feckin awesome !!
the final 2 scenes were so good,had goose bumps and actually cheered ! Fiona thinks ive gone mad !

I'll get back to you on this tomorrow.

i look forward to reading what you think.
thankfully id avoided all spoilers,so it was all a surprise to me

Watching it now... I'm wondering if my prediction about the final fate of Donna will come true.

My prediction last year was:

Wow. The last bit was very, very cool. John Simm did a bang up job. Once I saw what the Master was doing I thought it was a bit weird and then the final few scenes happened ..

I love the fact that, while Simm's performance is purely his own, I can so easily picture Delgado's or Ainley's face delivering all his lines.

And when I wonder where these weird-ass superpowers come from, I realize that this is the same guy who was Raisin-Man, part cat, and a glob of slime who took over Julia Roberts' brother.

I was surprised first of all...

But Russell T. Davies, in the extended look thing BBC-A aired afterward...

Not real happy that they...

And of course...

But I give Doctor Who a pass on that last one.

I will be excited to see this next week, but I won't get to watch it until Sunday night.

He does have a history of extreme body modification.

I took the Doctor's explanation that

I kind of like the touch thrown in that

The DVR cut the very end off, but since I recorded the Inside Look I caught the very end of the last scene.


I'm going to have to check to see if BBC America on Demand has it so I don't have to scream at the end of the episode when me and the GF watch it(since I said I'd wait until she got back from Amarillo on Sunday to watch it)...

I had the reverse reaction. Seeing The Master turn in Goku, Mr. Creosote, Gollum and Jamie Madrox in turn was really bizarre. Not really the elegant villain from the classic series. I did like the conversation between the Doctor and Bernard Cribbins. It was something we've had hints of before.

Calling back to Steven's point earlier, I'm sure Russell Davies has been screwing with us for a while now...

Well, he is getting messages through the TV...

What a long, strange trip it's been.

Cant wait to see Donna's fathers chameleon watch. That will be a mind blowing moment. Then he turns into Romana. WTF.

That would be awesome.

Saw the first installment last night, so just skimming the thread as of yet. I may have to jump the gun and download the second episode. The suspense is killing me. The build up in Water of Mars where the Doctor goes mad was terrific. Makes you understand how close he and the Master really are.

Does the Master carry the heart of the Time Lords in his head? That would explain why he is mad.

hAHAHahAhaHAHAHA

i hate the things that RTD does that effects the whole planet in his big season enders. it requires such a deus ex machina that (for me) it tends to rob the show(s) of any real power. Turning The Master into a power beam shooting foe was lame (for me).

Seeing Dalton, and the others was awesome, and nearly redeems the preposterous characterization of Simms' role.

ymmv.

Maria, the second episode doesn't broadcast till Jan. 1 in the UK and Jan. 2 in the US.

The power beam shooting part makes him look like he is burning up/out. That plus the skeleton/hunger thing makes me think he is not going to last long.