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mezzanineview) wrote2010-01-02 08:47 am
mezzanineview) wrote2010-01-02 08:47 am
so that huge Doctor Who thing that really just happened
Naturally the first reaction, when the end came up, was this
You know that time when I was all OMGWTFBBQ and a little raegtastic and only slightly :D because of the Doctor/Master in TEoT part one? Yeah, Rusty, you've pretty much redeemed yourself again, even though there are still plotholes I could drive my car through, but who the hell am I kidding, this isSparta Doctor Who and here we only speak SKIENCE!
One thing I'm not going to do is go on and on about it blow by blow. I only really need to say how much I appreciate the facets of the Doctor we got to see in Ten's final outing, that he wasn't just brilliant and courageous and so very sad, but that he was completely frank about how absolutely freaked he was about his head being on the chopping block.
Watching Classic Who, and even New Who, I always wondered where was the fear of dying? It's usually just handwaved away as a character trait, that the Doctor can be so accepting of his fate time and time again because of regeneration, but until now it's never really been addressed what exactly it means, to a Time Lord, to regenerate. He's literally losing himself all over again, and he'll never be the same as he was when he was Ten, and that's it and that's okay. For everyone but him, actually.
I can already smell the wank that's going to come of these eps, that he was being childish and throwing a tantrum when he should have been just getting on with his death march, but you know what? It's the bravest thing the Doctor has ever done, in my opinion. Consider the hubris and egotism and how determined he was to keep this particular body and personality, then consider the knowledge, as early as The Planet of the Ood, that he was going to die and nothing could stop it, the hope blossoming when he thought he survived, and the crushing despair after, and tell me that him dying for Wilf being "his honor" was not the most gorgeous thing he could ever say and do.
His selflessness will always win out, bar none, but Ten had more monumental baggage to overcome to come to that point than any future incarnation may ever have to face. None of the tremulous joking around that Nine did, not the resigned determination of Five, not the rock solid steadiness that Four had. He was afraid and showed it and I loved him for it.
The Master. Oooooooh, Master, you are so broken, aren't you? You just wanted to be the evil bf back in town to torture his ex, but somewhere along the line, your brilliant, if magnificently lulzy plan got torn up and you were just scrambling for any allegiance that would benefit you most, and how fantastic and ironic was it that it was on the Doctor's side? That in revenging yourself upon your tormentors, you saved Earth and the Doctor, oh how amazing :D I enjoyed every single second the Master was on the screen. In part one, we got crazy and cackling and him reminiscing with the Doctor about their childhood, in this we got him being swayed to real emotion and welling tears and built up rage and all of it was so awesome and well-done. His final scene, with the Doctor sparing his life and the Master sparing his in return was a masterstroke of writing and acting ♥ The two of them were in tune and you could see the potential of them as a team, traveling in time and space, no?
Wilf was lovely, and truly, Bernard Cribbins never missed an opportunity to put daggers in my heart at every turn, oh he was amazing. The little visitations to all his ex companions was for the most part well-done (could have done without the needless pairing up of Martha and Mickey, wtf? I love Mickey and I'm glad he wasn't left out, but REALLY RTD?), and Sarah Jane SO KNEW what was happening, just from looking at the Doctor, oh my god, she knew. That broke me completely. So many things about this ep did, really, but that especially.
David David David David David. I don't have words for how lovely he is, so I think it best for me to just shut it for now. I watched the DW Confidential for this ep and up until then I couldn't properly grasp that his stupidstupid, wonderful face isn't going to be back next season, then there was this montage and I think I'm having a mental breakdown of sorts. From day one, you walked in and you fucking KILLED IT and all I can say right now is you were the best and you are so loved ♥
I've watched it twice by now, and a third probably tomorrow, because Sam still hasn't seen anything past The Waters of Mars, so it'll give me more time to reflect. TBH, I think I'm in shock, and there's been some crying at points which I couldn't control, but I have a feeling that this is me, being rational and putting down my thoughts before I fucking lose it and am just inconsolable for days on end. I'm glad of the grace period we have between Ten's end and Eleven's start soon, so I can properly mourn and get it out of my system and get excited for Eleven all over again, but we're many weeks and tissues away from it :')
and the rest is silence
You know that time when I was all OMGWTFBBQ and a little raegtastic and only slightly :D because of the Doctor/Master in TEoT part one? Yeah, Rusty, you've pretty much redeemed yourself again, even though there are still plotholes I could drive my car through, but who the hell am I kidding, this is
One thing I'm not going to do is go on and on about it blow by blow. I only really need to say how much I appreciate the facets of the Doctor we got to see in Ten's final outing, that he wasn't just brilliant and courageous and so very sad, but that he was completely frank about how absolutely freaked he was about his head being on the chopping block.
