Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod! My inner eight-year-old is so very happy...

The final episode of this series was SO good that the Doctor kissed his companion AND I DIDN'T CARE!! Normally I would be up in arms at such un-doctorish behaviour but the episode was SO exciting and SO moving that it almost seemed OK. (Jack kissing the Doctor isn't a problem as that's the companion kissing the Doctor, not the other way round...)

Regarding the big mystery that was finally answered- I bet we all thought a one or several points, 'Ooh, I wonder if Rose could be the bad wolf...' and then thought, 'neah.' Thank you RTD for one of the most brillliant apotheistic twists we could have hope for. Don't quite see how the Daleks were able to survive the time war 'through' the emperor dalek but again - strangely - that doesn't really bother me.

There were alot of wonderful & iconic moments in this episode - almost as though RTD was ticking them off one by one. Dalkes breaking through a door with a cutting torch AND a regeneration in the same episode is quite literally fan heaven.

There were wonderful quirky, inventive moments such as the companion, boy friend and mother conspiring to break into a piece of Gallifreyan technology using a chain and a truck. It's so wonderfully bizarre. Again brilliant use was made of the stark contrast of colours and mood between Rose's council estate and a space station in the distant future where humanity is about to meet its end. There was powerful archetypal imagery with Rose attaining ultimate power (and becoming something a bit dangerous in th process - total power corrupting totally and all that). The Emperor Dalek attaining a god-complex, a re-visiting of the Doctor's hesitance to kill from Genesis of the Daleks, and the Doctor sacrificing himself for his companion.

And the Doctor regenerated standing up ...blimey- I'd never have thought of that. And it seemed to suit Ecclestone's dynamic and swaggering portrayal to a T. It was a much more empowering way to regenerate, when contrasted with the ususal vulnerabiltity and disorientation that surrounds most regenerations. It wasn't at all what I'd expected in terms of ceremony and solemnity - but instead it was fantasticly optimistic and almost like a redeeming process after the trauma of the Time War.

Christopher Ecclestone has left us - and what a nice goodbye speech we got. He really has put an enormouse amount of effort into this series and by the final episode, I think I'd forgiven all of the telling people to shut-up and gurning. He's done the show a huge service.

But now we've got to start dreaming about Christmas- David Tennant. Teeth. Barcelona. Fantastic.

With interesting concepts and a few odd twists, Parting of the Ways was a rollercoaster- and had it's fair share of ups and downs. With a warming display on the part of Mickey and a rare glimpse of Jackie Tyler's compassionate nature, complete with Captain Jack at his most 'heroic' (for want of a better word), it succesfully tied up the odd loose end.

No doubt a few watchers were punching the air in triumph when Rose revealed herself as the now infamous Bad Wolf- but for me, the ending was a kind of anti-climax. Having the Doctor able to explain his regeneration (as far as time would allow him) was a nice little addition that I think is helpful to the newer fans of Doctor Who. Ecclestone's performance in that scene reflected the disjointedness that regeneration brings brilliantly.

With the arrival of David Tennant as Doctor Number Ten, and a brief but unique introduction, on the whole the episode lived up to the credentials of a finale. However, the idea of the Doctor taking the Daleks' word of 'coward' unto himself seemed a little final, as if he expected to lose without a battle.

Rose bringing Jack back to life with her temporary 'demi-god' powers courtesy of the TARDIS....a good show of her feelings for him and the extent of her 'power', but a little off-key. And the dramatic rise in the series' death toll (once again) brought back the slightly darker and more sinister shadow behind the new and re-vamped Doctor Who.

Overall verdict? Great- but I have yet to decide if the new Doctor will fill his predecessor's shoes successfully...

I have really mixed feelings about this episode. The first 10 minutes where really clever and just fantastic! Most of the rest of the episode was great, but then the ending ruined it all.

Here we go again with the magic wand cure all solutions. This is a problem that the newer Star Trek series suffered from as well. No one ever fights it out any more. The writer paints himself into a corner and comes up with a magical way over the top cure all that ruins everything.

The writers need to keep things credible. Please listen to your viewers!

