I think that it's fair to say that the most popular modern Doctor Who Doctor was The Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant. As such it was quite a shock when it was announced that he was leaving the role and well it's been well over ten years since I last watched the episode and so I thought that i'd check out his final two parter and so then join me as I review the episode that saw one of the most popular Doctor Who actors leave the show for good with the episode in question being called simply just "The End Of Time" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is something is returning and that very return would mean the end of time itself and so it's up to The Doctor to put a stop before it causes the death of The Doctor himself. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good and was alot better then what I remember it being with this episodes plot being very entertaining , engaging and sad all at the same time in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is David Tennant as The Doctor , the late Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred Mott and John Simm as The Master. Also starring in this episode is Timothy Dalton as The Narrator / Lord President Rassilon , Catherine Tate as Donna Noble , Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble , Claire Bloom as The Woman , June Whitfield as Minnie Hooper , David Harewood as Joshua Naismith , Tracy Ifeachor as Abigail Naismith , Sinéad Keenan as Addams , Lawry Lewin as Rossiter , Alexandra Moen as Lucy Saxon and Karl Collins as Shaun Temple.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which given who is starring in this episode and the fact that the great Russel T. Davis wrote this episode shouldn't be that much of a surprise as this script is so good that all the cast have to do is just say the words as their written and boom a good performance would come out naturally.
Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill and Any Effects. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good for the most part as there are some green screen effects that haven't really aged all that well and they do stand out because of that fact.
I might be wrong here as I can't find anything to either confirm or deny this but I think that this is the first time that the Time Lord race itself has been featured in New Doctor Who. Which if so then I don't really think that they were handled all that well as they do come across as being an after thought which is a shame because seeing just how far this race if beings have fallen would have made for a really great story if they were given alot screen time and having them be the main threat instead of a secondary threat would have worked all the more better as it would have made this attack on Earth all the more personal for both The Doctor and The Master as now they'd both be going up against their own people and not just a bunch of strangers trying to take over the Earth.
Speaking of The Master I hate that they basically gave him superpowers in this episode as it's really something that doesn't belong in Doctor Who. While they do explain it in away that it does make sense it's just something that doesn't work nor belong in the world of Doctor Who but I will admit that having The Master's life force be tied to his powers was a great idea as it does mean that this version of the character will eventually die the episode does nothing with that idea to make it worth while giving The Master superpowers in the first place.
There was no way in heck that I could talk about this episode and not talk about the regeneration scene which I just loved. As it wasn't jut us the audience saying goodbye to this version of The Doctor it was David Tennant saying goodbye to the show that he was a fan of since he was kid with his Doctor's last words " I don't want to go" somewhat backing that up and then when you add in the fact that Murray Gold's fantastic music just adds to the scene and makes it all the more memorable I won't say that this is the best regeneration scene out their just because that comes down to taste and what it is that you personally are looking for in a regeneration but anybody would be stupid to not admit liking this scene.
Now then these episodes have a combined grand total running time of roughly two hours and twenty minuets. Which was a great running time for these two episodes to have as it's just one actor leaving the show it's also the creative team leaving as well and it's whole era of the show ending and so you'd need alot of time to say goodbye to all of that and still tell a really good story in a way that is worthy of the fans that brought here in the first place and it helps that both of these episodes have some really good pacing to both of them.
So now then since this is an action show that means that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode being really good. With this episode having some really good action within it especially in Part 2 with what can only be described as the most fun and action packed ten to twenty minuets in modern Doctor Who action scenes which was just so fun and so exciting to see in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a great episode to say goodbye to David Tennant as it was a really well done pair of episodes that did his version of The Doctor justice and as such this pair of episodes are a must watch for any Doctor Who as they are that good of a pair of episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.