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It was corny and lame in a way that I can forgive it for because it was a Christmas episode. It was different from a regular episode, and it tied up all of the stupid shit from the last few seasons. I was glad to see Smith take his death better than Tennant did. It still dragged on a bit, but in a much more forgivable way. I'm keen to see a new Doctor in action, because honestly Smith was just Tennant again.
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Well, he was at first, but from series 6 onwards, I really warmed to him and he became his own doctor.
I liked how Tennants regeneration dragged on, they milked it, but it was great. Tennant was an emotional doctor, and I think his regeneration showed that at it's most extreme.
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I watched the 50th today too. It wasn't perfect, but it was a hell of a lot better than anything else Moffat has written recently. He can do amazing things with that extra time. I liked the way they played with the younger Doctor seeming older, and they really did a good job of pulling gravity into Hurt's decision. There was definitely some fanservice in there, but the bits that were actually contributing to the episode where generally really well done. The scenes in the gallery with the statues were scary and the premise of the monsters was pretty good. I feel like that subplot needed to be there, even if it was totally forgotten by the end of the episode.
I was ready for the 3 Doctors to push the button and destroy everything, erasing Moffat and Tennant, and leaving Hurt to regenerate into the new guy. I've liked Clara, but my god she was asking for a slap when she opened her big mouth in there. The ending could have been more dramatic, and the conclusion didn't totally make sense.
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Yeah, I do like Clara, but, she isn't even really a character. She changes all the time and has no solid personality. Try and find
one word that defines her and is consistent.
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Also, what was up with the Doctor aging so much in 300 years in the Christmas episode? Wasn't there 400 between the start and end of the last season?
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Yeah, there's loads of plotholes there. Like you said, he ages like 400 years in series 6. And what about the first doctor? Was he just born an old man? Benjamin Button syndrome. Saying that, the doctors do seem to be getting younger and younger. I can't wait to see more of Capaldi, he'll probably bring something fresh to the series, especially considering it's got a new writer now.
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The plot was forgettable, I think we were all watching it wanting the regeneration to happen. This is why I personally think, they shouldn't reveal anything about the episode prior to it being shown. I like the shock factor.
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The regeneration was well... Different.
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I liked it. All the old regenerations happened differently, and even the doctor said he had a new regeneration cycle.
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So a big crack came out of nowhere
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Um, series 5? The TARDIS exploding? The cracks never fully went away.
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I'm unsure why each regeneration keeps getting more and more explosive. This one was like a fucking nuke
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I'm guessing it's because of how big of an impact the incarnations make on the Doctor, and also how long they spent as that incarnation, and what the future one will be like. Matt was the Doctor for like a thousand years which makes him the longest incarnation, it was bound to be explosive.
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Although I didn't fall for it, I thought it was clever how they tricked us into thinking the Doctor had already regenerated into Peter Capaldi's Doctor after the explosion happened. But nope. 11 was still there but we still knew he was going to change and after a few visual reminders like Amy Pond and Fish Fingers and Custard and the Bow tie falling to the ground
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I totally fell for it, and I was outraged that Matt got such a horrible regeneration, he didn't exactly die a hero. But yeah, totally fooled me, he had his speech like all Doctors do, and it was really sad, especially when the bow tie fell, no matter how overused.
I'm actually kind of disappointed that Amy made such a big impact on the Doctor, she was a horrible companion.
Also, it's kind of weird, Matt only had a few companions but Dave had loads of them, even though when you think about it, they had the same amount of series'.
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I was ready for the explosion. But then suddenly he jerks his head back and BAM! new Doctor. A lot of people thought it was anti-climatic, But I thought it was a good homage to the original Dr Who regenerations, How they quickly changed.
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Well the climax had already happened, we just thought that it'd be straight into Capaldi. I like the new regeneration cycle, it wasn't really a homage though, older regenerations weren't like that.
And finally, for anyone who thinks Tennants regeneration was dragged out, go watch the Fourth Doctor's. Logopolis is a great episode.
