Sunday, July 01, 2007
Last of the Time Lords
Well the season 3 finale for Doctor Who was an all round entertaining finish to somehwhat uneven but nonetheless very enjoyable season (certainly stronger than season 2 at any rate). The Last of the Time Lords started off with the Doctor having sent Martha on a quest to go round the Earth to seemingly collect parts to form a weapon to destroy the Master, but can she do it in time and can she save the world and the Doctor from his current withered aged form?
The Last of the Time Lords as a season finale ran a bit longer than the rest of the episodes (about 8 minutes more apparently) as it leaves some loose ends to tie up yet again. On the whole as a final episode it was missing some moments of vital spark to make it really exciting to watch but it really does has some great moments. And on a slight note of criticism further to this and last week's episode, why does Russell T Davies always insist on putting cheesey pop songs into the show?!
David Tennant again provides some wonderful moments of vulnerability as the Doctor especially towards the end of the episode. Russell T Davies has a real talent for taking even enemies like the Master and make them seem sympathetic, probably also because he has such a respect for the show and knows its history so well, he can write in plots regarding the Master, as being the Doctor's sworn enemy, but he doesn't let us forget they were also once allies and even friends. This was echoed wonderfully in the final scene with the Doctor and the Master, it was one of the season's highlights.
On a further plot spoiler moment (don't worry my hugely limited reading audience won't read it anyway!) Martha at the end of the episode chooses to stay behind on Earth, although she leaves things open ended with her and the Doctor, by giving him her mobile phone (which he tampered with so she can call home from distant worlds and times). This kind of fuels the rumours of whether Freema Agyeman will be back for another series or not, as it was suggested in the papers she had quit, but she has apparently denied this ever since.
So that's the end of Season 3 of the new series of Doctor Who and as I said it was on the whole very entertaining, it cut down on the campness and silliness of Season 2, and brought back a much needed vulnerability in the Doctor. Admittedly some episodes were better than others but this is often the case with most TV shows most of the time. But as far as family Sci-Fi TV dramas go its still one of the best around and I'll gladly look forward to the Christmas Special, The Voyage of the Damned, funnily enough which shows the Doctor at the end of the episode there, repeating the same line he did at the end of Season 2: What??!!!
The Last of the Time Lords as a season finale ran a bit longer than the rest of the episodes (about 8 minutes more apparently) as it leaves some loose ends to tie up yet again. On the whole as a final episode it was missing some moments of vital spark to make it really exciting to watch but it really does has some great moments. And on a slight note of criticism further to this and last week's episode, why does Russell T Davies always insist on putting cheesey pop songs into the show?!
David Tennant again provides some wonderful moments of vulnerability as the Doctor especially towards the end of the episode. Russell T Davies has a real talent for taking even enemies like the Master and make them seem sympathetic, probably also because he has such a respect for the show and knows its history so well, he can write in plots regarding the Master, as being the Doctor's sworn enemy, but he doesn't let us forget they were also once allies and even friends. This was echoed wonderfully in the final scene with the Doctor and the Master, it was one of the season's highlights.
On a further plot spoiler moment (don't worry my hugely limited reading audience won't read it anyway!) Martha at the end of the episode chooses to stay behind on Earth, although she leaves things open ended with her and the Doctor, by giving him her mobile phone (which he tampered with so she can call home from distant worlds and times). This kind of fuels the rumours of whether Freema Agyeman will be back for another series or not, as it was suggested in the papers she had quit, but she has apparently denied this ever since.
So that's the end of Season 3 of the new series of Doctor Who and as I said it was on the whole very entertaining, it cut down on the campness and silliness of Season 2, and brought back a much needed vulnerability in the Doctor. Admittedly some episodes were better than others but this is often the case with most TV shows most of the time. But as far as family Sci-Fi TV dramas go its still one of the best around and I'll gladly look forward to the Christmas Special, The Voyage of the Damned, funnily enough which shows the Doctor at the end of the episode there, repeating the same line he did at the end of Season 2: What??!!!
# posted by kenny @ 1:03 am 
