If you have not seen Doctor Who: The End of Time Parts 1 & 2, please come back to visit after you have seen it as this post contains spoilers.

!!!SPOILERS!!!

Just wow.


I didn’t expect such an emotional roller coaster. The End of Time made me cry. I actually felt loss.


I think I sulked for about an hour before I could put together some thoughts about WHY this episode was so powerful.


Events that lead to the death of the Tenth Doctor have been carefully crafted for over a year. The clues about his death were blatant. Nothing was a surprise which is why the emotional reaction that I had to The End of Time caught me off guard.


The Doctor has been pretty open about his will to live and his love of life. The tantrum that he throws when he figures out that the guy that knocks four times isn’t the Master but Wilfred, Donna’s dad, is incredible. He, like The Master, misinterprets “prophecy” and it ends badly for both of them.  The Doctor isn’t shy about expressing his disappointment that a lowly nobody is the reason that he is going to die. Earlier, he tries to figure out why Wilfred is always around; why him, why was he so special? The Doctor has this tantrum out loud in front of Wilfred. It was something that we never see. It is customary for heroes to tighten their jaw and face their fate with honor. Not our Doctor. It wasn’t cowardly but different and it is part of the reason that makes his departure so painful.  The exact spot where my package of Puffs Plus started to get lighter is the scene where The Doctor is glowing and is about to disperse. He, out in the cold of space, alone, knows what’s coming and practically whimpers, “I don’t want to die.” I lost it. It was too much, too good, well done, bravo, please take my money.


I don’t recall being this emotional when Christopher Eccleston left the show. I do remember fussing about it in spurts for about a year. You can still get me to go on a good rant about him every once in awhile. He was my first Doctor, your first is always special but like life, it’s not always the first one that gets your heart… watch out for the second one. I think I’m taking it so hard because I didn’t really want David Tennant. I liked him well enough but he had to really work to win me over. Even after he did, I’d still yammer on about Christopher Eccleston who really didn’t care for the role at all. David Tennant was THE Doctor of my generation. He owned the role and gave us a lot. He gave us 4 years of adventure and fun. Thank you David Tennant.


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This isn’t really a review so I’ll keep the rest of my thoughts short. I will go into greater detail on my podcast Sci-Fi Party Line. Keep a look out for that episode sometime next week.


Martha and Mickey Married?: I didn’t really see that one coming but I don’t mind it. Mickey grew up a lot over the course of the years. To see him fighting aliens with Martha is awesome! That should be the next Doctor Who spin-off! The Adventures of Martha and Mickey!


I’m a little bummed that The Time Lords were evil in this story. I guess because I haven’t watched the old Who shows, I didn’t get that the Time Lords were evil. I’ve always thought of them as noble beings. I want to see them noble again. If they are recurring bad guys, I guess I wouldn’t mind that either. My ulterior motive is that I love their costumes and want to see them walking about more. Timothy Dalton as Lord President is kinda hot. I have a small crush on him and I’m slightly uncomfortable admitting it. Let’s not discuss it further. [Update: Good lord, the man is 63! You still got it.]





The Master’s plan to make everyone like him was stupid. It was the weakest part of the whole story. It let it go because the guy is crazy and crazy people do crazy crap. I wanted to fear The Master and not just think of him as some retarded Time Lord jester reject. It sucks that the Time Lords made him that way so that they could use him for their own selfish purposes. To belittle and reject him because he was defective at their own hands was very low. Dunno… maybe I have to accept that The Time Lords are just a bunch of douche bags. Doctor Ten was getting a little d-baggy in his old age so maybe it’s for the best that he’s the last one.


Matt Smith – Doctor Eleven:  While weeping into my tissues, I found myself not caring about anything he was doing. Because I was in mourning, my initial reaction was that he did too much for a first appearance. He was cracking jokes about being a female, still not being ginger, etc. These things would have been perfect for the next episode. It would give him a chance to shine on his own. Because I was numb, seeing wackiness at the end of this episode felt like overkill.


We’ll see if time heals all wounds.