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dreamwaffles) wrote2010-01-23 10:26 am
Homg, it's a fandom post!
Firstly: I'm totally caught up on Doctor Who. This is weeeeird, that's never happened before! O.o Also, in this entry I make a pun for which I quite possibly should be killed.
Right! So, The End of Time. And, tangentially, various finales of other seasons and Children of Earth (which still doesn't exist in my mental canon, Ianto and Tosh and Owen are in South America hanging with the exiled/dead members of MI-5, you can't convince me otherwise).
End of Time didn't fuck me up nearly as badly as Children of Earth did. I would like to say this, here and now, though-I'm uncaffinated and sleepy, I don't have to make a lot of sense.
Russell T. Davies is a fucking douchebag. I know I'll probably never meet the man, and really, I never want to. But seriously. I still love Joss after Serenity, and I really don't know if there's anyway I'll stop loving Kripke, but honestly, after 1. Children of Earth 2. Doctor Who's season 2 and 4 finales (and a little bit 3) and 3. oh, most of the specials, I am fucking DONE with RTD.
This is for various reasons. Okay, sure, he can write, and boy can he write...
...sometimes.
See, there are just some things I can't quite buy. At least Bad Wolf was scattered throughout the series, right? On signs, spray-painted, whatever. But where was the buildup to the Arcangel network or any hint that the Master had freaking cultists (the book of Saxon? Seriously?) or any foreshadowing of it, like, at all? Previews to the next episode don't count. And I know there was that woman who picked up the Master's ring, but mostly I was just like, "???" more than anything.
Also, I can't really forgive what he did to Donna, or to, oh, all of Earth (let alone what was left of Torchwood) in Children of Earth. Particularly in CoE. He crossed soooo many lines in that one. I was upset that Ianto died, yeah, but holy god what he did to the Earth's governments and forcing them to make that impossible choice and then fucking carry it out-yeaaaaaah, that was not okay to do.
Anyway, that's totally not the point.
The End of Time was freakin' awesome. Mostly because I love the Master. I was watching with my roommate and her friend the chef, and when the Master cloned himself all over the planet, the chef goes, "Orgy?" because she too reads fanfic, and I immediately responded, "Wouldn't that be Masterbation?"
Yeah, I should probably be shot. -cough
ANYWAY. The plot was epic, and awesome, and holy crap Gallifrey wtf, but mostly what I want to talk about is farewell to Ten.
I thought it was nice that he said goodbye to all his companions (and went to save Ianto and Tosh and Owen in this continuity, SHUT UP IT HAPPENED, it was just different in my headcanon) but oh my god did that scene drag. I mean, particularly after the Doctor and the Master saving each other and all that tension, and then his absorbing the radiation-that was all really tense, but then what? It just went on and on and on, and okay, cameos, woo, but I was like, "...can we be done now? I know Ten doesn't want to go and I don't want him to go either, but HOW LONG HAS THIS EPISODE BEEN OH MY GOD". (although, when did Martha marry Mickey? I thought she was dating that pediatrician guy! Did I miss something?)
I know that he didn't want to go, and in some ways I didn't want him to go either, but I think that he needed to in some ways. I can't really explain it. Ten had a good run, but he was done after the fourth season somehow.
I'm okay with him going. I really am. I'll miss him, but I look forward to the new Doctor, and I think it'll be quite fun.
I miss Ten, but I also miss Nine, and all of his companions in whatever incarnation I know about. They're all my favorite. Including the Master! But Eleven looks like he'll be good, based on the 30 seconds I saw, and I'm looking forward to the next season.
EDIT: I have no idea what's up with my cut tags. Sorry.