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I haven't seen any of the new segments I have recorded with this new actor as Dr. Who, but just from the few trailers I've seen it appears that he isn't as animated in facial expressions as the past actor. Maybe that will make adjusting to the new guy an easier task since I wont be comparing him as much. It's a fun show and I'm looking ofreward to what the new version is going to be like….It does seem like they might have been able to increase their CG budget…That should help the series a lot if they did

I'm annoyed they didn't go into the history of Rassilon and what he was doing on Gallifrey during the time war… I reckon Russel T had a good idea but then had to cut it to allow time for his grand goodbye. But that's just the musing of a young and foolish fan )

I didn’t really cry, barely felt anything with the regeneration of this Doctor.

I remember thinking with great loss when Peter Davison regenerated “Wow! He did that for Peri.” I remember thinking when Tom Baker regenerated, “Man he fought till the end, and took a fall to save the universe.” And I remember thinking when Colin Baker regenerated “Wow, that really fits for him!” (Yes Colin Baker could and would have done better if given the chance, but the way they worked it just worked in a strange irony).

But David Tennant and how he regenerated? Just didn’t work for me. The whole two man chamber radiantion chamber was just not believable. I thought for a moment the Doctor was going to slump to the floor and say behind the glass to Donna’s granddad, and taking a cue from Star Trek 2:The Wrath of Khan say “Universe… out of danger?”

But no, the Doctor walks out and gets to romp around time and space for a few more hours. No thought of going to one of those many medically advanced planets and get RADIATION TREATMENT in those hours he wasted?

And what happened to the regeneration process? I mean, wow… I think of all the Doctors that regenerated in the TARDIS and they morphed a bit and were done. When did this HIGHLANDER quickening sequence with lightning and explosions start taking effect?

Could you imagine Tom Baker’s Doctor as Romana was regenerating? “Oh goodness, Romana is regenerating? And I just had the TARDIS redecorated. (starts throwing switches madly on the console) Ok TARDIS old girl, get me to that barron planet with a breathable atmosphere…” And then after that promptly kicks Romana out of the TARDIS till she’s done regenerating where she creates a sizeable blast crater while she’s at it.

It was all so staged, the Doctor had too much time to have ANGST and AGONY as he was dying. DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA. And to me, pointless drama. The Pertwee Doctor would have walked up and smacked his older Tennant incarnation over the side of the head and told to walk it off and quit being such a cry baby.

Things I DID like, the fun Star Wars’ like scenes of the alien bar and flight sequences, the special effects were not wasted on me.

It was GREAT to see the Timelords again! I knew they were out there… somewhere, especially if Daleks were still around. And I’m sure the Timelords will be back.

Always love seeing the Master. Tennant and this Master were just pyschotic together, but worked well together.

And seeing Jack and all the others in the end, while a bit over the top (and fan service) was good to see.

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He is SO Doctor-ish in the latter. In the former, he’s just so dark and so… fantastic.

But at least one thing is certain for series five: it will seperate the Doctor Who fans from the David Tennant fans (or fangirls, or the majority of the Nu-Who fans).

With the new old-school Doctor, new companion, new old-school TARDIS exterior, new TARDIS interior, new sonic screwdriver, new old-school Daleks, totally new production team and Moffat aiming for a classic-like old-school Who feel…

A lot of the people used to Tennant and RTD and the orange-tinted, gay-agenda, reset-buttoned, pacificst-dont-use-violence-ever-ever themes will probably tune out.
While the Doctor Who fans who know change is a part of Who, Tennant was just another Doctor (albiet a great one), and Smith is a great actor, will stay with the show.

The marvellous twist when it was revealed despite his extraordinary powers, The Doctor could not outrun his fate probably reduced many viewers to floods of tears. DT’s magnificent performance when he realised his terrible end is a reminder why he played “Hamlet”. This was acting of the highest quality. Many people in and outside of Hollywood would have given their eyeteeth to be able to perform like that.