Others mentioned that it's unrealistic for taste in television or for similar shows to exist thousands of years later. I disagree because I think it's possible for television to revisist stuff from way back. We do that now all the time in fact. Television could have gone through many stages prior to the Daleks intervention. I think the whole reality tv concept was under explored. I would have made it a seperate story.

Effects! Ahh. I know about effects. I'm a professional 3D animator myself. The effects looked great, top notch, but the animation was choppy in some shots. I've seen this before on the show. There's no budgetary reasons to have this. A good animator would be able to make these shots smooth as silk regardless of budget. There's a way to smooth between keyframes with an ease in and ease out selection.

Captain Jack...

I really like this character. I'm hoping they don't get out of line with the gay stuff though. That aspect I don't like to see in Doctor Who, but otherwise great character and he behaves how I would behave in that environment. A much more entertaining Han Solo. Spin off show anyone?

Chris E....

The best by far in my opinion. I will miss him as the Doctor. I can't imagine anyone else in the role now. He put Tom Baker into 2nd place.

Rose.. Great as usual. Superb acting.

I haven't seen any other reviews but I think most would agree the ending was too over the top. The Dalek Emperor looked great. Would like to have seem move around though and personally I would rather have seen a Dalek invasion on Earth in the streets rather than in space. But that's just me.

What happened to the Jelly Babies by the way?

Oh my god....That was possibly the best episode of Doctor Who ever. Any Russel T Davies doubters shurely must be at ease now. This was mind blowing stuff.

First off Christopher Eccleston will be sorely missed. This was a huge send off for him and he deserved it. I often wondered why they never used the Daleks before for a Doctors finale. It was suitably big to use them for his final story.

The chemistry between the Doctor and Rose have been second to none. Billy Piper and Christopher worked so well together that i can just live in hope that David Tennant will have the same chemistry with the walking perfection that is Billie.

I loved how the Bad Wolf stuff came together, and the fact Rose turned out to be Bad Wolf instead of the Daleks was the iceing on the cake. It was much more satisfactory being her than the daleks as a whole. I loved how it turned out she had sent herself the messages.

The whole story was about death. The death of Jack, the death of the human race and of course the Doctor. Thank heavens Rose turned up and resurrected the brilliant Captain jack. I loved his kiss scene with the Doctor and Rose. Especially the kiss with the doctor. How times have changed for the better. here is hoping we see some boyfriends for Jack in series 2. If he is in it of course.

But the Daleks and especially emperor Dalek was brilliantly menacing and evil. I loved the battle of wills between the doctor and emperor.

I particularly liked the scenes where the Doctor tricked Rose into the Tardis and sent her back. I cried during the holographic message and loved Rose's scenes with her mum Jackie and ex boyfriend Mickey. My only complaint was that they didn't go into the Tardis with her to see the regeneration.

I laughed out loud when Jackie turned up with the big truck. loved that scene, so nice.

Rose as the Bad Wolf was great. She kicked ass as a higher being. Loved her destroying the Daleks like she had with the Autons in her first episode.

And yes, I am so glad they kissed. So good and heartwarming to see he regenerated and forfeited his life to save that of his true love Rose.

The regeneration scene was up there with Peter Davison’s. Now I have two favourite regenerations. I loved there parting words and Christopher and Billie pulled in award winning performances.

BAFTAs should rain down on this show.

When I was growing up in the 70's we used to visit my grandparents every fortnight and we always used to leave at the same time - unless Dr Who was on- I was glued to it ,without fail.

For me Tom Baker was The Doctor.

Thinking back to some of those episodes, they were terrifying - ( I was only about 6 or 7 years old).

Not so special effects, wobbly sets, ropy make-up : I didn't see any of that.Through my innocent eyes it was perfect, probably due to the invariably brilliant writing.

Jumping forward 25 years or so ( I did watch afterTom Baker departed - but not with such commitment) I was excited to hear The Doctor was coming back to our screens. I was glad when Christopher Ecclestone was cast, he is a brilliant actor ( Our Friends In The North, Cracker The Second Coming) an all round Everyman. Who else can play ordinary in such an outstanding manner.( Ken Stott maybe?)

I sat down to the first episode of the new series, the opening titles- the music- I was grinning from ear to ear, I was 6 years old again, and all too soon it was over. I couldn't wait for episode 2, I was hooked.

