoving Sarah Jane out of the way to move in on him. Have to feel sorry for her, she was the only person he didn’t flirt with all episode.
Exterminieren – German speaking Daleks – what a blast. I love these little details. Of course the Daleks speak many languages – why wouldn’t they.
So Davros appears to live on, no one wants to be responsible for killing him off. You just know that somehow a Dalek will return eventually and appart from the mind-wiped Donna no one of consequence is killed. A brilliant episode and fine final story from RTD. The cast is intact and David’s hair will bounce back to entertain us again. Now the speculation over the the next companion can begin.
July 6, 2008 at 8:15 pm
OMG I am in a fit! I don’t think I have cried and laughed at a show as much as I did this. I simply adored Doctor Donna and Doctor II – they were made for each other. Too bad he ended up with Rose. And I loved the interaction between Mickey and Jack – cheesecake/beefcake, enough hugging…what a riot!
I beleive the most touching part was when he looked into Donna’s eyes as he was removing her memories. That pain and anguish was so loving and I do believe he is more human now for knowing her. It was painful to see Donna go back to her old self. I think of all his ‘partners’, she was the one that appreciated what she saw the most. I loved Martha and Rose, but Donna was so animated. She really was special. Catherine Tate can put this at the top of her CV – she deserves a BAFTA for her performance throughout Series 4.
Bravo that we are not losing David Tennant. He is spectacular as The Doctor and since I came into watching Doctor Who rather late in the game, he personifies Doctor Who. No one can replace him – or they will be hard pressed to find another so perfect for the part.
I can’t wait until Christmas!!! I bid a fond farewell to Russell Davies. You did us proud!!!