As for Matt Smith, I reckon he will be fine. RTD knows star quality when he sees it, and the show could go into the realms of the ” Twilight” films. It also has the mighty Steve Moffatt taking over from RTD, which means it will probably be the most frightening series of Doctor Who to be made. “Blink” was easily the creepiest tv programme I have seen in many years, only matched by vintage “Twilight Zone” and the BBC adaptations of classic ghost stories of M.R James and Charles Dickens.

I also wanted to mention that when I saw Timothy Dalton I thought to myself, ‘Hey! Timothy Dalton! I wonder if he’ll be a Time Lord?’ Then I proceeded to chide myself, ‘Of course he’s a Time Lord! He’s fucking TIMOTHY DALTON! What else would he be?’

Plus… Isn’t it bad enough that we have to get used to Matt Smith, but also a new companion and a new interior to the TARDIS? My doctor is Christopher Eccleston, but I had Rose and the TARDIS to get me through his regeneration. I have nothing for Smith.

I keep thinking that Andrew Lee-Potts would make a good Doctor, if they were looking to cast younger. I have to stop that or I’ll never accept Matt Smith.

Both specials were mediocre. Too many ideas thrown in to come out with one cohesive story. But the last 10 minutes were well worth the wait. I thought he was going to go back to Rose’s old apartment, but just hang in the ally… reminiscing.

Then I saw Martha Jones (my least favorite of his companions), then Mickey, then the Sontaran (which made me grin as my eyes got a little watery). It was a nice touch with Martha and Mickey. I liked them both a little more in that moment.

“My Angel Put the Devil in Me” playing when the Doctor introduced Captain Jack to Alonso. I forgot he survived on the Titanic – - when that song played.

Jessica Stevenson playing the granddaughter of Joan Redfern. She published the journal as a book. She knew who he was… it was very touching. I’m very glad they included her character for a good-bye.

Rose Tyler. Oh… he just can’t be without her. Her and Jackie at the beginning of 2005. Priceless… he hasn’t crossed his own timeline and he gets to say good-bye in his own way. I was definitely crying by the end of that. But I always seem to at Tennant’s finales. This Doctor always ends up alone.

Few things I had problems with:

1. Matt Smith’s performance. I’m giving him a shot, just disappointed with it.
2. I saw Tennant on “Graham Norton” and he made it seem like him and Smith were on screen together. I was expecting something like that and definitely didn’t get it.
3. The Master’s exit. I wanted something a little grander for such an amazing adversary.

David Tennant, how I’ll miss you. You won me over in “Christmas Invasion” but that was easier to take because Rose accepted your Doctor. I have no one to rely on but myself to accept his new incarnation. But you, my good sir, were fantastic.

Was I the only one to peg the Time Lords as the baddies of this episode, not the Master? And I had that doped out after seeing the trailer for the episode.

As far as the pacing of the episode I agree that part one dragged a bit and a lot of stuff was packed into the two parts (ala “The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End”). These episodes would do well to be edited together like what was done of “TSE/JE”.

Now as far as the Doctor’s fall from the spacecraft; this episode is, above all, a regeneration episode. *EVERYBODY* (including the Docotr) knows what is gonna happen. the question is *WHEN*? RTD has been know to be somewhat of a tease and sure enough he teases us with several possible times-in the warehouse when the Master zaps him, he supposedly gets shot from the helicopter and his fall from the sapcecraft. I will agree that the fall was a little over the top.

What would be wrong with a mid-story regeneration? When William Hartnell left and regenerated into Patrick Troughton that was in the middle of a season, as I recall. That would be an idea that might have appealed to RTD.

The mysterious lady that appears to Wilf; Some suggest it’s Susan Foreman, others say it’s Romana, still others say it’s the Doctor’s mother. There is not a lot of evidence to support any of the choices. There is definately a moment of recognition by the Doctor Which would apply to all three). There is the statement by Rassilon that there were two dissent votes (would apply to Romana and Susan more that the mother). Then the statement to Wilf about “I was once lost” applies more to Romana than Susan since Romana was “lost” in E-space and the Doctor actually abandoned Susan on Earth so she could marry David Campbell. So I would lean towards the mysterious woman being Rpmana. Is the evidejnce conclusive, not really, but what facts there are fit. This, of course, is just speculation.

