Gah! I am torn on whether or not to look for spoilers. My download is taking ages (and has already failed twice), and my desire to be surprised is fighting against my desire to know what happens!

Just watched it.

Be surprised.

Dr. Who

I have only watched the first 30 minutes. Family is requiring my presence. But, Gallifrey didn't burn? It was just locked in a bubble? That really reduces the tragedy/guilt factor doesn't it?

Okay, I'll be back when I've seen the rest.

DW EoT2 The winks were adorable, although the chair that the Doctor was strapped in was awkwardly ridiculous, like they were trying to figure out the best position for Ten's tight tight pants to stretch most advantageously over his package.

Loved, though, the ensuing ridiculous "This is the worst rescue EVER!"

EoT2 Casting: Loved that they had both Nina AND George from Being Human.

EoT2: Do we think the Mysterious Timelord Woman was the Doctor's mum? Between that and what was up with Wilf not changing, they still have some loose ends to tie up if they so choose.

EoT2: It's The Last Starfighter !

Jon, I thought that was his mom. But I thought the reason Wilf didn't change was because he was in that box, not because he wasn't human.

Also:

WILF IS MY WOOBIE.

My quick thoughts-

Jebus, that goodbye montage was incredibly long. WE GET IT RUSTY YOU'RE LEAVING TOO. I assume that's what the extra 15 minutes was for.

Some good moments- almost all of them were Wilf and Doctor related. I thought that was a cool way to wrap up the He Will Knock Four Times thing, since I'd been assuming it was the Timelord heartbeat.

New Doctor: DO NOT WANT.

Yeah, I figured the same as Nora for Wilf not changing. Location location location.

Now, my experience in my adult life with the Doctor changing was weird, because I came in late to Eccleston's reign, was immediately charmed by his long gangly legs and Northern accent and big ears, and possibly Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways were the second and third eps that I saw. Or maybe there were some fanvids that I saw that were all heartbreaky with Rose and Nine, but mostly Ten. So, the transition between the doctors, I was already prepared (spoiled) for. And the transition itself within the show was quick, unforshadowed, and the dude that popped out at the end was hysterical and was something entirely new. So for that transition I was actually more familiar with Ten than Nine when I finally sat down and watched New Who from it's beginning. But I don't think that that makes up for the difference in my reaction this time around.

With EoT2 it's been telegraphed, foreshadowed, anvilled, in the specials and in the press for what feels like years, and I have to say that I started feeling a little RotK with it's twenty endings, and then the meta of this being whatsisface stepping down and turning things over to Moffat, and so having to rehash the season finale with all the reunions with the past companions (although I did enjoy the Tatooine? bar vibe with Jack) and that hysterical thought I had a week ago about Kenny and South Park? Not so funny this week. Will he die like Spock in the glass room? Nope. Will he die in the snowy street like the unwritten fic in my head? Nope?

Okay, the "I don't want to go" broke me, but then 11 was on my screen doing an amateur riff on Tennant's Ten and going over the top with it. Did not like. It was then that I really wanted a Derek Reese ending. Bullet to the head, he's dead, move on.

If you think about it, this swan song makes The Lord of the Rings wrap up look Cliff Notes. (Heh, and it is so very wrong that I'm not the only one to make this same compariosn, only more succinctly). From Journey's End on, there has been way too much fucking time wasted and stretched.

I really enjoyed the show up until Matt Smith's entrance, and the Cactus chick was absolutely awesome. Donna felt wasted, Martha and Mickey were hot, although I'm sad about her medical boyfriend (assumption).

Until I get a grip on myself, the lingering taste in my mouth is DO NOT WANT. and I'm still hungry.