Week by week I have laughed, smiled, jumped and almost wept.

I have been glued to the Interweb looking for Dr Who articles and info related to the new series.

I thought that Bad Wolf was one of the best pieces of television in the last 20 years and I have watched quite alot of it. But this weeks episode was even better.

Parting of the ways started with a quick rehash of where and why we were all here ( I would rather have a rehash every week, I can do without a preview of the next episode) .

It was nice to see that the Legend Of The Doctor is required reading for all Daleks. When he stepped out of the TARDIS and confronted them they did fear him , as much as he feared them.( as much as we all feared them when we were 6 years old).

How could RTD possibly resolve all the loose ends in the next 41 minutes?

It was a rollercoaster of emotion that originally started with Episode 1. Was the last of the Timelords falling in love? I think he was (is)

The revelation of The God of The Daleks was terrific. Worship Him!!!!!!!!!!!

This particular bit of the episode says alot about RTD's views on religion!

Should they just hot foot it out of there? No , let's just send Rose back to normality, sacrifice yourself save mankind and end Dr Who once and for all. Enter BadWolf, I was blown away, PERFECT TELEVISION!

She destroyed the Daleks,She resurrected Capt Jack.The Doctor wasn't falling in love, Rose was , they embrace and kiss,she kills the doctor.

he regenerates - enter David Tennant, The Doctor .

The rewritten ending(following Christopher Ecclestones decision to leave) to the climactic ending to the new series with RTD including the line "You were brilliant, and so was I ". How true.

You were all brilliant. Thank you for letting me be 6 years old every Saturday night for the last few months. I do believe in time travel. I am looking forward to Christmas this year, but only for Dr Who.

I had doubts about David Tennant being The Doctor, but not anymore!

What a splendid episode. This series didn't grab me from the off, and I watched out of loyalty and nostalgia for the first few episodes. But Father's Day drew me in and by the Finale I was completely in love with this incarnation.

The Doctor's combination of dark and cheeky shone in Parting of the Ways. The choice of "coward" out of the Dalek's options was very refreshing in a world of Jack Bauer-like fascist boy's own heroes.

The writing still leaves something to be desired - a little less carry on, a few more snappy one liners would bring the standard even higher. I was going to say more subtle emotional dialogue, but I don't think the under-15s would really put up with that, and this is for them....mostly.

Two major moments stolen almost in their entirety from Buffy, but RTD and his cast have the chutzpah to carry it off. Eccleston’s pillar of fire moment was much more enjoyable than James Marster's (as in Spike in Buffy) effort. Eccleston's Doctor has charm and cojones in equal measure, and his exit made me cry like no UK TV show has made me cry in a long while. At last, a home-grown genre show that isn't afraid of a bit of emotion. Though I was tickled that he didn't say "I love you Rose" (which I was dreading) and, instead, went for the disarming egotism of "I was brilliant".

The other notable Buffy theft, Rose's revision of the Uber-Buffy (season 4 of Btvs) was actually rather moving. Our lady of the immaculately-smudged makeup, she was. Though, one question...why does the heart of the TARDIS turn you posh, eh? Seemed to work on her and the Doctor both.

The Rose and Doctor kiss felt earned. The Jack and Doctor kiss showed an impressive insight into the minds of 15 year old girls (and possibly women of all ages). How'd you keep your female audience interested? Make the chaps kiss. See, women and men aren't all that different after all.

The daleks were the one part of the episode that I didn't really care about. Perhaps they're just too familiar an image now. Perhaps I've seen too many daleks-trying-to-get-upstairs cartoons. That, and growing up on the Tripods, which were far scarier. But the effect of the situation on the characters made up for the lack of a (for me) fully realised villain/threat.

The moment when the Doc sent Rose home was heart-wrenching. Mum turning up with a big rescue truck was ace. Mickey was almost bearable. The Doctor was on his finest hammy-but-loveable form.

So, new doctor. I think I'm going to like this one too. He has a mad look in his eyes - startled rabbit that's just escaped from an animal testing place where they're pumping them full of new and exciting drugs.

The big question aside from "will Tennant be as good" is....are they going to go back for Jack?