Bridges burned, fingers crossed...

[allfireburns]

Seriously, WTF. There has never been an episode of Doctor Who where I could do nothing but stare in horror. I mean, I enjoyed TINKERBELL JESUS DOCTOR, okay? (I still do, but that's a story for another day.) But... that's kind of what I ended up doing here.

I just... bad writing. BAD. WRITING. On top of some really uncomfortable gender things, and the... GIANT MECHA CYBERMAN? SERIOUSLY? How do you get AWAY with that? Rusty, the Doctor saying "Well" is not an explanation for why there is nothing about a GIANT MECHA CYBERMAN in history books.

I. JUST. WHAT.

RAAAAGE.

It's possible I'm just crotchety right now, but NO. I was so hoping he didn't end up sad and alone on the TARDIS again, so the fact that he didn't is... a plus, and there were some cute moments with the Doctor, but mostly... I so don't want to watch this episode ever again. It. Just. WHY DOES IT EXIST?

...I'm going to have to go watch some good Doctor Who later tonight to restore my faith in things.

Comments

[allfireburns.livejournal.com]

Heh. My love for the Christmas specials goes in order of when they were aired. Christmas Invasion, Runaway Bride, Voyage of the Damned... and then this one. *Sigh*

And I'm still sad Martha didn't get a Christmas special, because I'm sure I would have loved that, but... oh well.

It's really disappointing too, because I've been so hopeful and excited about the specials airing between now and S5. This episode is really lowering my expectations for the others, though.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_chibidragon_/]

XD I think this one just rose to the top, because the Doctor stayed. It made everything else okay.

I'm sad about that, too. :/

I really hope that David Tennant stays on for one more series, because the main reason that we don't get another series sooner is because of him. So if we're waiting for him and he's only going to a few specials so far apart? Grar.

[allfireburns.livejournal.com]

Yes. The fact that he stayed is definitely a step in the right direction, but I just can't forgive the rest of the episode. (Though there were a COUPLE parts I liked enough that I might just rewatch clips of those. The whistling. And the past Doctors...)

I so wish he would, but he's totally not. It's been confirmed - brand new Doctor, starting next season. Which... I'm okay with, on the one hand, because David feels it's time to move on and I'm glad he's getting out while he still enjoys the show, but on the other hand... that's MY DOCTOR. I will cry so hard.

[narrated]

Yes, the past Doctors made me squee so hard! :D And Morrisey's reaction to the TARDIS was brilliant. The "break my heart" line broke MY heart. I doubt I'll watch it, again, but I haven't watched any of the other Christmas Specials more than once so... it's all good in the hood.

See I thought it had been confirmed and I told my sister about it. She looked into it and said that it wasn't for certain according to the articles that she found, but I'm not sure what she found. So. >>

Oh and don't mind the Martha journal. ^^"

[techniclybrill.livejournal.com]

Yes. The whole last scene was actually very well done. And the Doctor's FACE when he realized everyone was cheering for him. Like I said, it had its good points. Just... by and large, EXTREMELY disappointing.

Yeah, he announced it on a... thing (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7698539.stm), a while ago. I'm just hoping that now that The Next Doctor has aired, they'll go ahead and announce who they've cast as the ACTUAL next Doctor. I desperately want it to be someone completely out of the blue (and not Paterson Joseph - I don't mind a black Doctor AT ALL, but NOT HIM).

And just as long as you don't mind my Tosh journal. ^^

[narrated]

Yes! His face made my sister and I squeed so hard.

Gwah. I kind of wish he would have just died in the finale... it would have stopped that episode from failing so much and all of his companions would have been there to see it-ish. Except not cause we still get more of him, but. Hopefully it gets better. How many specials do we get, anyway? :o

I don't mind! I never mind a Tosh journal. :)

[allfireburns.livejournal.com]

Five, I think, counting the Christmas specials at either end.