Doctor Who, Series 5 and Specials.

[Meds]

You will love it, I'm a bit dubious on two things. Not sure if it's a homage or a rip off but think stargate and star wars.
You will love it, The scene with Wilfred and The Dr in the cafe is heart breaking but the end, oh my what a cliff hanger. 

[Scott]

Holy crap!

[X]

You will love it, I'm a bit dubious on two things. Not sure if it's a homage or a rip off but think stargate and star wars.
You will love it, The scene with Wilfred and The Dr in the cafe is heart breaking but the end, oh my what a cliff hanger. 

I liked it, but for me it wasn't the best episode. I don't know what was missing, but I think it might be the kind of slow buildup.

I love the cliffhanger, but I felt no sense of danger or urgency. Maybe it's because we know what will happen in the very end?

[Feathers]

The End of Time Part 1
Emotional, moving, history of the time lords, childhood memories. David Tennant is awesome, John Simm is pure magic and Bernard Cribbins is just wonderful.

You're going to love it, but try not to eat your turkey like The Master.

Hmm. Looks like you watched something different to me. Asked more than it answered and left a lot unexplained.

Some they can pick up next week but I'm not sure they will. Won't say more until some more of the world have seen it.

[X]

The End of Time Part 1
Emotional, moving, history of the time lords, childhood memories. David Tennant is awesome, John Simm is pure magic and Bernard Cribbins is just wonderful.

You're going to love it, but try not to eat your turkey like The Master.

Hmm. Looks like you watched something different to me. Asked more than it answered and left a lot unexplained.

Some they can pick up next week but I'm not sure they will. Won't say more until some more of the world have seen it.

Yeah, I think I saw what Mike saw. It was a bit ... pedestrian. Nothing really got me excited until the last few minutes.

I was expecting something to give the last season finale a run, but it was more like just another episode. The bar was raised and this one didn't reach the heights of what came before it.

[Geekyfanboy]

Just finished watching and loved every minute it. I think it did exactly what it was suppose to do.. make you excited for part two and the final David Tennant  episode... I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

[Rico]

I liked it quite a bit too.  Just watched it a little while ago.  Good setup for the next part.  Two-part episodes always have to setup a lot more than they can solve - obviously.  Looking forward to the second part next weekend.

[Meds]

Hmm. Looks like you watched something different to me. Asked more than it answered and left a lot unexplained.

Some they can pick up next week but I'm not sure they will. Won't say more until some more of the world have seen it.

Dont quite get you Mike. The only question was the cliff hanger at the end. Everything else was fairly obvious. There was some old past history mentioned which was nice fir the classic fans. The Master coming back via the ring and the use of the Saxon followers was a old nod a old Master episode and even the tv movie whth Eric Roberts playing the role.

[Feathers]

Yes, but...
[spoiler]the flying? The electric hands? What was the justification for that? It was more heroes than Dr Who. I'm not a classic Master buff but that seemed over the top and with no attempt at a justification took me out of the story completely.

The Ood seemed to be plugged in just to fill a gap in running time (although I expect that to be justified next week) and while Wilf's bus of wrinklies were amusing I don't feel they added anything to the story.

Timothy Dalton and the Timelords were undeniably an exciting prospect and I'm looking forward to the resolution of that - I hope we get a lot more of them next time.[/spoiler]

Still. We'll see.

[Dangelus]

Yes, but...
[spoiler]the flying? The electric hands? What was the justification for that? It was more heroes than Dr Who. I'm not a classic Master buff but that seemed over the top and with no attempt at a justification took me out of the story completely.

The Ood seemed to be plugged in just to fill a gap in running time (although I expect that to be justified next week) and while Wilf's bus of wrinklies were amusing I don't feel they added anything to the story.

Timothy Dalton and the Timelords were undeniably an exciting prospect and I'm looking forward to the resolution of that - I hope we get a lot more of them next time.[/spoiler]
Still. We'll see.

Hmmm

[spoiler] I'm no expert but I thought it was explained that The Master had those abilities because he was using his own lifeforce energy to manifest them?[/spoiler]

[Rico]

Yep - I agree with the above. 

[spoiler]I thought the explanation about The Master's powers was fine.  They had to give him an edge somehow.  What I didn't get was why so many people seemed to remember him?  I thought the Doctor fixed all that?[/spoiler]

[Feathers]

That may be the explanation they gave

[spoiler]but I felt that only explained that as a result of the botched resurrection he was burning the energy just to survive, not to get superhero powers. Why should timelords suddenly be able to do that? The powers just seemed to be used to add a bit of 'zing' to a slow story.[/spoiler]

I'm pleased it worked for most but for me it was just too 'not Doctor Who'. In fact, with a day or so to think now, I think it took me to the point where if they weren't changing team next year I'd be seriously worried about what outlandish creations we were going to get.

[Rico]

I am by no means an expert but,....

[spoiler]The reason the Master could do all that stuff was due to the unique way he was brought back to life - not just because he was a time lord.  Again, I thought it worked for the story.  I did enjoy when he ate that whole turkey in like 30 seconds!  LOL![/spoiler]

[Feathers]

I think it's going to take us 30 days to get through our turkey!

Whateer the justifications, let's see how it all plays out in a weeks time.

[Scott]

[spoiler]Anyone else think that Timothy Dalton is either Rassalon or Omega?[/spoiler]