Doctor Who: Name of the Doctor...further spoilers

[rabid1st]

Okay, this is what I meant to say re: Clara...from an IGN article on the finale...

"Which brings us onto the true big reveal, and Clara finally living up to her Impossible Girl tag. If you managed to guess her secret pre-episode than you're a cleverer (and likely more psychic) man than me – but for what is ultimately a pretty perplexing concept (Timelord death energy causes a rip in the space-time continuum that's exploited by a madman who uses it to rewrite history before a companion sacrifices herself and splinters herself across the timestream to save the day), the execution was surprisingly simple – and satisfying – to follow."

Here is the article link... http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/19/doctor-who-the-name-of-the-doctor-review

The article then goes on to say that this was the most satisfying finale in years. I bristled at this, then I remembered that I recently ranked Parting of the Ways as the best finale. So...yeah...that would be YEARS ago. Certainly this one was better than Moff's other two...or JE...or End of Time...so...okay, I will stop bristling.

Comments

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

I am more and more of a mind that, when the TARDIS was rent asvnder at the end of The End of Time II, or whichever it was, that Ten went to Rose. If he hasn't been there all along.

Nothing else makes Eleven make sense.

And another thing I've been of a mind to of late – I have never been wholly convinced that the Ten left with Rose was the "cloned" version.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Well, Idle & Blessed takes that stand as well. And, as you say, it could also be that the Ten left with Rose was already the Doctor. But, I doubt Moff is going to give us any of that in canon. Boy, would we all be surprised if he did! If he wants to really knock us all down with his brilliance, he can tie all this crap up in a pretty "The Doctor is madly in love with Rose" bow for us. I would be eating humble pie for a year. LOL

[develish1]

just thought I'd say hello :)

we share some head canon it seems, although I admit mine varies depending on my mood, lol.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Hello! It is good to share head!canon with people. I like to hear new ideas, but all too often I hear excuses for Moff's plot holes...or silly things that come from no imagination....like..."Well, the Doctor couldn't stay with Rose because then the show would get boring," from people who don't understand that with time travel you can rejoin the Doctor at any time in his journey...and we, in fact, have already done that.

The two main reasons that Ten didn't go to Rose are...1) RTD couldn't/dared not present the idea that Moff immediately presented of the Doctor as a sexual being and 2) RTD and DT had decided to do 4 specials and for whatever reason, they didn't want to explore the concept of Ten2 for those...though he would have worked much, much better, in my opinion.

I mean...how silly does RTD's failure to have Ten admit his love look now that River is in the picture, with her sexual innuendo every couple of minutes?

Rae
who can't explain RTD not knowing that it was okay to do these things, and so must imagine RTD just lost his creativity entirely in the end...burnout perhaps.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

So does mine, to a point.

[develish1]

I think this icon pretty much says it all as far as me and ships within DW goes, lol

[develish1]

" this was the most satisfying finale in years"

is that so? hmm.....that must be why it had one of the lowest viewing figures for a finale in years too then huh? lol

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Well, look at it this way... I haven't liked any of Moff's finales. So...that takes us back to End of Time. I didn't really like End of Time, though I think it mostly held together. That takes us back to Journey's End...which I hated, due to the set-up of a Doctor that can't change and has to do the same thing he's always done...which is run away? Honestly, I think if anyone had thought that one through, it wouldn't have happened. What kind of hero do you have when he can't face adult responsibilities and he lives to run from adventure to adventure? You have Moff's Doctor...basically. And boy is he starting to grate on the audience.

No JE...takes us back to Martha...and the great reset of RTD's run. And, okay, fine, it's his only reset...if you don't count towing the Earth home with the TARDIS...and he wanted to decimate the world...and he did. But, I fault that one the same way I fault Moff's timey-wimey BS...so...now we are at Doomsday. As I say...best finale in years...but that's not saying very much. :grin:

Rae