And since everyone else is doing it...
Yeah, David Tennant's last episodes of Doctor Who aired. Although, to be perfectly frank, the last episode was not a Doctor Who story. It was a David Tennant is leaving story, which is all well and good, but was pure navel gazing from another perspective. The whole thing seemed a bit too self-congratulatory, "excuse us while we pat ourselves on the back for thirty minutes, audience", rather than attempting to write a memorable climax to the run.
Of course, the first trailer of the Matt Smith series is out already, which demonstrates that A) Matt's surprised look when he punches someone is adorable and B) I am going to be crushing on Karen Gillan something rotten.
Initial impressions are extremely positive - I'm certainly not one of those who consider Tennant the only true Doctor - I recall watching the last Tom Baker story, Peter Davison's run, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and reading all the Target Doctor Who novelizations when I was a kid and pre-home video releases of the classic stories, so I'm familiar with all the incarnations. Tennant's been a good Doctor, but the last episode of his run was, frankly, horribly self-indulgent on the part of Russell T Davis and I'm certainly not wailing and gnashing my teeth over his departure - on the contrary, after a year or so since his announcement about his leaving, I'm looking forward to some fresh blood.
( Anyway, some more spoilery thoughts about The End of Time )
Of course, the first trailer of the Matt Smith series is out already, which demonstrates that A) Matt's surprised look when he punches someone is adorable and B) I am going to be crushing on Karen Gillan something rotten.
Initial impressions are extremely positive - I'm certainly not one of those who consider Tennant the only true Doctor - I recall watching the last Tom Baker story, Peter Davison's run, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and reading all the Target Doctor Who novelizations when I was a kid and pre-home video releases of the classic stories, so I'm familiar with all the incarnations. Tennant's been a good Doctor, but the last episode of his run was, frankly, horribly self-indulgent on the part of Russell T Davis and I'm certainly not wailing and gnashing my teeth over his departure - on the contrary, after a year or so since his announcement about his leaving, I'm looking forward to some fresh blood.
( Anyway, some more spoilery thoughts about The End of Time )