From: doctor{at}doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)

In article ,
Féachadóir   wrote:
>On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:40:16 -0800, "Arthur Lipscomb"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"The Doctor"  wrote in message 
>>news:hhp5fr$afl$1{at}gallifrey.nk.ca...
>>> 9.2 out of 10 .  I was going to say 9.5/10 but RTD's Long goodbye really
>>> kills it down.
>>>
>>>
>>I have a few gripes:
>>The Doctor surviving the fall was a bit much.
>
>That annoyed me too. No doubt it will be handwaved away at some point
>as a result of magic TimeLord/Master/Vinvocci technology. After all,
>he fell into a rooom containing a Great Big Healing Machine which was
>in the process of bringing the entire Time Lord assembly back from the
>dead.

What properties does a Time Lord have?

>
>>I also would have liked some mention of the many non humans (other than the 
>>two featured) on Earth during the change over.
>>And I'm only just barely willing to forgive Rassilon not using the Hand of 
>>Omega(?) on the Doctor when he was threatening him with the gun.
>>
>>
>>> Excellent performance even Timothy Dalton is great
>>> (Who wanted him ditch as JAmes Bond, mistake)!
>>>
>>> Tennant gives a grand bow out.
>>>
>>>
>>> RTD does repeat theme as the Corrupt Gallifrey (see Trial of a Time Lord
>>> and 5 Doctors) very well.
>>>
>>> Gallifrey could come back, but a Battle Royale should
>>> happen from 11 to 12 to cure the Time Lock Issue!
>>
>>I want to see a TV movie/mini series that brings back Paul McGann to show 
>>the doctor's adventures during the time war.  I want to see the Nightmare 
>>Child, the Skaro Degradations, the Hordes of Travesty and all the other 
>>horrors of the time war.
>>
>>>
>>> Even John Simm as the Master is funny and insane.  Loved it.
>>
>>Agreed!  Wanting credit for the destruction of humanity and then asking to 
>>join the Time Lords as pure consciousness.  The way he went from would be 
>>destroyer of Time Lords to sucking up to them was marvelous.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> The Doctor is back and even MAtt Smith is Funny
>>> (Hope he can fix the TARDIS).
>>>
>>> End of TIme ie is it the End ofthe Time Lords?
>>>
>>>
>>> In fact there were in the wrong side of time to return.
>>>
>>
>>Not *all* of them.  Two disagreed.  Could one be Romana and the other Susan? 
>>I've read that the female Timelord may have been the Doctor's mother.  But I 
>>like the idea she was Susan more.
>
>She was... mumble mumble ... whoever a future producer wants her to
>be.

:-)

>
>>> Also President Rassilon?  Something is wrong here.
>>>
>>
>>Apparently whatever the Master did caused it to change from Romana to 
>>Rassilon.
>
>Doubt it's anything to do with the Master. Timey-wimey time-war stuff.

Concurred.

>
>>> I doubt the original Rassilon will approve.
>>>
>>
>>He might after living through the horrors of the Time War and the fall of 
>>Galifrey.
>>
>>> I look forward to MAtt Smith.
>>>
>>> The twists and turns in End of Time is GRAND.
>>>
>>> None of the TARDIS in ex machina.  Thr RTD and Tennant eras
>>> go out on a high note!
>>>
>>> Simply I am overwhelmed.
>>> -- 
>>
>>Me Too.
>>
>>Some additional reading (to fill in almost all the gaps):
>>http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_End_of_Time_(TV_story)
>>
>>http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Last_Great_Time_War
>>
>>
>>I was also surprised to learn that the actor who played Wilfred also stared 
>>in Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 
>
>-- 
>'Donegal:  Up Here It's Different'
>© Féachadóir


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