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I have BBCAmerica! Woohoo! Saw this on Saturday. Though it wasn't perfect I thought it was an excellent set-up for the Part 2. The scenes with The Doctor and Wilf in the cafe were the best. The Master is delightfully mad. I'm going to miss my Tennant. This Matt Smith dude better deliver.

It was pretty good, the best Christmas episode since Tennant started. The Obama thing was ridiculous though.

When I first heard that David Tennant was going to step down, I thought it would have been priceless to have John Simm as the new doctor.

The Master was one of my favorite villans and I agree with the quote. They're two sides of the same coin.

Can't wait to see how this closes out with the Time Lords allegedly coming back.

Oh, I do so that Matt Smith can fill those mighty big shoes that Tennant left behind.

Oh and, EXTRA POINTS! for having Dalton on there. He would be an awesome Doctor BTW.

And, was anybody else mildly surprised to see Timothy Dalton WITHOUT a miniature church steeple sticking out of his chin?

I hated it. I couldn't wait for it to be over, and found myself incredulously shouting "Oh come ON" at my laptop screen several times. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous, over-the-top in a bad way, and outright silly in several parts. I also thought the editing was atrocious and several scenes were overused (how many times do I REALLY need to see John Simm's stubbly laughing face in the shadows? was this episode made as a special tribute for people with short-term memory problems?). The awesomeness of the final shot did not make up for the absurdity of everything that came before it.

I only hope Donna and Wilf (and Timothy Dalton) will make Part 2 worth watching, because they rock. And David Tennant made the best of what he was given, as always, because he rocks too.

And didn't Torchwood already use the "there is something stirring in the darkness" line/plot? Lazy.

I actually had high expectations because Waters of Mars, despite plot holes, was pretty awesome, so... crushing disappointment for me.

I'm still not sure what the hell that episode was about and I've watched it twice now.

I don't want David Tennant to go! I know he's going out at the top of his game and while he still enjoys it blah blah blah, but I'm not done enjoying the Tenth Doctor.

*sulks*

Anyway, it didn't seem like a whole lot happened in Part One, but I enjoyed it. What can I say, I'm easy. It had David Tennant, the Master, Wilf, and Donna Noble. They could have all stood around and done dramatic readings of Miley Cyrus' entire catalog and I still would have been riveted to my TV screen. And I didn't think the storyline with President Obama was bad or ridiculous, just a little half-baked. It could have been better, but I can't quite put my finger on how.

I didn't like it. It was part Matrix, part Rocket Man, and not enjoyable.
Sure, the Doctor got teary and that made me teary and it kept going from there. Tennant was great. Everyone did a really good job with the crap material they were given.
I have never been so bored by a Doctor Who ep, and that's saying something. I agree with everything Nat Kittyface said, and then some.
Part 2 had better deliver. I don't want my last shot of Tennant/Doctor to be all flat and non-awesome. That would break my wee heart.

Overall, after Eccleston left, the show has been cheesy as fuck, save for a few episodes (Girl in the Fireplace, Blink).

But I love it still.

I'm all for BBC America being restricted to a certain, select, number of the population, Otherwise, the KING OF ENGLAND could come in here and start PUSHING AROUND.

Is that what you want?

God, it was stupid. The Obama part was RTD being irritatingly tongue-in-cheek and what the hell has he done to the Master?! Why bleached hair? Why the flying ability using bursts of electricity? What is he, Megaman?! It's like he was written to be too flashy. Oh yeah, sure, he was "physically deteriorating" (or something) after that horrendous resurrection scene; one of the worst things RTD has ever written. That's the best he could come up with?! I really think RTD has lost his mind.

Nevertheless, I'm eager to see what happens in the next episode now that -they- are back. I'm so excited! I also wonder how Matt Smith (still hate the name) will fare. As much as I'm sick of Tennant, I'm worried that Smith is a bit too nondescript to be an effective replacement for his electrifying predecessor. The hair's the only thing going for him.

But I have faith in Moffatt. I'm quite happy to see him taking over. RTD can pack his bags and GET OUT. He's seriously irritating the crap out of me now. Thanks for bringing Who back, but the writing, man. Just go. NOW.

@ kiddo
I've noticed many of the BBC programs are skewing to younger protagonists. In the second season of the nearly watchable Primeval, all the adults left. Also Demons features the lovely Phil Glennister in a mentor role while everyone else looks like young twenties. Now, the Doctor becoming a mid-twenty guy. It's just too much for me. The Doctor has lived 900 years, fgs. He may morph into a new body, but the actor has to be able to portray those centuries of living and wisdom and pain.

I'm glad to see I'm not alone in disliking this episode. It started to get good right at the end, but holy cow, this was so ridiculous.