Doctor Who: 3x13 - The Last of the Time Lords

[butterfly]

Hmm.

I...

Hmm.

Well.

I am vastly amused by Jack being the Face of Boe. It means that him not saying anything in New Earth makes sense, too, because Jack knows about timelines and knows that he has to wait for when the Doctor is accompanied by Martha.

I'm glad that, though he appeared to be completely defeated (and yet victorious!), the door was left open for the return of the Master (and possibly Lucy, who also still has her memory intact). Still adored the Master in this episode, in all of his petty, petty glory. Poor Lucy seemed to be a bit less sane here than before, but she never appeared fully sane even in The Sound of the Drums. Smashingly pretty, though, in her red dress.

I'm thrilled at the conclusion that Martha came to. Yes, hon, you were only second-best if you were trying to be Rose, because only Rose can be Rose. If you actually go on with being Martha, you can be damn good. Good for you. I love that she didn't kill the Master and that that was never the plan. I loved that. It would have been so wrong if that's what she had gotten from her travels with the Doctor; if she'd learned how to kill. Instead, she got to be a big damn hero with words -- the Doctor's favorite weapon.

I loved where they went with the Doctor's emotional journey -- Rose truly was an anomaly. Now that she's gone, he's back to not doing families and caring for but not adoring his companions and just... the way he was with people before her. In many ways, it feels that the point of this season (and Martha) was to establish that Rose was different. And to fully show us the places he went with Rose that he hadn't gone before, they had to have a companion who wanted to be there. They did a grand love story with the Doctor and they're not planning on retreading that ground.

And his desperation to save the Master -- his best enemy, a connection to his people, the only other one left. Oh, my sweet Doctor. You're so very lonely.

I... am uncertain how I feel about the Doctor's Tinker Bell moment. I think I need more time with that.