posted by [identity profile] vilallmighty.livejournal.com at 12:44pm on 07/07/2008

[19:29] MitchFC: and that sounds like a spin off...
[19:29] Eni is Confused: Ha, yea.
[19:30] Eni is Confused: Aww, Mickey.
[19:30] MitchFC: so that narrows it down to Rose or Donna ,doesn't it
[19:30] Eni is Confused: PleasebeRose..
[19:30] MitchFC: pleaseberose
[19:31] Eni is Confused: I don't care if we get two years of angst, if she's dead, at least it'll make sure we don't get another frickin' return.
[19:31] MitchFC: amen

Alas, they didn't do right by reality and kill her.

Dammit. Rose, Dr 2 and Jackie are taken back to Bad Wolf Bay..in Rose's universe. Cue sappy stuff, because Dr 2 is human and will age and vows to stay with Rose forever.

I'd be okay with this sappy shit if I didn't know down in My black heart that some moron somewhere will use this to find a way to bring them back together. DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE ROSE DIE WE HATE YOU!!!!

[19:32] MitchFC: *pukes*
[19:32] Eni is Confused: ................and the Rose/Ten shippers just collectively died.
[19:33] MitchFC: And a million fanficcers went "awww"
[19:33] Eni is Confused: Hope they both get an anvil dropped on them.
[19:33] MitchFC: too painless :P BTW, the big loophole is, if he's part human, then he can have kids....
[19:33] Eni is Confused: oh god. Tennant/Piper offspring.
[19:33] MitchFC: scary isn' t it?
[19:33] Eni is Confused: And I thought Naked!Ten was the most painful thing I'd see tonight

I have a fanfic for the kids. I call it Jason vs Rose. I'll give away the end. There is no sole survivor. Jason wins. :)

So that leaves Donna....and it's not going well. The mix of Time Lord and Human wasn't meant to be and her mind is shredding. Sadly, she knows why, because she has the Dr's knowledge. The Dr mind wipes her and takes her home to her Mum and Grandpa. And there is one of the saddest scenes ever as the Dr explains to them that Donna can never know what she became, what she did or anything about her travels with the Dr, because it will kill her.

Bernard Cribbins, as Grandpa, gets the most goosepimply speech of the entire series, when he says that every night, when it gets dark, he'll look to the sky and think of the Doctor. For Donna. Because she won't be able to.

[19:38] MitchFC: *sniffles*
[19:38] Eni is Confused: And awwww, Bernard Cribbins!
[19:38] MitchFC: *SNIFFS*
[19:38] Eni is Confused: *wails*
[19:39] MitchFC: *wails!*
[19:41] MitchFC: *waaaaaah*
[19:41] MitchFC: *honks into tissues* Damn you RTD!
[19:41] Eni is Confused: Yea... and GAH...

So that was the companion death - metaphorically speaking, old!Donna died, and old!ShoutyDonna returns. Gagh. The last shot of the episode is the Dr, alone in the Tardis, preparing himself for a good evening's angsting.

Whew!
 
posted by [identity profile] vilallmighty.livejournal.com at 12:44pm on 07/07/2008

[19:48] Eni is Confused: I'm just astounded that, after the first ten minutes, the episode didn't make me want to kick the television.
[19:50] MitchFC: I know! RTD, congrats for not sucking.

So there we have it. What do I think? Overall, I loved it. I hate what happened to Donna but it worked in the context of the story and it was emotionally wrenching. There has to be a price and sometimes you can't just have a happy ending. If there's one thing I've criticised RTD for, it's being too saccharine. We had the "happy" ending in Bad Wolf Bay....so this was the most sensible counterweight.

The episode itself was awesome. Damn. That's how to end working on a series you revitalised. You still sucked at times, RTD, but you brought Who back and you deserve the credit for that.

Well said.

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