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Journey's End

  • Jul. 5th, 2008 at 7:47 PM
pontisbright: (4briggosh)
For those who read my earlier dream post, did they just make Eight not canon? Or have I misunderstood the timey-wimeyness of half-human half-Time Lord peoples? I CLAIM MY FIVE POUNDS ANYWAY, DAMMIT.

And here are some incoherent thoughts
Well, it made me sob like a fool, so they definitely did lots right. Murray Gold needs to calm the fuck down and Rose was, alas, horribly ill-served by the worst thought out plot resolution ever (here, have this trite yet unsatisfying ending and a really unpleasant-looking snog!), Jake/Mickey has been retconned, and Rusty is a lying liar re Gwen/Gwyneth.

BUT

OMFG. Oh, Donna. And it was predictable but in the most heartbreaking way, and godammit if Turn Left didn't break me into little tiny pieces already and now that's what she is, and OH WILF WITH YOUR HAVING TO LEAN ON DOORS OHHHH. And remembering to ask the Doctor if he was OK, which is really isn't, and instead of them having had a season all about Poor Wonely Dockter Woo they haven't done that, they've had him having fun with his lovely brilliant mate, and OH POOR TEN. Who has fucked up everyone he's ever met. (Wot no Adric in the flashback, boo.) Half-human him kills everyone: Time Lord him does a War Games. He's shit and he knows he is.

The bit where he goes back into the kitchen because he wants to say goodbye? OHHHHHHHH.

I'm sure there were lots of other very important things I will complain about later but for right now, I am very happy with how sad they made me. Gosh. It's been fucking excellent this year, it really has. And now I am going to cry about how his memories of all the lovely fun are now completely fucked, because I am an overinvested fangirl in a puddle, goodbye.

Comments

[identity profile] gingerelanor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 07:17 pm (UTC)
That's going to be the first special next year. Doctor + Wilf + Mr Copper + Brig. It will be the BEST SPECIAL EVER!! They will start off drinking tea made by Mrs Brig, and then she'll say "I'll leave you boys to catch up, I've got some knitting to do" and she'll go away, and then they'll have an adventure, and at the end, she'll come back in and they'll have just saved the world, but Mrs Brig won't know, she'll just be all "would you like some teacakes?" and they'll be all "that would be lovely."

I felt sorry for Mickey. I'm glad Mickey will be back though, without awful clingy Rose. I like Mickey, I'm looking forward to seeing him again.
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 07:21 pm (UTC)
YES THIS IS TRUE YOU HAVE SEEN THE SCRIPTS AND IT WILL HAPPEN FOR DEFINITE. I will accept no less.

I dunno if Mickey really will be back - but assume he will at least cameo in Torchwood even if he doesn't become a regular.
[identity profile] gingerelanor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 07:23 pm (UTC)
Oh. I thought it had been confirmed that Mickey and Martha were joining Torchwood. Oh.

And also DAMN, you have rumbled my secret filming spy status.
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 07:25 pm (UTC)
I think it's still not official either way. Martha's definitely on board for the radio play thing they're doing, but then since S3 will be only 5 episodes anyway, I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong...
[identity profile] gingerelanor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 07:34 pm (UTC)
Radio Play? (Ooooooh though!)

I assumed the ending was set up to allow Martha to join Torchwood (esp re the comment from Jack about had she considered somewhere else?) and then Mickey ran after them... and she would replace Owen and he would replace Tosh, fits in perfectly really. Except WHO WOULD LOVE MICKEY??? That's not fair. Booo.
[identity profile] palmetto.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 10:43 pm (UTC)
Mickey/Jack/Ianto, obvs.
[identity profile] gingerelanor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 6th, 2008 10:01 am (UTC)
No no no no no. They will have to bring Jake through from the parallell universe, because he will clearly be Pining, and Mickey maybe won't know.
[identity profile] palmetto.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 6th, 2008 10:25 am (UTC)
In my mind, Jake died fighting some threat. Without Gran or Jake, Mickey has no reason to stay.
[identity profile] gingerelanor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 6th, 2008 10:28 am (UTC)
But that's sad! :(

I think Mickey didn't know about Jake loving him, so THOUGHT he had nothing to go back for, but now Jake will be desperate to find him and he'll chase him through the rift and find him in Cardiff, and they can live in Owen's really cool flat happily ever after.