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3.13 The Last of the Time Lord

 

This review was written by Teska Future

 

So here it is… my last review until December, and I just have to say…. *starts bursting out laughing*… um, well… I understood and accepted the Deus ex Machina of the Parting of the Ways, I cried along with the Doctor and Rose in Doomsday, but this… I was laughing… in all the wrong places. *hehe* So, fair warning… I may be a bit unflattering throughout my review as well. Proceed with caution. *hehe*

Opening: Remember the last two episodes? The Doctor was old, Jack was dead and not dead, and Martha had to save the world.

One Year Later: Planet Earth is closed… run, run for your life. Insane Time Lord is trying to take over the universe, don’t try to stop him or anything! Just avoid until he comes after you… that’s always a good idea. *sarcasm*

Martha Got Awesome: Martha has been circling the globe and hasn’t been back to Britain in a full year. When she finally gets back… Martha meets her future boyfriend. (what? I can’t take literary license after this ep? *hehe*)

A Year Recapped:

The Master: Having the time of his life! Singing ditties and planning universal domination. You know, being him.

Lucy: I’m not so sure. She doesn’t seem very happy, but he keeps her around as good window dressing. Still devoted to her husband, however. She gets to wear a killer red dress and stay there having to live with an insane psychopath. Ah, every little girl’s dream, eh?

The Doctor: Living in a make-shift tent, still in his brown suit and trainers, and keeping an eye on the Master. Every once a while, he is getting a center stage view of the Master’s performances. What more could you ask for?

the Jones: The Master’s new house staff. The pay is lousy, but the benefits? Your very own handcuffs for your cell! Quite the life!

Jack: Tied up for a year and going through a cycle of breaking free and getting shot. He also hasn’t bathed in a while. And yet, fangirls will go wild.

Tom Milligan: Hello, Dr. Milligan. *grin* Meet Martha Jones. I think you’ll work well together. *grin* Martha explains how the Master wants to take over the universe and she’s been in space.

Tom: Anything else I should know?
Martha: I’ve met Shakespeare.

*hehe* I’m liking this Martha Jones! A year traveling the world has been good on her. Ah, and a little flirting between them. She’s had a year to try to forget the Doctor… so, take Tom, he is much more attainable. *grin*

Master’s Pushing It: Um… the Master is flirting with other women in front of his wife. Bad move, dude. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned… especially when the poor girl seems to have been battered. What is the point of that?

Coup Onboard: Oh well, that didn’t work. But we did get to see Jack redo his pose from Parting of the Ways. How many times have they killed him during the last year, I wonder?

Little old!Doctor: Um, eeew. Would he really look so tiny with huge eyes? Then again, after what we learn in the end, maybe this is plausible.

Stuff in the Middle: Blah, blah, blah… there was some sort of plot. Running about, etc. etc. Not particularly interested in what it was about.

Highlights: The Jones get back together again. I guess those enslaved by a psychopath together can find that the other issues that caused the breakdown of the marriage really mean nothing. Also, the Toclafane are the humans we met from the end of the universe. And eeew, there’s a head in there.

The Master and Lucy: I took Lucy to Utopia, a Time Lord and his human companion. I took you to see the stars, isn’t that right, sweetheart? He really is the polar opposite of the Doctor. I wonder if that’s the only reason he took one. Time Lords and humans combined, haven’t you always dreamt of that, Doctor? And, I’m a shipper… so, of course, I thought about Rose. *grin*

More Stuff in the Middle: Martha sets the bait, blah blah blah, tells the story of the Doctor. The bait is taken. The Doctor is living in a bird cage. The Master comes down to get Martha. Blah, blah, blah.

Rose Mention!: Okay, not by name, but Doctor, you had companions who could absorbed the time vortex, this is none other that Rose. *grin* I am still shipping that and the series is over. I know, I know…

Countdown: The Master plans to kill her on the count-down to terror, but wait…

The Cheese: Martha went around the world and told everyone to think about the Doctor… and this will not only magically save him, but make him a flying god as well. And now the Doctor is all pretty again! The power of the world can make the Doctor cute again. Yea! Look what everyone can do… turn the Doctor is a floating god who can’t be shot and give him total power to beat the Master. *snickers* He floats across the room to forgive him. *rolling on the floor laughing out loud* That’s exactly what happened… he floated across the room to forgive the Master. *starts laughing yet again*

Save the World: Pretty Ten again wins with words. Why even bother dropping to the planet? Who knows, who cares? Moving on… Jack saves the TARDIS and destroys the paradox machine, which resets everything. Everyone on the Valiant rides out the storm onboard while the rest of the world zips back a whole year. Gotta love the reset button, eh? *hehe*

Forget About It: Everyone forgets about it but our brave heroes and the enemy. Does that mean we get to forget about it too? *grin*

The Master Dies… Maybe: Lucy shoots him. But here’s the thing… did Lucy do it to spite him or because he wanted him too? The Master refuses to regenerate, and the Doctor begins crying as the last of his species dies. And, I actually feel a bit bad that I began to laugh at this. David Tennant acts his heart out… but I laugh. I’m sorry. He sets him on fire… I know we had that Gandalf reference earlier, but did we have to go with the fire pyre as well?

Ending Two: Jack: The Doctor will not allow Jack to be able to transport wherever he likes. I mean, he can’t not die and travel whether he likes, eh? Make everyone else at Torchwood jealous. Will he ever die? Sure he will… maybe. After he becomes the Face of Boe. *hehe* Okay, I liked that one. That makes sense to me… except for the fact that I never saw the Face of Boe flirt with anyone. A few thousand years took it out of you, eh, Jack?

Ending Three: Martha: First of all, Doctor… eww, still not digging the blue suit. But, I understand that after being in the brown one for a whole other year, he’d want to change. Back in his TARDIS, lovely. *grin* And still avoiding the domestic. He only adopted Rose’s family, no need to pick up another.

Martha prank calls her future boyfriend. *grin* Always a nice thing to do before you meet the man who doesn’t remember saving the world with you. And then she goes to leave the Doctor. Definitely not the emotional tear-jerker of Doomsday, but more of a ‘Good for you, Martha Jones!’ type of moment.

Now that she is leaving, I can see her being a companion. Even hope she pops up now and again next year. Because that would make sense. She’s a doctor, almost, and needs to be carrying one with her life… but she can take a trip or two with the Doctor next year. Kinda like Mickey… the man in Havana. The tech support… but not the tin dog!

And here I was… all series stating how I did not want him hugging her. She gave her reasoning, and I said: “go hug her, Doctor.” And he did. *grin* I came in quite a bit late… but, I like you, Martha Jones. When you’ve gotten over your crush, come back, and I’ll be happy to have you along. Brilliant goodbye for Martha.

Open Door Policy for the Master: Lucy saves him… maybe. Why, Lucy, why?

And ready for Christmas… on the Titanic? The TARDIS was the iceberg that sunk the Titanic? Oops!

And wow… a whole review in only a couple of pages. As Captain Jack does… a salute to you, Doctor Who. I’m anxious for next week in order to start it all again. And, if anyone is still reading… yep, my little shipper heart still wants Rose back. *grin*

 

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