I would have written something about this last night, or so I told myself, but I was full of so much bile that the miasma would have infected anyone who may have read my ramblings. There was no way I could have expressed just how utterly awful the swan song for David Tennant’s much-loved Doctor was, and I might even have difficulty with that right now.

In fact, I have to ask myself if it’s even worth bothering talking about gaping plot-holes (of which there were MANY), or whether to just leave them aside. There’s no way that I could do that, though, so excuse me while I rant. Russell T. Davies has been bugging me ever since the third season now, but The End of Time contains everything about his writing style that absolutely infuriates me. For starters, the second return of The Master was total bollocks, if less annoying than the Series Three finale, and it’s a chronic shame. John Simm does a grand job with him when he’s actually allowed to act, but for the most part he’s simply required to laugh like a maniac and/or use his fancy lightning-bolt skills. Where the fuck did they come from? His ‘resurrection’ went wrong, so that means he now has super powers? Or does RTD want to make us think that all Time Lords are able to do this, but have to hold themselves back like some kind of X-Man? Speaking of the Time Lords, too, their return should have been something on an absolutely colossal scale. But what do we get? A bunch of insane twats is what. Their plan was completely ludicrous, which may sound like an odd choice of word considering I’m talking about Doctor Who here, but what exactly were they trying to achieve? I was honestly hoping for them to make a serious return, providing a clean slate for Steven Moffat when his series starts, but no, we once again get RTD completely squandering the potential contained in his episodes. While I’m at it, what was the deal with that Time Lord lady being able to talk to Wilfred as an apparition? Who the bloody hell WAS she? The Doctor’s mother? The Master’s mother? Donna Bloody Noble? No explanation given here at all, other than that she was one of the Time Lords to oppose the vote on their return.

Let’s see, what else… oh yeah! Gallifrey knocking Earth out of its orbit? Can anyone honestly tell me the point of that? Seriously, did the Time Lords stop for one second to think that, if their plan were successful, Gallifrey would in all likelihood be unable to just simply replace the Earth’s orbit around the Sun? I’m no scientist, but isn’t Earth the only planet to actually be able to orbit the Sun at this position? I just don’t know… it was bad enough with Davros’ mental plan last time around, but using planets like marbles I simply could not suspend my disbelief for.

At any rate, much in the tradition of Russell T. Davies that he’s a good character writer, but terrible story writer, there was at least some fine moments of acting, even if the scene’s were pretty much rip-offs from other science fiction. Spock’s farewell from The Wrath of Khan springs to mind, with Wilfred being Kirk here and doing the whole teary speech thing. Even the situation was almost identical. But then, at the same time, why was Tennant’s Doctor so bothered by the whole impending regeneration? Look through Doctor Who history and you’ll spot that regenerations have always been handled rather briefly, even the much-loved Tom Baker’s, so why does David Tennant get to walk around making everyone’s life that little bit better? Because Russell T. Davies is a self-indulgent wanker, that’s why!

At this point, I honestly can’t wait to see what Steven Moffat does when the new series comes around. People are already up in arms over Matt Smith taking the mantle of The Doctor, and in all fairness, I can understand some of it. His introduction last night wasn’t exactly endearing, and if he insists on using ‘Geronimo’ as his catchphrase I may well end up punching the TV, but the trailer for the next series does indeed look rather spiffing. The Moffat episodes in previous seasons were easily some of the best, and while he always seemed more interested in his own additions to the Who universe (Girl in The Fireplace, the weeping angels from Blink where he all but ignored Martha and focused on Sally Sparrow, and even in the library where he was far more interested in River Song than any character that Davies had created) it’s easy to see why in retrospect, and I can only hope they’ve all been fuel for his take on the whole thing.

Sure, I’ll miss David Tennant, but at this point, all I can think is ‘roll on the new series’. I need to get the horrible feeling that I was thoroughly raped by Russell T. Davies out of my system.