He may have know all along that this was going to be the Tesselact, but we had no way of knowing at the time. But Moffat had written himself into a corner. We knew the Doctor couldn't die, or else the show would be over. The Doctor lives, but will now be living in the shadows. _ Dorium_: The first question! The question that must never be answered! Hidden in plain sight! The question you've been running from all your life! "Doctor Who." "Doctor Who." "Doctor Who"!Īnd there ends series six. _ The Doctor_: Well you're not exactly going anywhere are you? _ Dorium_: But you're a fool nonetheless. That's between her and me, eh? _ Dorium_: So many secrets, Doctor. _ Dorium_: And Doctor Song, in prison all her days? _ The Doctor_: Her days, yes. _ Dorium_: So you're going to do this-let them all think you're dead? _ The Doctor_: it's the only way. Time said I had to be on that beach so I dressed for the occasion. _ The Doctor_: More than everything living thing in the universe?! _ River_: Yes. _ River_: I'll suffer if I have to kill you. Billions and billions will suffer and die. We are ground zero of an explosion that will engulf all reality. _ The Doctor_: River, you and I, we know what this means. _ River_: I can't let you die- _ The Docto_r: But I have to die! _ River_: Shut up! I can't let you without knowing you are loved. _ The Doctor_: River, no one can help me. Did you think when you're time came you'd really have to do more than just ask? You've decided that the universe is better of without you. We'll help." You've touched so many lives, saved so many people. The sky is full of a million million voices, saying, "Yes of course. Just tell him, River! _ River_: Those reports of the sun spots and the solar flares. Please, please help." _ The Doctor_: River! River! This is ridiculous! That would mean nothing to anyone. To the future and the past, the beginning and the end of everything. The universe is still turning and I've sent a message everywhere. The Doctor: But that's all you've got is a distress beacon? River: I've been sending out a message. Who built this? River: I'm in charge of the TARDIS. We’ve known it was River Song in the astronaut suit since at least Let’s Kill Hitler, so this is just confirmation by way of an odd-looking special effect rather than a shocking lead in to the last episode.The Doctor: What's this? Oh, it's a timey-wimey distress beacon. The children remembering the Doctor is just really weird, and the coda of Kovarian finding River doesn’t quite work. ![]() Amy becoming a perfume model is a bit naff – I suppose it’s more likely than being a UNIT medic, but it’s weird for the female lead to ultimately be defined by her good looks. The bits I don’t like are almost all “arc” related. If, in the end, it’s not quite as good as The Lodger that’s mostly because the original was so spot-on that there’s not much for Roberts to improve on (the “defeated with love” ending plays as parody). Their investigation in the department store Lynda Baron’s comic misunderstanding of their relationship and the Doctor’s newfound ability to hush underdeveloped brains are all amusing. The moment he opens up to Craig about what’s haunting him (a brilliant moment for Smith, who plays it like a guilty confession), only for Craig and Alfie to fall asleep, is about as downbeat as it gets. The addition of Alfie adds a sequel-style wrinkle to the relationship, as do the occasional moments of the Doctor’s fatalism at what’s to come meaning this isn’t just a replay of the Doctor disrupting Craig’s life. It’s a taster of what the world will soon be like without him, and a perfect scene setting.īringing Corden and Smith back together was a no-brainer after The Lodger, and the same chemistry makes this fizz. Like Rose, she’s confronted in the dark by something frightening and alien – but the Doctor isn’t there to take her hand and tell her to run. Even the open is the same – as Shona stays behind in the shop while her colleagues dash off, to finish up. Fittingly, it riffs on the first episode of the revived show – this isn’t Henriks, but it might as well be. I like how Roberts handles this, largely avoiding maudlin introspection, but never letting the audience forget that this is the Doctor’s last adventure. ![]() ‘You blew them up with love.’ The 11th Doctor is on his End of Time stye farewell tour, dropping in on old friends before his inescapable fate at Lake Silencio.
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