Alright, so I'm in Series 5 now. Catching up:
"The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End"
Tied up all of the lose ends from the first 4 seasons, had every companion the Doctor has known in the new series together using their unique skills for one final send off. The Doctor even regenerates, sort of. Everyone is happy. Everything ends, no cliffhangers, just The Doctor, alone again. Perfection, brought tears to my eyes.
"The Next Doctor" / "Waters of Mars" ("Planet of the Dead" was not on Netflix)
Pretty bad. Didn't like what the Doctor was becoming, but I guess that was the point. "The Time Lord Victorious" worried me a lot, but Time worked itself out.
"The End of Time"
Really? This was the 10th Doctor's two-part, feature-length send off? A bunch of stuff happens that doesn't make sense, The Master returns and becomes every person on the planet for the purpose of bringing James Bond & The Time Lords (best band name ever) out of the Time War, just for everything to be undone in a few minutes. And 10 is done in by radiation that lets him slowly and silently stalk all of his old companions who we already said goodbye to for 20 minutes before he has to regenerate, which for some reason blows up the TARDIS. Shameful, even with The Master being the focus.
11th Doctor
So far, I like him. I seem to do this every time. I was afraid I wouldn't like 10 as much as I liked 9, but as soon as I started watching the new episodes I loved him. I was afraid of losing Rose, but Martha was awesome. I was afraid of losing Martha, but Donna really shined. Finally, I was afraid of losing 10. For some reason, its like they were trying to wean us off of Tennant in the Series of Movies (what was up with that, did they take the year off or something?), as he had his moments but was pretty unlikable at several points.
Anyway, I can tell that Matt Smith is really young and energetic, which is nice, but I can see how it might get annoying after a while.
I've got two weeks to watch the rest of Series 5, then I'll have to find other ways of catching up through 6. Any help would be hot.
EDIT: THE DVDS ARE $100 A SERIES! That's insane.
Post #551579
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