Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part 1

[tzikeh]

Since I've been posting my reaction as a comment in several other TEoT posts, I might as well post it here.



I think RTD has had a gigantic bag of crack that he's been dipping into since he brought the series back in '05, and for this finale, he ate ALL THE CRACK THAT WAS LEFT, and then ran his fingers around in the bottom of the bag for residue and MASTURBATED with it.

I don't understand how John Simm can be so hungry after he CHEWED UP ALL THE SCENERY. (I adore the guy, but *jeez Louise, dude!*)

If you haven't seen the Confidential for this one, I highly recommend it. Yeah, there's a lot of "blah blah how we faked the helicopter scene" tech talk, but just watching John Simm talk give his thoughts on the character and the work he did in this episode is freaking hilarious. He's so deadpan.

It's like RTD went into a crack hallucinatory state, and thought, "Heroes + Being John Malkovich + Silence of the Lambs + The Phantom Menace = MAAAAAHVELOUS!"

But. The cafe scene. Instant classic. Gorgeous acting. Easily makes the top five list of my favorite New Who scenes. *weeps*

I mean, it's kind of like the best parts of The West Wing (bear with me): put two marvelous actors together with nobody else, and set them free. I'll always be thankful for that scene.

In conclusion: I will be waiting for Part 2 with... wide eyes.

Comments

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

RTD almost never pulls off the second part of a 2-parter. Of course, this time, even the *first* part is ... *boggle*. So who knows.

[aworldinside.livejournal.com]

Yeah, some of them I've really liked (Journey's End) but some haven't worked so well (Last of the Time Lords, despite Martha's awesomeness and John Simm), and this seems to leaning towards the latter. Dude can write, but boy does he like the epic crazy plot lines.

[iko.livejournal.com]

There's a part of me that thinks, "You know, I'm going to wake up in a moment and not remember how crazy/insane that episode of Doctor Who was..."