Doctor Who: The End of Time (2009-10)
A two part Christmas and New Year special which brought about the end of David Tennant's time as the Doctor featuring the return of John Simm as the Master and also the return of the Doctor's planet Gallifrey and it's all powerful rulers, the Time Lords.
I thought this was a little underwhelming when i first watched it on transmission and also the only time i watched it on dvd a few months later but now some ten years on it's terrific energy driven stuff with a cast to die for including Timothy Dalton, David Harewood, Claire Bloom and Brian Cox.
It's interesting that when Russell T Davies writes a lengthy cafe scene between the Doctor and Wilf (Bernard Cribbens) it practically brings me to tears but when Chris Chibnall wrote a similar scene for a Christmas special (2019's Resolution) between Ryan and his father it bored me to tears.
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