The End of Time

The End of Time
by Russell T Davies
Originally Broadcasted: December 25th, 2009-January 1st, 2010

The Doctor's future has been told, for his song will come to an end when he hears four knocks. With the help of the Ood, The Doctor finds out The Master has returned to Earth, and he's hungry. The Master ends up turning everyone on the planet into him, yet even with the whole population changed into The Master, an even greater threat still looms... The Time Lords are back!

For pretty much all of 2009, I was wondering just how the David Tennant era of Doctor Who would come to an end. And I really was hoping for a story as epic as The End of Time ended up being. I loved The Master in the Series 3 three-part finale, and was so happy they brought him back for a second go-around. This time though, he was even more crazy and demented than before. And what an acting job it must have been for John Simm to be all those different versions of The Master all in different clothing all over the world. I salute you sir! An equally impressive performance was that of Bernard Cribbins who plays Wilfred, Donna's grandfather. Wilf and The Doctor have a couple of truly tender moments that are wonderfully summed up by Wilf saying: "Please don't die, you're the most wonderful man and I don't want you to die!" They could have done a whole series with Wilf and The Doctor traveling around, it would have been wonderful! The only thing that disappointed me about this story was how the Time Lords came back into things. It was actually rather confusing and not terribly well done. And they were defeated so easily! So much for a great big threat! But how appropriate was it that the four knocks didn't come from The Master, nor from the Time Lords, but rather from Wilf, trying to wake The Doctor up. He realizes this, and actually goes into a raving rant, but in the end he decides to free Wilf from the radiation chamber, take it all in himself, and thus starts the end of this Doctor's life. It was lovely to see The Doctor revisit all of his old companions, especially Rose. And then it's time for him to die. The Ood guide him to his TARDIS with the music of the universe (beautifully written by Murray Gold). "This song is ending. But the story never ends." With a burst of anger, and The Doctor proclaiming "I don't wanna go" his regeneration starts, and before we know it, the Eleventh Doctor is here! The End of Time is a fitting, emotional, and truly amazing finale to one of the greatest eras of Doctor Who!

Luke's Rating: 10/10