I really liked it - up there with PotW for me and far superior to the finales of the last two years. The various companions may not have ultimately had anything to do with the solution, but not for want of trying and I loved that they all had plans that they were completely prepared to use, regardless of cost. All far better than last year, where Jack was pretty much only there so they could explain how come he didn't become the focus for the resistance instead of Martha!
So, loved the various companion plans and their determination, loved the German!Daleks, loved Davros calling the Doctor on his bad habits (and quite correctly - the Doctor is all about the moral high ground, but he has much less right to it than pretty much anybody), and absolutely adored Dalek Caan and his giggly rebellion. Was insanely overjoyed by both Mickey and Jackie - Rose became a character who put my teeth on edge in s2 but I fell completely for those two and loved seeing them again. A shame we're losing Jackie, but she has a life and more family than just Rose in the AU, and keeping Mickey for TW is no bad thing at all. :) Loved Gwen in these and that Tosh saved the day, although Ianto did nothing to make himself any more interesting to me. One day I may get a grip on that character but today is not that day. LOVED Donna bodily shoving SJS aside so that she could get Jack to herself in the big hugfest. ;)
Donna's fate was tragic, but it rather needed to be - odd as it sounds, she'd earned something like that, that hits the viewer like a gut punch. It's terrible that she loses it all... but then, she doesn't know she's lost anything and she's gained the respect of a mother who's spent her life doing her down. CT has done a blinding job in the role and she'll be missed. This was high tragedy and far more effective and moving that Rose's fate in s2.
Speaking of whom.... I loved her in s1 and I wish they could have showed her moving on and not focusing everything on getting back to the Doctor. She started strong and turned into something clingy and pathetic... the exact opposite of Mickey's storyline, in fact. And now I have the sense that Rose should have been careful what she wished for - she has the Doctor, yes, but he's not the one she wants and never will be - he's just human, fragile and mortal and as trapped as she is. She'll never be happy, but and he's the one I feel sorry for, a free-wheeling near-immortal suddenly trapped in a world of consequences and mortgages. Still, at least he has Donna's attitude now and man, will that one come as a shock to Rose in their first lover's tiff!
I give it five years at most. ;)
(and Doctor, just exactly WHAT was the alternate option to wiping the Daleks out? Really? Get a bloody grip!)
The incinerator thing didn't even make me blink - the impression I got was that they put Jack in and he rolled out before it heated up and fried him. And I swear the coat is made of unstable molecules anyway, given the damage it regularly takes. ;)
How can anybody dislike Jack's immortality? :) It defines him and lets him develop and view the world in ways that he simply couldn't as a mortal. Jack isn't just about the here and now - the people he has around him are points in a continuum to him, just as much as any of the Doctor's companions, no more or less precious than those who came before or those who will come after. We're seeing him at a stage where he's pretty much come to terms with it and there's just so much fun to be had with that. And the writers use it well - Jack will use it tactically but not casually and it's not used as a freebie in every episode/book/audio. And while he may be unable to die, those around him manage it all too well, which is where the real meat of it is.
I'm really looking forward to Martha and Mickey on TW - that's going to be a fun dynamic, especially where Mickey is concerned as it'll give Jack someone else in the "soldier" role. There is an odd temptation to write something with Jack taking him down to the firing range to, er, check out his level of training. ;) But I think that one will just have to wait in line....
*ahem* Longer than I thought it would be. But basically, I liked it and I'm looking forward to the new dynamic on TW. :)
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So, loved the various companion plans and their determination, loved the German!Daleks, loved Davros calling the Doctor on his bad habits (and quite correctly - the Doctor is all about the moral high ground, but he has much less right to it than pretty much anybody), and absolutely adored Dalek Caan and his giggly rebellion. Was insanely overjoyed by both Mickey and Jackie - Rose became a character who put my teeth on edge in s2 but I fell completely for those two and loved seeing them again. A shame we're losing Jackie, but she has a life and more family than just Rose in the AU, and keeping Mickey for TW is no bad thing at all. :) Loved Gwen in these and that Tosh saved the day, although Ianto did nothing to make himself any more interesting to me. One day I may get a grip on that character but today is not that day. LOVED Donna bodily shoving SJS aside so that she could get Jack to herself in the big hugfest. ;)
Donna's fate was tragic, but it rather needed to be - odd as it sounds, she'd earned something like that, that hits the viewer like a gut punch. It's terrible that she loses it all... but then, she doesn't know she's lost anything and she's gained the respect of a mother who's spent her life doing her down. CT has done a blinding job in the role and she'll be missed. This was high tragedy and far more effective and moving that Rose's fate in s2.
Speaking of whom.... I loved her in s1 and I wish they could have showed her moving on and not focusing everything on getting back to the Doctor. She started strong and turned into something clingy and pathetic... the exact opposite of Mickey's storyline, in fact. And now I have the sense that Rose should have been careful what she wished for - she has the Doctor, yes, but he's not the one she wants and never will be - he's just human, fragile and mortal and as trapped as she is. She'll never be happy, but and he's the one I feel sorry for, a free-wheeling near-immortal suddenly trapped in a world of consequences and mortgages. Still, at least he has Donna's attitude now and man, will that one come as a shock to Rose in their first lover's tiff!
I give it five years at most. ;)
(and Doctor, just exactly WHAT was the alternate option to wiping the Daleks out? Really? Get a bloody grip!)
The incinerator thing didn't even make me blink - the impression I got was that they put Jack in and he rolled out before it heated up and fried him. And I swear the coat is made of unstable molecules anyway, given the damage it regularly takes. ;)
How can anybody dislike Jack's immortality? :) It defines him and lets him develop and view the world in ways that he simply couldn't as a mortal. Jack isn't just about the here and now - the people he has around him are points in a continuum to him, just as much as any of the Doctor's companions, no more or less precious than those who came before or those who will come after. We're seeing him at a stage where he's pretty much come to terms with it and there's just so much fun to be had with that. And the writers use it well - Jack will use it tactically but not casually and it's not used as a freebie in every episode/book/audio. And while he may be unable to die, those around him manage it all too well, which is where the real meat of it is.
I'm really looking forward to Martha and Mickey on TW - that's going to be a fun dynamic, especially where Mickey is concerned as it'll give Jack someone else in the "soldier" role. There is an odd temptation to write something with Jack taking him down to the firing range to, er, check out his level of training. ;) But I think that one will just have to wait in line....
*ahem* Longer than I thought it would be. But basically, I liked it and I'm looking forward to the new dynamic on TW. :)