Doctor Who anticipation
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selenaySo, in less than an hour the season finale of Doctor Who will start.
In preparation, I have re-watched the previous season finales this week and thoroughly enjoyed them both. Of course, they also were both a little teary and incredibly dramatic, something that had lessened in my mind over the months. Re-watching them reminded me of how good they were and how much I enjoyed them. Also, of how much they both moved me.
The interesting thing was that I noticed they both had cliff-hangers of a sort. The main plot was resolved by the end, but there was a hook there. Parting of the Ways had the Doctor's regeneration and Doomsday had the appearance of the Bride. I can only assume that the same is going to happen tonight and I don't even want to speculate on what it could be.
I do have a few things that I'm really hoping for and the biggest of those is that the Master isn't destroyed. Partially this is because I'm enjoying John Simm's performance, but I'm not going to be devastated if he regenerates. I am, though, going to be thoroughly annoyed if he's killed completely. The thing about the Master is that he has so much potential to be an excellent adversary for the Doctor, as lethal as the Daleks in a different way and also someone who can really get under the Doctor's skin.
I don't want familiar villains in every episode, no siree, but I do enjoy the sense of continuity and the idea that the Doctor isn't completely infallible that recurring villains give. The Daleks and the Master both have the advantage that the Doctor doesn't look stupid or weak if he can't destroy them - it's their nature to survive, in some form, whatever happens. That's one of the key things about both of them.
To that end, I'd like to have the possibility of the Master popping up every now and again, providing the Doctor with particularly terrifying and impossible situations, rather than this being it for him.
The only other thing that I'm really hoping for from this finale is an absorbing, amazing episode that will leave me impatient for the Christmas special. That's not too much to hope for, is it? ;-)
Only forty minutes to go. Better get myself in place and waiting!
In preparation, I have re-watched the previous season finales this week and thoroughly enjoyed them both. Of course, they also were both a little teary and incredibly dramatic, something that had lessened in my mind over the months. Re-watching them reminded me of how good they were and how much I enjoyed them. Also, of how much they both moved me.
The interesting thing was that I noticed they both had cliff-hangers of a sort. The main plot was resolved by the end, but there was a hook there. Parting of the Ways had the Doctor's regeneration and Doomsday had the appearance of the Bride. I can only assume that the same is going to happen tonight and I don't even want to speculate on what it could be.
I do have a few things that I'm really hoping for and the biggest of those is that the Master isn't destroyed. Partially this is because I'm enjoying John Simm's performance, but I'm not going to be devastated if he regenerates. I am, though, going to be thoroughly annoyed if he's killed completely. The thing about the Master is that he has so much potential to be an excellent adversary for the Doctor, as lethal as the Daleks in a different way and also someone who can really get under the Doctor's skin.
I don't want familiar villains in every episode, no siree, but I do enjoy the sense of continuity and the idea that the Doctor isn't completely infallible that recurring villains give. The Daleks and the Master both have the advantage that the Doctor doesn't look stupid or weak if he can't destroy them - it's their nature to survive, in some form, whatever happens. That's one of the key things about both of them.
To that end, I'd like to have the possibility of the Master popping up every now and again, providing the Doctor with particularly terrifying and impossible situations, rather than this being it for him.
The only other thing that I'm really hoping for from this finale is an absorbing, amazing episode that will leave me impatient for the Christmas special. That's not too much to hope for, is it? ;-)
Only forty minutes to go. Better get myself in place and waiting!
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Date: 2007-07-01 06:19 pm (UTC)Is it Christmas yet?
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Date: 2007-07-02 09:37 am (UTC)