Okay. I'm ready to talk about this.
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lesmisloonyFirst things first.
OH MY GOSH I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT ELEVEN. He is adorable and I'm bouncing all over the place in excitement. My determination to love Eleven is one of the biggest factors in my not actually having a mental breakdown yesterday.
Look at this amazing mofo.
My family is going to start to worry as I've watched this trailer at least five times already and have plans to continue watching it for the rest of the day.
Now, about what just happened... I don't even know where to start.
The episode was great in general. Four minutes in and I already felt so much better than I did during Part I (boy, that was a crapfest, wasn't it?).
Good things:
-Wilf
-Wilf's interactions with the Doctor
-the cactus people actually being relevant, especially the man cactus, who was awesome
-the Master. I've never been a hundred percent on the Master (though generally I like him) but this episode redeemed the pants off that character. The Doctor choosing him over humanity was a big deal to me, but then the Master went and pwn'd.
-the gang's all here! ...again.
-finally we know what happened in the Time War, and it was awesome
-stupid Ten finally picked up a freaking gun
-"His name is Alonso." YES.
-the knocking four times moment was IN.CRED.IBLE. I about lost it right there. That was just perfect. Everything's over and then there's this innocent, pathetic little knock. AND IT'S JUST WILF. It's Wilf. Oh my GOD.
There were times when I was genuinely having a lot of fun. The part with the missiles was great. The "allons-y" was spectacular. Wilf won at life. The part with the gun and the Time Lords on one side while the Master stood at the other was amazing.
My biggest complaint, besides wondering what happened to that cute doctor Martha was engaged to and why on earth Martha doesn't care that she's always Rose's replacement in everyone's heart and when did Martha get predator hair and... well, that whole thing was garbage. Also, can Sarah Jane please wear something other than that super cute vest? And come on, Billie Piper, we all know you're even more famous and successful now, but if you're going to be a pre-Doctor Rose you had BETTER clump on that cheap mascara.
Anyway, my biggest complaint was Ten.
Russell T Davies, I hope you know that I was Ten's biggest fangirl. Well, maybe not, but I definitely KNIT A DOLL OF HIM. Complete with all three suits and hand-sewn pinstripes, okay? I've been saying all along that Nine is My Doctor, but I only said that because my love for Ten was much more fangirl-y and much less awestruck and impressed than my love for Nine, if that makes sense. Like, I'd watch Ten episodes and wonder what I ever saw in Nine, but then I'd see something from series one and would know that Ten could never live up to that. Nine is My Doctor. But I loved Ten at least as much as I loved Nine, if not more.
I loved Waters of Mars too, can you believe that? Even the end. It scared me more than any Dalek or Weeping Angel ever could, but it was SO GOOD. And it worked and Tennant sold it. Because the Tenth Doctor was never as strong as the other Doctors. It looks to me like he regenerated and became more compatible with Rose (anyone who dislikes Rose or doesn't believe that she and the Doctor were in love, like it or not, is just in denial). Because Nine wasn't the love relationship sort, but Ten was. Ten needed Rose--not the Doctor, but Ten in particular. And when he lost Rose, he couldn't deal with it. Martha obviously didn't help. Donna did, a little, because she was compatible to what Rose had been without trying to replace her. But once he lost Donna he gave up. And then he cracked. Ten wasn't able to be alone.
Now, let's hope Eleven, who regenerated alone, will be a little less pathetic.
So why did I lose my respect for Ten? Why do I kind of hate him right now?
I don't understand the Ten fangirls who loved him in that episode. How could they? Everything we loved in the Doctor was gone. He didn't care to learn the cactus people's names, he was willing to let humanity fall, he gave up--and the worst part for me was the way he reacted to Wilf knocking four times. He pitched a tantrum.
A TANTRUM.
He threw things on the ground and bawled and said "It's not FAIR!" Poor Wilf! Ten didn't give a flying CRAP what he was doing to Wilf by saying those things! I was cheering for him to die at that moment. If I'd been there I'd have thrown him into the chamber myself.
Longest Regeneration Ever aside, the man's last words were "I don't want to go." What?? WHAT?? What. Oh my sweet Lord. I mean... so how is that okay? How is it okay for a character like Ten to completely lose his dignity and his nobility and become a whining child in the last moments of his life? All I can think is that it was all too much for him and he had gone completely mad. For heaven's sake, Doctor, you've done this NINE TIMES already. It's not that big a deal.
As for me (and I have four people to vouch for this) the moment I heard Wilf's little knock I hid my face behind my Ten doll and watched the episode over his shoulder while I completely sobbed. When I tell you an episode makes me cry or weep or whatever word I use, it's usually just that I'm tearing up. This time, I was literally sobbing. HEAVING with sobs. And after the episode ended I continued to cry for at least an hour. I drove Stacyfacy home and then cried all the way back to my house. I was so messed up I missed three different turns and even got lost for a second in my own town. When I got home I took a bath and went straight to bed. And I slept for over twelve hours. But now I'm up... but I think I cried out most of my love for Ten. I can't even look at him right now. I had to change my desktop background and everything. I need a fresh start. Like Eleven.
