Without RTD we wouldn’t have anything to discuss (or complain about). He is completely responsible for my love of The Doctor and I have always found something to love about every episode. It’s wonderful that this show has such history and inspires such passion in its viewers but I will never understand the RTD vitriol. I wonder how many Moffat haters there will end up being?

I felt this episode was like the first part, It could’ve been loads better (Will RTD let one brought back charecter stay? Noooo!) But thank God it wasn’t worse. Easily the best part was the radiation booth scene and the last part of the companion montage. I think going back to see Rose, who’d saved him essentially was so touching and sweet. The regeneration was done fairly well, though I woul’ve liked it better if David was collapsed on the floor rather than standing up, again.

And Matt Smith, the best of luck to you! I feel from just 45 seconds that you will be a great Doctor. I just hope you don’t aquire the brooding and bitterness your predesesor had.

Bring on April!

I loved the episode…and yet, I wonder how something can have so many plot holes that would be relatively simple to fix? It really seems like plot basically went out the window. In the end that doesn’t bother me, but I think its a sign that its really time, not so much for new writers, but for a return to a regular series. The pressure to make everything “special” and more climatic and drama-filled than the last climax almost inevitably sacrifices interesting stories. I think RTD plotted some great episodes, so this isn’t to dis him at all, but the episode with the tightest, cleverest writing (IMO The Girl in the Fireplace) hopefully will be the hallmark of Moffat’s era. I’m looking forward to the show getting back to the basic idea of a man exploring time and space with a best friend.

That said, I hope some links remain as everything gets reinvented. Captain Jack can just pop up every once and a while to give some continuity : )

It’s not a case of dissing rtd but constructive critism of some of his episodes he wrote and yes we do owe him a massive debt for bringing dr who back from the dead but that does not exscuse the fact some of them were bland and confusing.
If people cant accept peoples opinions with regards to dr who and the writers you really shouldnt be using forum or message boards.
Agree to disagree thats life.

RTD may have brought back Doctor Who to the screen but Doctor Who was never dead. Certainly RTD lowered the tone so there was a lot more snogging, TD kissed every one of his companions! Was it necessary? The latest companions were certainly cry babies, running back to families every episode or 2! The viewing figures are not that impressive. I certainly think Big Finish deserve a lot of credit. How would Dalek have turned out if not based on Jubilee? RTD has always been brilliant at creating and doing first series but his track record is less than impressive.

I’d have preferred a female doctor to some spotty little oik. This next series will probably end up like Hollyoaks, with the Doctor indulging in a bit of bum-love with Davros…Props to John Simm tho’, best Master since the tragic Delgado, brilliantly hissable. And nice to see someone chucked poor old Tim Dalton a few quid too, bless.

I loved the plot, the strategy, the rewards. I cried at the rejuve and empathised totally. Russell T is a fabulous writer with a twisted sense of humour and story line, I really appreciate your work and will watch anything that has your name attached to it.
Heard rumours of a Movie with David and have fingers crossed. I am a big DT fan and just wish that Australia (where I live) was a bit quicker on the uptake for BBC shows. We always get them so far the spoilers spoil. EOT being viewed here 14th & 21st Feb. As you can see I purchased disc from BBC and viewed weeks ago. Thank God for the BBC.

Personally, I was just the tiniest bit disappointed. *dodged Indentified Flying Objects. Rotten-tomato-shaped flying objects, in fact* It was as though the writers were screaming “It’s the Tenth Doctor’s last episode!!!! A bunny dies for every second you are not crying!!” and really dragged out the whole Doctor-visiting-companions thing. By about halfway through I was yelling “Oh, just regenerate, for crying out loud! Christopher Eccleston didn’t take this long!” and people hating Matt Smith before he’s even done one episode is just ridiculous.

And what on Gallifrey is going on with Martha and Mickey? It’s not that she was engaged to Tom Milligan (’cause I already have a few theories about that) but she and Mickey don’t even… work. Hmm, though in the last few seconds I’ve decided that it might, in a Ron/Hermione-ish way…

all i can say is im thankful to RTD for his creativity and him bringing the show back now with that said he did seem to lose plot from time to time for the sake of too much flash, which is great to see but there has to be a bit more balance so yeah i was ready for him to go, and think about this for the people who don’t understand the complaints against RTD if you saw children of earth that was a good bit of great writing and personally i was ****** that he did some of the episodes of Doctor Who the way he did basically he could have made much better episodes than what he did, Moffat looks to have a higher rate of good well thought out episodes so let’s get this new season started already

great episode

I thought this was absolutely superb. There was a great twist when the Doctor thought that he had survived and then there was the 4 knocks. I also enjoyed it when the Doctor said goodbye to some of his companions and friends. Its a pity he didn’t say goodbye to Sally Sparrow though as if he’d just forgotten about her. The regeneration scene was just powerful with Vale Decem playing in the background, very emotional but a strong, powerful scene with the TARDIS exploding as well. When we first saw Matt I was just like whose this guy and I was quite unsure of him but hes my favourite Doctor :)