mrv3000 | The Last of the Time Lords

One year later, eh? Someone's been watching BSG. And they *still* cheat at the Martha character development by doing a fast-forward.
The Doctor would look like Gollum if he'd never regenerated. Heh heh.
Shiny gold stars to whoever called the Utopians being the Toclafane!
Um...I don't really understand the whole telepathy thing. And glowy god!Doctor? Giving forgiveness to the Master? What just happened? But at least the Doctor and the Master are now in a stone quary. No really, what just happened?
Poor, poor Doctor. He so wanted the Master as his companion. Which would have been cracktasticly fantastic, by the way. Okay, sorry. I was kinda snickering a bit during the Master death scene. I know – it was supposed to be heartbreaking. But I needed *more* or something to buy the Doctor being all heartbroken. Or something. I don't know, it was weird. And then the Doctor pulls a Luke and burns ~~Darth Vader~~ the Master.
No, Jack! Screw Torchwood and go with the Doctor, dammit! He wants you along! Everyone wants you along!!
*laughs at the 'Jack is the Face of Boe' reveal* *and then kicks Jack in the ass for not WARNING the Doctor about a lot of things*
Well, goodbye Martha. And goodbye Martha's unrequited love. Glad she'd finally had enough. But it seems clear enough now that they built this into her character, knowing she was going to be a one-series companion and wanted a natural exit. Still hated the whole crush thing since it happened while the Doctor was in mourning so it always came off as insensitive and shallow, but...MEH. Oh well. It's over now.
So Christmas will be the Titanic, eh? Hmm. Think I've seen that. Although, didn't Nine say he'd been on the Titanic? If they would manage to get CE to do one episode for a Nine–Ten meetup, I would LOVE THEM FOREVER.
Overall, I'd agree with some in saying it wasn't the thrilling conclusion we've seen other finales be. It was...okay. I mean, witness my lack of points when for other episodes I've been spazzing. I sorta wish the Master had been kept by the Doctor, instead of being in the ring and picked up by probably Lucy. Because that could have been a whole lot of fun. But at least since the Master is still alive, I still can have hope for my three-way Mexican Standoff between the Doctor, the Master and the Dalek next year.
ETA: No, really. What happened here? Last week's episode clipped along and was riveting. This was...I kept noticing the time. It both felt like it dragged and felt rushed - at the same time! How's that possible?
ETA2: Oh! And what was this business with the Master wanting to create New Gallifrey? Was the Master trying to make a new Eye of Harmony? Or...did he put Time Lord DNA in the Utopians? And so these sort of Time Lords (but not really by hardly *any* stretch of the imagination) lived again? They kinda lost me there. *CONFUSED* And what was the deal at the very beginning saying the Earth was off-limits? Earth hadn't been part of a interplanetary system yet, had it? *cries at the confusion*
ETA3: *pats the Doctor* He was all psuedo perky and bouncy to try and get Martha to come along. Like DT said before S3 aired - the Doctor's looking for an acquaintance, but Martha's looking for a boyfriend. The Doctor still wasn't doing that family thing with the Joneses, in spite of just having spent a year with them. Yeah, Martha was wise to get out because he just never would have been looking at her like that. His expression to her said as much as well. He just wanted not to be lonely, but she wanted more. Oh, Doctor. I wish you weren't lonely.
ETA4: Wonder if we'll still get the Doctor with his 'humans are bad' next series, or if he'll have now seen the light. I mean, on the one hand, you had humanity bringing about its own destruction. And humanity's fate is to wind up trapped in the darkness at the end of time. But on the other hand, it was humanity that ended up saving themselves by believing in the Doctor... Hey RTD, is the Doctor supposed to be Jesus? o_O