When Mrs Saxon visits the Master's grave at the end, was there a hint that he was regenerating after all?
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
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Typo Boy - Oct 05, 2007 7:14:05 pm PDT #7229 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
smonster - Oct 05, 2007 7:30:45 pm PDT #7230 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
That's what I assumed, Typo Boy. Like maybe somehow he had put himself in the ring, or something.
Good finale. Things like the floaty Doctor are what remind me that it's a kids' show.
Dear Lord, the Face of Bo(e). Wonder how long they had *that* planned. That's going to require some rewatching, for sure.
quester - Oct 05, 2007 7:32:45 pm PDT #7231 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
We only saw a feminine hand pick up a ring and heard and echo of maniacal laughter, as I recall.
why do they repeat Flash and Stargate but not Dr Who? So unfair!
Juliebird - Oct 05, 2007 7:35:14 pm PDT #7232 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
On one hand, they could be setting up for the master to return somewhere down the line, but the character as he's been portrayed... I don't see anything but a wish to die (and bring down the entire universe with him), I can't see him scheming some backup plan to anticipate being murdered, not regenerating, imbuing his soul or whatnot into the ring, and... oh... okay, I can: Having Mrs. Saxon shoot him could have been part of the plan once he was caught. Hmmm...
tavella - Oct 05, 2007 7:45:07 pm PDT #7233 of 10001
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
Having an backup plan is definitely Master-like, but RTD said he put that in mainly for future production teams, so they'd have an pre-setup out for bringing back the Master.
Cashmere - Oct 05, 2007 8:25:33 pm PDT #7234 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Face of Bo thing is AWESOME!
I take back anything bad I ever said about Martha.
sumi - Oct 05, 2007 8:50:40 pm PDT #7235 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
They do repeat Doctor Who - after Stargate.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 05, 2007 9:03:00 pm PDT #7236 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I do think they missed a great opportunity in "The Sound of Drums" to have the Master make that threat about aging the Doctor 100 years, zap him, and then when Tennant got very slightly gray and developed a crow's foot or two, yell about getting too used to killing humans with their short lifespans. Also, stopping short of that extreme would have spared us the extreme fakeness of the aging prosthetics and, perhaps, Tinkerbell!Doctor as well.
I did love the Flash Gordon coda for the Master. It's almost as if RTD knew it would be airing after SciFi's pathetic retread and was saying "THIS is what a merciless villain is like!"
Fiona - Oct 05, 2007 11:35:18 pm PDT #7237 of 10001
I'm also very sorry that Suzi Costello got killed off, though - I thought she was very good.
Indira Varma had a part in Rome and is now starring in The Whistleblowers, which is getting quite good reviews.
Dana - Oct 06, 2007 5:12:25 am PDT #7238 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, I'm sad that they cut the part where Martha looks up that nice and pretty doctor who helped her.