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Originally Posted by PaulD  I finished the David Tenant specials the other day. God, the ball was really dropped with the last 2 episodes. Aside from all the insanely stupid stuff (the jumping hoodied hungry bleached hair Master, the Star Wars-aping spaceship battle across the sea, the wasted opportunity of the return of the Timelords, the ridiculous Master Race plan (genius idea to have a copy of villain in a woman's blouse. Really threatening!), the cringeworthy Obama bit and the unnecessary gung-ho action scene of the Doctor jumping from the ship with a gun and crashing through the glass ceiling) the way the Doctor's fate was written as an an impending death was really jarring. The analogy of his death reflecting RTD leaving the show was far too on the nose ("I don't want to go!") and the bit where the Doctor travels to see his previous companions, while quite sweet, seemed a bit self-serving from a writer's point of view, as if RTD was reminding everyone of stuff he'd done during his tenure. It felt more like a goodbye to RTD than the Tenth doctor. And the stupid bloody explosive regeneration, jesus that was stupid. Tenant deserved a much better story than that.
It also made me realise how awesome it would have been to have a full series with Wilfred as his only companion. That felt like a real missed opportunity.
Gonna move on to more Classic Who shortly. Sure the sets are creaky, the effects dated and some of the performances a bit off at times but the stories are never infuriating or smug and I love the cliffhangers. |
I thought the saying goodbye to all the companions part was the best thing about
The End of Time. Very touching i thought.
I think what you have to remember with RTD which imo Moffat has forgotten, is that Doctor Who is now a huge show watched by tens of millions around the world as part of their Saturday night entertainment. Its not a show for Who fans of old anymore. RTD was trying to compete with the big bombastic films in the cinemas i feel so despite me thinking it not great
The End of Time was a spectacle in that respect, with added sentimentality. I remember when my mum watched it she said it brought tears to her eyes. She couldn't really care less about it at the moment though with all Moffs Amy / Riversong / marriage nonsense and the poor scripts of the last run.