Ok, that was fun (and I'm very glad to see Capaldi take over, Matt Smith is adorbs but he was never quite my Doctor), but, um, they never quite explained how his regeneration was going to help? Unless the fact that he can just intimidated the Daleks into leaving? Because otherwise that planet is about to be incinerated.

We don't need to whitefont at this point do we?

If Clara's plea for help was a the signal Gallifrey was waiting for to push through then the war is on, now, yes? I'm not clear at all on much of what happened, to be honest. Enjoyed it, yes, but followed what was happening, nsm.

Not technically, but it seemed like a bunch of folks just upstream hadn't watched yet.

Sure, I'm down with that for a little while longer.

It was enjoyable, but jeez it dragged on at parts. They could have easily written the same story without the extended episode length.

I completely agree with Jon and -t. I didn't follow everything and felt it could have been shortened considerably. There were a few lovely moments...and then the rest.

Sigh.

Looking forward to seeing more of Capaldi.

I was intrigued by how abrupt his regeneration was . It seems perhaps a precursor to a more serious, even ferocious, turn of events.

Hm.

I agree, Jon. I spent most of the episode waiting for the regeneration rather than caring about what was happening. It felt very mechanical, a transparent attempt to tie together various elements of Eleven's tenure into one story, and it doesn't quite work. While I do like the idea of the Time Lords attempting to get in through the Crack, the whole plot felt so contrived and artificially constructed that it bugged me. It was clear that Moffat had been tossing out all these things throughout the run with no actual idea what they meant and this was his desperate attempt to make it look like it was real foreshadowing. Don't get me wrong, I know that happens a lot on television (heeeeeeey, Lost), and I LOVE it when it works, but it doesn't here.

Also, I know Moffat changes the rules of the Weeping Angels every fucking time he brings them back, but...that Angel WAS HOLDING CLARA'S FOOT why the hell wasn't she sent back in time okay whatever.

There were some enjoyable naked antics, and Matt Smith's final speech was lovely because yes, wow, I love comparing the regenerations to the fact that we all change throughout our lives, we don't stay the "same person" forever, but I thought I'd be a little more emotional saying goodbye. The Amy Pond cameo was nice; I was hoping there would be one when we saw little Amelia. And the regeneration itself was so abrupt; I was preparing myself for Capaldi and then BOOM. It had the intended disorienting effect.

Farewell, Matt Smith. I wasn't sure about you at first, but I grew to love you a lot. