Spoilers Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[jaime]

By you, I mean those who object to it, but fair enough.

Ah. Fair enough xD

 

[JD]

But the weird thing by modern standards is — that wasn’t a season finale. Davisons Swansong in the lead yes, but the finale is The Twin Dilemma.

Which admittedly isn’t a shiny example xD

But consider this… Lis Sladen’s swansong is Hand of Fear. A normal serial, bar her being dropped off in not-Croydon. The next, Deadly Assassin, has all the hallmarks of what we now associate with a ‘finale’ and yet… isn’t one. Because then we get Face of Evil and pick up our new companion, in a story that relies in part on an offscreen adventure of sorts.
Which also is not the finale. (Talons)

Now, yes, it’s back when finale writing was not common place, but would season 14 be considered lacking a special something because we didn’t threaten the universe when Magnus Greel was terrorising Victorian London?

Admittedly, there’s a mid season break for Christmas and the New Year of about six weeks, probably a strike or sporting event involved too, so you could argue DA was still a finale of sorts. Not sure it was planned as such though.

I'm sorry, but it's absolutely ridiculous to compare a show being made today to a show made back in the '60s - '80s, TV is a completely different thing than it was back them. You might as well compare a big, modern broadway musical like Wicked, with an ancient Greek play like Lysistrata.

I think I must be the only person who has actually enjoyed most of the finales.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

I think I must be the only person who has actually enjoyed most of the finales.

Um..

And generally, I love the finales - The Parting of the Ways is a spectacular regeneration for Eccleston and a good resolution to a loose but effective arc, the Utopia is OTT, but largely entertaining, End of Time likewise but with Cribbins as the companion (always a major win) some of Tennant's best moments, The Pandorica two-parter is fantastic (and the arc is likewise the best timeloop arc of Moff's), The Time of the Doctor is intense, sweet, heartwarming and exciting, the Death in Heaven is underrated character piece and a fantastic showcase for Missy, Heaven Sent is one of the best episode in all of Who and Hell Bent is a fantastic thesis on why The Timeless Children or fanwank like it will never work and reminds us what DW is actually all about, and the Cybermen three-parter of series 10 is another awesome finale and just textbook goodness. The rest as either okay or meh, except Timeless Children, which is simply the worst.

 

[JD]

Oh, Ok at least there's two of us then.