This is The End...
This was much better.
The stakes were higher and the expectations were greater when the final broadcast of the Doctor Who series with David Tennant in the lead show came to a fiery ending. It's no exaggeration. The show did end with a crashing note.
The New Year's Day episode being part two of “End of Time” picked off where it left off from the Christmas special. The Doctor's long time archenemy took control over the planet earth as the Master regained a winning hand. It looked as if he was going to win out finally in his personal war against the Doctor.
To top it all off, the destroyed race of the Doctor's own people the Time-Lords were coming back with a bang.
With the often said prophecy of the tenth Doctor stating, “He will knock for times” loomed over the Doctor himself, he was racing against time itself to save humanity from the worst.
Russell T. Davies was pulling out all stops to offer us the conclusion of his Time War saga and why did the Doctor decide to turn on his own people at the very last moment. This was a story which Davies had in mind for the longest time, giving a fitting end to the Time War background story which had been the icing on the cake for the series.
Now we know why the Doctor did what he had to do. But it caused him great pain and misery, not to mention a shroud of loneliness.
The Time Lords were everything imaginable and probably the worst lot of enemies the Doctor ever faced. He was helpless against them. They were insistent, demanding force of power. They were headed by the President, known as Rassilon himself, played gleefully by James Bond veteran Timothy Dalton who did a magnificent job portraying a man lusting after power. Every stroke he made was an outlash of unlimited power. His own quest for survival was met with retaliation when he vanished someone from the Time Lord council simply because she disagreed with him. His words echoed many Time Lords who felt his need for survival, “I will not die!'
It's no wonder the Doctor himself was frightened of the Time Lords. They were like a hurricane of terror rushing over the very cosmos.
It would take the Doctor and the Master, played by John Simm from Life on Mars, who battle the rushing storm of the Time Lords. At the very least, the Master went out as a hero for taking out the Lord President himself by pushing him back through the gateway. The Doctor used Wilfred's army revolver to destroy the link that was bringing the Time Lords back into existence.
The saddest portion of the show is the knowledge that it was David Tennant's final show. His performance is rather good and you can't help thinking he left the seres far too soon. His energetic display, along with his tempered flow of catch phrases, was a welcome addition to the series. It would be a missed thing, though once again unfortunate that he did not stay for one more full time season.
It became a very emotional feelings knowing that the Doctor made a self sacrifice saving Wilfred from the radiation poisoning which brings a noble sentiment to him. He was willing to risk everything to save Donna's grandfather. Even the Doctor, dying from the radiation, made his final resolutions by going back to see some of his past companions, and there was a full circle to the story when the Doctor went back to visit Rose in early 2005... a few months before she actually met him for the first time. The story became complete.
It was a rather emotional moment for everyone, I'm sure, when the Tenth Doctor cried, “I don't want to go!” His regeneration process became a violent one destroying half of his ship as he was changing, his body being replaced and adapted.
Rest in piece, the Doctor. Long live the Doctor.
It's too early to tell about Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. He's far younger than all the previous actors, though he maintains a hellish energy that seems crazy, just borderline nuts. His last actions seen in the show was his crashing to earth with his traveling time machine engulfed in a ball of fire before a panoramic view of the earth spreading in the abyss of space.
The new Doctor seems to be enjoying his predicament as he shouts, “Geronimo!” The next few months will be looked on the approach of Stephen Moffat as the new head writer and Matt Smith as the new Doctor. Everything else would be up for grabs.
The stakes were higher and the expectations were greater when the final broadcast of the Doctor Who series with David Tennant in the lead show came to a fiery ending. It's no exaggeration. The show did end with a crashing note.
The New Year's Day episode being part two of “End of Time” picked off where it left off from the Christmas special. The Doctor's long time archenemy took control over the planet earth as the Master regained a winning hand. It looked as if he was going to win out finally in his personal war against the Doctor.
To top it all off, the destroyed race of the Doctor's own people the Time-Lords were coming back with a bang.
With the often said prophecy of the tenth Doctor stating, “He will knock for times” loomed over the Doctor himself, he was racing against time itself to save humanity from the worst.
Russell T. Davies was pulling out all stops to offer us the conclusion of his Time War saga and why did the Doctor decide to turn on his own people at the very last moment. This was a story which Davies had in mind for the longest time, giving a fitting end to the Time War background story which had been the icing on the cake for the series.
Now we know why the Doctor did what he had to do. But it caused him great pain and misery, not to mention a shroud of loneliness.
The Time Lords were everything imaginable and probably the worst lot of enemies the Doctor ever faced. He was helpless against them. They were insistent, demanding force of power. They were headed by the President, known as Rassilon himself, played gleefully by James Bond veteran Timothy Dalton who did a magnificent job portraying a man lusting after power. Every stroke he made was an outlash of unlimited power. His own quest for survival was met with retaliation when he vanished someone from the Time Lord council simply because she disagreed with him. His words echoed many Time Lords who felt his need for survival, “I will not die!'
It's no wonder the Doctor himself was frightened of the Time Lords. They were like a hurricane of terror rushing over the very cosmos.
It would take the Doctor and the Master, played by John Simm from Life on Mars, who battle the rushing storm of the Time Lords. At the very least, the Master went out as a hero for taking out the Lord President himself by pushing him back through the gateway. The Doctor used Wilfred's army revolver to destroy the link that was bringing the Time Lords back into existence.
The saddest portion of the show is the knowledge that it was David Tennant's final show. His performance is rather good and you can't help thinking he left the seres far too soon. His energetic display, along with his tempered flow of catch phrases, was a welcome addition to the series. It would be a missed thing, though once again unfortunate that he did not stay for one more full time season.
It became a very emotional feelings knowing that the Doctor made a self sacrifice saving Wilfred from the radiation poisoning which brings a noble sentiment to him. He was willing to risk everything to save Donna's grandfather. Even the Doctor, dying from the radiation, made his final resolutions by going back to see some of his past companions, and there was a full circle to the story when the Doctor went back to visit Rose in early 2005... a few months before she actually met him for the first time. The story became complete.
It was a rather emotional moment for everyone, I'm sure, when the Tenth Doctor cried, “I don't want to go!” His regeneration process became a violent one destroying half of his ship as he was changing, his body being replaced and adapted.
Rest in piece, the Doctor. Long live the Doctor.
It's too early to tell about Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. He's far younger than all the previous actors, though he maintains a hellish energy that seems crazy, just borderline nuts. His last actions seen in the show was his crashing to earth with his traveling time machine engulfed in a ball of fire before a panoramic view of the earth spreading in the abyss of space.
The new Doctor seems to be enjoying his predicament as he shouts, “Geronimo!” The next few months will be looked on the approach of Stephen Moffat as the new head writer and Matt Smith as the new Doctor. Everything else would be up for grabs.
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