I'm genuinely surprised by the number of people that seem to have hated the finale (and this series in general).

That scene of Twelve beating up the TARDIS console in frustration and anger alone would have made me love the episode, but couple that with Michelle Gomez's truly psychotic (and drum-less!) Master, the fact that Moffat actually kept Danny dead, and the great final Twelve/Clara scene where neither can bring themselves to tell the other the truth ... man. It's certainly the best new-Who finale since The Big Bang for me.

Sure, there were aspects that I didn't like, but it wasn't nearly as egregious as the previous two Master finales (Last of the Time Lords and The End of Time), which I truly hated.