Okay. I was doing fine until the damn Ood choir kicked in. Then the waterworks really opened up when the Doctors hand started to glow.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Regeneration. Who teared up?
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Not so much getting choked up, but i felt for Tennant as he was essentially addressing those lines to the crew and the fans.
He had genuine emotion in that final scene, and when he uttered the final words, i felt really sad for the character as he is accepting death and cant turn back.
When his hand and face started to glow that was it, i couldve teared up, but i didnt.
An amazing scene for Tennant. Still the most emotional regen scene ever done, IMHO.
He had genuine emotion in that final scene, and when he uttered the final words, i felt really sad for the character as he is accepting death and cant turn back.
When his hand and face started to glow that was it, i couldve teared up, but i didnt.
An amazing scene for Tennant. Still the most emotional regen scene ever done, IMHO.
I thought the choir was just pushing it into camp, really. Wayyy too overwrought. For me, seeing each of the companions was too long but otherwise tolerable, and then the choir started... and suddenly there was all this backslapping by the cast and crew. My sister started to chuckle at the choir, finding the show taking itself a little too seriously (and this with the cactus people).
And in hindsight, it also makes the other regenerations pretty sad in comparison. The Seventh Doctor died alone and without friends, and the Second Doctor was pretty much executed. Here, Ten not only gets possibly the longest death scene in all of TV, but then he whines about it.
Ten: a fine Doctor, bad die-er.
And in hindsight, it also makes the other regenerations pretty sad in comparison. The Seventh Doctor died alone and without friends, and the Second Doctor was pretty much executed. Here, Ten not only gets possibly the longest death scene in all of TV, but then he whines about it.
Ten: a fine Doctor, bad die-er.
Did anyone see Confidential with the 4 takes on the "I don't want to go" line? I'm glad they didn't go with the 4th choice. That would have been heartbreaking. As it was, I didn't shed a tear. I think that's because I'm numb! 
Actually, I think I didn't cry because they had a nice coda with the Doctor saying goodbye to all his friends. I think if they hadn't done that, I would have cried because it would have felt unfinished in some way. Still, I was sad that the Doctor died alone. I don't like the thought of that. 
Actually, I think I didn't cry because they had a nice coda with the Doctor saying goodbye to all his friends. I think if they hadn't done that, I would have cried because it would have felt unfinished in some way. Still, I was sad that the Doctor died alone. I don't like the thought of that. 
I started to tear up during his walk back to the Tardis.
No tears here. At that point, my primary thought was "Get on with it!" It was the longest death scene in Who history. I really thought RTD was going to go with a "Wrath of Khan" homage as Ten died inside the glass booth with Wilf kneeling outside. The whole sequence of popping in on each of the companions was WAY over the top, IMHO.
Jeez, you people are no fun at all.
Jeez, you people are no fun at all.
Before hand, I did think that I would have been in pieces. I didn't tear up, but I was really sad and upset when he was resting against the wall seeing Rose and he groaned in pain.
Here's the thing, I wanted to cry! I was all ready for this big emotional moment that RTD's been going on about -- but like some others have already said, it was just too over the top to produce any real emotion from me.
Not to say the whole thing was bad, I was still super excited to see the regeneration. But maybe that's part of it, I was too excited about the "birth" to feel sad about the "death."
Not to say the whole thing was bad, I was still super excited to see the regeneration. But maybe that's part of it, I was too excited about the "birth" to feel sad about the "death."
Jeez, you people are no fun at all.
Wilf easily illicted more reaction from me each time, but that's no fault of Tennant, but rather praise for Cribbins. As someone else put it, Wilf could tear up about his tea getting cold and he would still get to me.
I was on the verge of tearing up several times, especially when he's struggling to get back to the TARDIS. For a moment, I honestly thought he'd die alone, lying in the snow. "I don't want to go." nearly got me, too. I nearly choked up retelling the death scene to my Mum the next day, though. I'm still kind of sad.
I did!
i cried at 'was she happy in the end?' and when the choir started.