How long till the new series?
OH MY GOSH I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT ELEVEN. He is adorable and I'm bouncing all over the place in excitement. My determination to love Eleven is one of the biggest factors in my not actually having a mental breakdown yesterday.
Look at this amazing mofo.
My family is going to start to worry as I've watched this trailer at least five times already and have plans to continue watching it for the rest of the day.
Now, about what just happened... I don't even know where to start.
The episode was great in general. Four minutes in and I already felt so much better than I did during Part I (boy, that was a crapfest, wasn't it?).
Good things:
-Wilf
-Wilf's interactions with the Doctor
-the cactus people actually being relevant, especially the man cactus, who was awesome
-the Master. I've never been a hundred percent on the Master (though generally I like him) but this episode redeemed the pants off that character. The Doctor choosing him over humanity was a big deal to me, but then the Master went and pwn'd.
-the gang's all here! ...again.
-finally we know what happened in the Time War, and it was awesome
-stupid Ten finally picked up a freaking gun
-"His name is Alonso." YES.
-the knocking four times moment was IN.CRED.IBLE. I about lost it right there. That was just perfect. Everything's over and then there's this innocent, pathetic little knock. AND IT'S JUST WILF. It's Wilf. Oh my GOD.
There were times when I was genuinely having a lot of fun. The part with the missiles was great. The "allons-y" was spectacular. Wilf won at life. The part with the gun and the Time Lords on one side while the Master stood at the other was amazing.
My biggest complaint, besides wondering what happened to that cute doctor Martha was engaged to and why on earth Martha doesn't care that she's always Rose's replacement in everyone's heart and when did Martha get predator hair and... well, that whole thing was garbage. Also, can Sarah Jane please wear something other than that super cute vest? And come on, Billie Piper, we all know you're even more famous and successful now, but if you're going to be a pre-Doctor Rose you had BETTER clump on that cheap mascara.
Anyway, my biggest complaint was Ten.
Russell T Davies, I hope you know that I was Ten's biggest fangirl. Well, maybe not, but I definitely KNIT A DOLL OF HIM. Complete with all three suits and hand-sewn pinstripes, okay? I've been saying all along that Nine is My Doctor, but I only said that because my love for Ten was much more fangirl-y and much less awestruck and impressed than my love for Nine, if that makes sense. Like, I'd watch Ten episodes and wonder what I ever saw in Nine, but then I'd see something from series one and would know that Ten could never live up to that. Nine is My Doctor. But I loved Ten at least as much as I loved Nine, if not more.
I loved Waters of Mars too, can you believe that? Even the end. It scared me more than any Dalek or Weeping Angel ever could, but it was SO GOOD. And it worked and Tennant sold it. Because the Tenth Doctor was never as strong as the other Doctors. It looks to me like he regenerated and became more compatible with Rose (anyone who dislikes Rose or doesn't believe that she and the Doctor were in love, like it or not, is just in denial). Because Nine wasn't the love relationship sort, but Ten was. Ten needed Rose--not the Doctor, but Ten in particular. And when he lost Rose, he couldn't deal with it. Martha obviously didn't help. Donna did, a little, because she was compatible to what Rose had been without trying to replace her. But once he lost Donna he gave up. And then he cracked. Ten wasn't able to be alone.
Now, let's hope Eleven, who regenerated alone, will be a little less pathetic.
So why did I lose my respect for Ten? Why do I kind of hate him right now?
I don't understand the Ten fangirls who loved him in that episode. How could they? Everything we loved in the Doctor was gone. He didn't care to learn the cactus people's names, he was willing to let humanity fall, he gave up--and the worst part for me was the way he reacted to Wilf knocking four times. He pitched a tantrum.
A TANTRUM.
He threw things on the ground and bawled and said "It's not FAIR!" Poor Wilf! Ten didn't give a flying CRAP what he was doing to Wilf by saying those things! I was cheering for him to die at that moment. If I'd been there I'd have thrown him into the chamber myself.
Longest Regeneration Ever aside, the man's last words were "I don't want to go." What?? WHAT?? What. Oh my sweet Lord. I mean... so how is that okay? How is it okay for a character like Ten to completely lose his dignity and his nobility and become a whining child in the last moments of his life? All I can think is that it was all too much for him and he had gone completely mad. For heaven's sake, Doctor, you've done this NINE TIMES already. It's not that big a deal.
As for me (and I have four people to vouch for this) the moment I heard Wilf's little knock I hid my face behind my Ten doll and watched the episode over his shoulder while I completely sobbed. When I tell you an episode makes me cry or weep or whatever word I use, it's usually just that I'm tearing up. This time, I was literally sobbing. HEAVING with sobs. And after the episode ended I continued to cry for at least an hour. I drove Stacyfacy home and then cried all the way back to my house. I was so messed up I missed three different turns and even got lost for a second in my own town. When I got home I took a bath and went straight to bed. And I slept for over twelve hours. But now I'm up... but I think I cried out most of my love for Ten. I can't even look at him right now. I had to change my desktop background and everything. I need a fresh start. Like Eleven.
How long till the new series?
