![]() I’d argue he’s the best assistant that Tennant got to travel with, as when Cribbins’ eyes crease and the tears start to roll, it takes some resolve not to well up yourself (admission: I failed). He was the star of Part One of The End Of Time, and he was outstanding again here. And It also allowed two superb actors to step into the limelight.įirstly, there was Bernard Cribbins. And what a moment: just at the moment the Doctor thought he’d survived, that’s when Wilf knocked, and that’s when Tennant’s Doctor knew he was going to die. Granted, it was a bit of an odd contrivance that saw Wilf running into said chamber in the first place.īut it was all so wonderfully small and poignant. I loved the fact that the knocking four times we were waiting for all along was something as simple as Bernard Cribbins trapped in a chamber, tapping the door wanting to come out. Here, an outgoing Doctor got to face the ramifications of what was about to happen, and it was explored exceptionally well.Īnd how brilliantly the bell tolled. Usually, the emotions are dealt with afterwards, as the new Doctor gets used to his new body. This was the first outright emotional regeneration, and it deepened the process immensely. He called all this his reward, but really, it was ours. And we also got a point where he visited Rose before he met her. Or, in the case of Captain Jack, giving him a name of a potential date, in the form of Midshipman Frame (in a scene that looked like it was straight out of Star Wars’ Cantina Bar, not the only nod to George Lucas’ masterpiece that we picked up). Here though, we got Tennant visiting his former assistants, saving them one more time. We’ve never had this: 20 minutes or so for a Doctor to deal with his impending demise, with no threat to see off to get in the way. For instead of getting a rushed regeneration at the end of an adventure, he made the space to wrap up the tenth Doctor’s journeys properly. I’ve criticised Russell T Davies in the past for scampering to his finales after superb build up work, but here he very much made the right choice in getting matters wrapped up fairly swiftly. That the threat that had built up on Christmas Day dissolved so easily, and so early on in the episode. ![]() What I loved about the episode is, I suspect, what one or two traditionalists will dislike. For while I liked The End Of Time Part One, it was still littered with problems and annoyances. There had been promises that there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the house by the time The End Of Time ended, and after an epic, sometimes-breathtaking hour and a quarter, they’d pretty much delivered on that promise. Looking for more sci-fi fun and adventure? Check out SYFY's Resident Alien, streaming now on Peacock.Well, if you hadn’t guessed it was the end of an era beforehand, Russell T Davies and his team left you in no doubt by the time the credits rolled this time. fans won’t have to scour for info about where to catch all the BBC-based action: Back in October, Disney revealed that Disney+ would become the new streaming home for future seasons of the iconic series, making the platform viewers’ one-stop bingeing stop for everything new in the Who-verse. ![]() While it’s not known whether, or where, in Season 14 the story might find Tennant’s Fourteenth Doctor ceding the role over to inbound Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, both Tennant and Gatwa are still on track to take up the Time Lord's mantle as the series picks up where outgoing Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker left off.Īt least U.S. ![]() Tennant is set to kick things off next November, starring in a triad of anniversary specials as the story aligns for its next big transition. The new one is for end-of-year 2024!”Ĭonsidering the 14th Season of Doctor Who is expected to land sometime around late 2023, next year’s holiday season sounds like just the kind of Who content deluge that could slake fans’ current thirst in one big rush. ![]() “For the first time ever,” said Davies, “I'm writing a Christmas Special… at Christmas! …The 2023 script has been long since signed off. David Tennant & Catherine Tate return to 'Doctor Who' for 60th anniversary next year - but how?Īs if to drive home the assurance, he actually has a well-plotted road map for where the TARDIS is headed once Tennant’s back on board, Davies even offered a rationale for how Season 14 sets up what’s to come afterward: “It takes a while to get the empire in shape, but that's a serious plan: annual Doctor Who, no gap years, lots of content, on and on.”Īt least some of that promised packed-out content won’t be too long in the making. ![]()
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