And BTW, what’s with the Master being such a glotton? Unless it is part of something for a future episode, there is no point to it. Same with the reference to President Obama. To me it doesn’t follow that the American president would have access to *ALL* the missle codes, that would be left possibly to U N I T. In an interview RTD states that the electionwas such a historic event that he wanted to pay tribute.

At first, my mind rejected the fact that Rassilon was Lord President of the High Counsil of Time Lords but the evidence is irrefutable, the Doctor actually says his name: “Back into H**l, Rassilon!”. It does seem farfetched, one of the Time Lord’s greatest historical figures was present at the beginning of the Time Lords, and he would be present at the fall of Gallifrey. Why not? If they can ressurect the Master not once but twice, they can go back into history and ressurect Rassilon.

As for anger at the Time lords returning, the ultimate thing we all need to remember is that they Did Not truly come back. I think it was done not to offend anyone because at the end of the series in 80′s his people were still alive and I think their attempted return and subsequent banishing back into the time locked time war was more for the answering of questions in regards to why The doctor’s people were lost and what part the Doctor truly played in their demise. It also let us see how even the great and noble Time Lords had been corrupted by the war. In the end the time lords seemed just as bad as the Daleks and other races trapped in the time lock. Which means the Doctor had to choose not once, but twice that to condem his people to death for the greater good of the universe.

The Master’s abilities I can forgive since he had a resurrection that went wrong and not a regeneration otherwise the actor would have changed. And use of such abilies was destabilizing and draining him of life. Who knows, maybe his botched resurrection mean’s he can’t regenerate. The bleeding of energy could be channeled so it’s possible, After all the Doctor aborbs a lethal dose of X-ray radiation in “smith and Jones” and channels it out of one foot, as well as withstands a Lightning strike in Daleks in manhatten which shows me time lords are good at expelling and manipulating extra energy. So the master’s condition is not as an insane leap as I think some of us like to think.

The goodbye that the Doctor made to all his friends I think was mostly a fan service and was heart wrenching but I can see how others can be upset by it. I think it’s mostly because he’s never been one to really say goodbye before in any form.

I will also be holding off on Matt Smith’s performance until I see more than 30 seconds of screen time. I know I protested the loss of our 9th doctor until I saw Tennant’s performance in the first christmas special. And while I was a bit put off on the flash of vampires here we must also remember in Season two we had a werewolf and witches in season three in the Shakespeare episode. Also the Gelf were similar to ghosts in the episode with Charles Dickens in it.

I will miss David Tennant but I think they did a fair send off and look forward to the new adventures with a new doctor.

I was deeply disappointed because lack of continuity bothered me A Lot.

1st of all, Time Lords have never flown or have had Super man powers (No Matter how crazy they got or how badly a regeneration went)

If you go on about how the TimeLords are gone, let them go- bringing them back cheepens the character development you have added to this remarkable character Who is “The Doctor” as well as “The Master”

I must agree that too much was going on at once. It was as if the writers got in a hurry and figured they would wrap it up by throwing in a lot of action and familar characters and BTW– we have a regeneration scene as well.

Tennant was “Brilliant”, and what I did like was that he got to say good bye to a few folks before he left. And I also liked Wif as a companion (He was a hoot)

And speaking of continuity, It seems that McCoy’s Doctor told Ace he was 900 years old or did I dream that one up?

The Master replicating a million of himself should have been the final act of the Axon Consciousness. Saxon=Axons.

Bringing Gallifrey back was unnecessary in the extreme.

And Ressurrecting Rassilon? WTF? You have GOT to be joking. Time Lords used to speak of Rassilon with reverence. Now that’s ruined forever.

Plus…this is not explained! Anywhere!

Plus: Matt Smith? I don’t think this guy can act his way out of a paper bag.