Doomsday

Doomsday was and is a stand alone episode В– an epic of the highest proportions and boy did it deliverВ…..

IВ’ve took ages to get round to writing this review for the plain simple fact I wanted to savour the memory of it before I get the DVD!!!! & that I deliberately did not tape it for that same reason.

The first half was above average for this season of Doctor Who however it was the latter half that absolutely made this a corker and a blockbuster in its own right. Visually stunning, emotionally draining & yes the DalekВ’s, Cybermen etc were only the back story.

It was Rose and the TylerВ’s who really made this episode what it was. The humour mixed with the absolute emotion that ran right through this episode and that it never stopped delivering from the opening shot, I was awe struck by the performances and heart of the actors & finely David Tennant & Billie Piper really did get the lines they really deserved for the whole season, not just this one episode.

However it was how it all rolled into one - the words that we almost hear the Doctor speak right at the pinnacle moment of this episode and that we all know what those words wereВ….

The chemistry between Rose and The Doctor and that in the end the 10th doctor really did need Rose in everyway possible and the heart wrenching end on the beach and the lead up to it said everything for what there relationship is and was...

It also proved one major factor over and above as well that Doctor Who can stand alone and above all those, American franchiseВ’s that every other channel seems determined to deliver to us.

The whole cast and crew delivered something magical here and that it will stand the test of time well. For it was one of those episodes that really was worth the wait and the hype! Special effects for a TV show budget were amazing and worthy of an Oscar!

Added to that even though I have not seen the first season both Mickey and Rose have come full circle and through the doctor - especially this one became whole something that the Christmas Invasion highlighted all those months before and the growth and shear confidence of Mickey was something to behold in its own right here and then there is Rose and the Doctor.



The just like В‘old timesВ’ summed it up and that David TennantВ’s 10th doctor let Rose become something more here and the ache when he said that in his earth she was dead and reported as being missing brought a lump to my throat & for the first time in a long time. A TV show nearly had me in tears which really sayВ’s something.

It was an epic and the punches of wit and humour and shear gut wrenching emotion puts this in the super league. I also like many am going to dearly miss the TylerВ’s Jackie for her one linerВ’s, RoseВ’s father for just being who he was & of course Mickey how on earth do you find a way to reinvent this lot?

Let alone that there will never be another Rose Tyler to touch the Doctor in the way Billie Pipers character did. At least they left an opening for her to hopefully find a way back and that it was still a cliff-hanger for the plain simple reason that both characters and this 10th Doctor has unfinished business with Rose!!!!

The words said as much but it really was a cracker of an episode and come November my Birthday month there is one DVD collection IВ’m not going to hesitate in buying for the second season of Doctor Who and the unusual episodes (School Reunions, Love and Monsters etc) were the real gems.

Plus this last episode and that thanks to Billie, David Tennant surpassed all expectations and made the doctor his own this season and now like Chris. Eccl. His Doctor now has baggage in the form of Rose and that you really felt for him at the end of this episode.

His performance in the closing sceneВ’s were torture to watch and his disbelief at the bride (not the only one) and one further note it was the TylerВ’s and Rose who made those first two seasons so heart felt and real.

Plus after how far David Tennant has come since the Christmas Invasion and how much he gives as an actor IВ’m a bit worried for him this season coming. For the whole show will need to re-invent and get over Rose in the same way the Doctor will.

I have not doubt that Russell T Davis will rise to the occasion but even now I have my doubts for I felt the chemistry, the closeness of the TylerВ’s, Mickey and Rose to the Doctor and what got me absolutely hooked at the Christmas Invasion is now gone В– The play off between Bille and David.

My only two other reasons left for watching now is that I like good sci-fi drama and Doctor Who certainly delivered that in spades during season 2 and that David Tennant has absolutely nailed this Doctor. Doomsday proved that В– for his character is now even more vulnerable and for a small amount of time alone.

The effects are going to be catastrophic on this 10th Doctor but if the last 2 minutes are anything to go by I donВ’t like the set up for the runaway bride.

Anyway enough of the lows В– Doomsday was superb and left you gasping for more well done folks and both David and Billie deserve every success in the future they are hugely talented actors and I would love to see a follow up between them from DoomsdayВ….

Plus its shear British class drama at its best & I love it! & David Tennant made a swell doctor long may his rain continue (for one more season at least)!