Watching Classic Who, and even New Who, I always wondered where was the fear of dying? It's usually just handwaved away as a character trait, that the Doctor can be so accepting of his fate time and time again because of regeneration, but until now it's never really been addressed what exactly it means, to a Time Lord, to regenerate. He's literally losing himself all over again, and he'll never be the same as he was when he was Ten, and that's it and that's okay. For everyone but him, actually.
I can already smell the wank that's going to come of these eps, that he was being childish and throwing a tantrum when he should have been just getting on with his death march, but you know what? It's the bravest thing the Doctor has ever done, in my opinion. Consider the hubris and egotism and how determined he was to keep this particular body and personality, then consider the knowledge, as early as The Planet of the Ood, that he was going to die and nothing could stop it, the hope blossoming when he thought he survived, and the crushing despair after, and tell me that him dying for Wilf being "his honor" was not the most gorgeous thing he could ever say and do.
His selflessness will always win out, bar none, but Ten had more monumental baggage to overcome to come to that point than any future incarnation may ever have to face. None of the tremulous joking around that Nine did, not the resigned determination of Five, not the rock solid steadiness that Four had. He was afraid and showed it and I loved him for it.
The Master. Oooooooh, Master, you are so broken, aren't you? You just wanted to be the evil bf back in town to torture his ex, but somewhere along the line, your brilliant, if magnificently lulzy plan got torn up and you were just scrambling for any allegiance that would benefit you most, and how fantastic and ironic was it that it was on the Doctor's side? That in revenging yourself upon your tormentors, you saved Earth and the Doctor, oh how amazing :D I enjoyed every single second the Master was on the screen. In part one, we got crazy and cackling and him reminiscing with the Doctor about their childhood, in this we got him being swayed to real emotion and welling tears and built up rage and all of it was so awesome and well-done. His final scene, with the Doctor sparing his life and the Master sparing his in return was a masterstroke of writing and acting ♥ The two of them were in tune and you could see the potential of them as a team, traveling in time and space, no?
Wilf was lovely, and truly, Bernard Cribbins never missed an opportunity to put daggers in my heart at every turn, oh he was amazing. The little visitations to all his ex companions was for the most part well-done (could have done without the needless pairing up of Martha and Mickey, wtf? I love Mickey and I'm glad he wasn't left out, but REALLY RTD?), and Sarah Jane SO KNEW what was happening, just from looking at the Doctor, oh my god, she knew. That broke me completely. So many things about this ep did, really, but that especially.
David David David David David. I don't have words for how lovely he is, so I think it best for me to just shut it for now. I watched the DW Confidential for this ep and up until then I couldn't properly grasp that his stupidstupid, wonderful face isn't going to be back next season, then there was this montage and I think I'm having a mental breakdown of sorts. From day one, you walked in and you fucking KILLED IT and all I can say right now is you were the best and you are so loved ♥
I've watched it twice by now, and a third probably tomorrow, because Sam still hasn't seen anything past The Waters of Mars, so it'll give me more time to reflect. TBH, I think I'm in shock, and there's been some crying at points which I couldn't control, but I have a feeling that this is me, being rational and putting down my thoughts before I fucking lose it and am just inconsolable for days on end. I'm glad of the grace period we have between Ten's end and Eleven's start soon, so I can properly mourn and get it out of my system and get excited for Eleven all over again, but we're many weeks and tissues away from it :')
and the rest is silence
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It would have been better for me if part one wasn't almost total crack, but part two was redeeming on every level and I couldn't think of a more poignant end for this era <3
and OH MY WORD, have you seen this picspam? (http://chloe-2450.livejournal.com/85771.html#cutid1) It's a collection of behind the scenes photos from the beginning of New Who through season 4 :DDD