Comments on: Doctor Who finale brain dump http://www.stevepugh.net/VTT/2008/07/05/doctor-who-finale-brain-dump/ "He talks to himself sometimes because he's the only one who understands what he's saying." Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JackP http://www.stevepugh.net/VTT/2008/07/05/doctor-who-finale-brain-dump/comment-page-1/#comment-28728 JackP Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:25:04 +0000 http://www.stevepugh.net/VTT/?p=768#comment-28728 Got to say I <em>didn't</em>; felt too many things in it were a cop-out (all those people miraculously not dying); and yet another 'magic souped up companion' ending. If companions are regularly invulnerable it makes the whole thing a bit less believable -- besides which, the 'noble sacrifice' (Adric vs the Cybermen) can mean that when a companion leaves the series they do so with some real <em>meaning</em>... If that's the best RTD can manage, then Moffat needs to take over sooner rather than later. Got to say I didn’t; felt too many things in it were a cop-out (all those people miraculously not dying); and yet another ‘magic souped up companion’ ending. If companions are regularly invulnerable it makes the whole thing a bit less believable — besides which, the ‘noble sacrifice’ (Adric vs the Cybermen) can mean that when a companion leaves the series they do so with some real meaning…

If that’s the best RTD can manage, then Moffat needs to take over sooner rather than later.

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