The Last of the Time Lords

[webbgirl]

First, I probably should have waited until I was in a better mood until I watched this. But I didn't. However, I still loved the episode. I've seen quite a few reviews from folks who hated it. I think one of the things is that RTD is an OTT kinda guy no matter what. I expect that sort of thing from him. I thought it kicked all sorts of ass.

Second, before I get on to actual episode stuff...clearly Lucy = Drusilla. I mean the scene when she first comes walking in in that red dress was full on Dru.

Okay, now on to the episode. I loved the action in this episode, but it broke my heart too (seriously still sniffling here). I mean, they give us kick-ass Martha through the whole thing and then she has the courage to do the thing that Rose never could. Make the choice to live for herself and not The Doctor. I know that she'll most likely be back next season, but there is a deep part of me that hopes she'll have hooked up with Hotty McPediatrician by then and moved on with her life. I think it would be a wonderful transition and balance to the Doctor.

One of my guesses on the Toclafane was that they were the humans (I'd seen other folks speculate this as well). It falls into place with the whole thing about breaking the Doctor's hearts.

And the Master. OMG. David Tennant just rocked in the scene while he was holding the Master while he was dying. I just...wow. Total canon pairing with that one. I expect to see many AUs where the Master agrees to go off with the Doctor in the Tardis.

Okay, the thing about Jack being The Face of Boe. Someone had posted a speculation about this on one of the comms last week. Several folks called possibly crackiness. Just goes to show that fandom's crack is RTD's canon. The thing is, the way it was a throw-away line, it could easily turn out to be a coincidence or somehow not really related. Then again...I'm going to have to go back and watch the Boe eps again now to see what got retconned and what fits with this.

Anyhoo, I'll be viewing again later when I'm hopefully in a better mood. Then I'll start the countdown until Christmas.

Oooo...before I forget! So if The Doctor=Tinkerbell, does that make Jack Peter Pan?

Comments

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly yes to your last statement. I was happy to see Martha take charge in this episode, disappointed that we didn't get to see the Torchwood team (grrr... RTD). AU about the Master and the Doctor would be killer to read. And Jack as the Face of Boe... my jaw dropped and I was in complete shock didn't see that one coming, but ifs it true then that would make sense, how else did the Face of Boe know things about the Doctor?!?! And that pediatrician I would definitely like to see more of (him and Martha would be sweet together-- fic writers have a man for Martha other than the Doctor)!

Sorry for the random commenting... But I needed to gush about this episode to someone that understands... My one friend who watches, hasn't seen this series yet, so I have to wait until she watches them all, thus I can't post anything on my LJ that is spoily out of love for her!! :)

Can't wait to see how RTD explains the Tardis getting hit by the Titanic!! Christmas isn't going to come fast enough for me!

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

Gush away! I must find other things to distract me until Christmas so that I'm not focused on waiting for it.

Of course, this will involve many re-viewings of Doctor Who and Torchwood. *g*

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

Oh course. But I'm currently trying to distract myself with Robin Hood and The Tudors... But that doesn't seem to be working v. well. :p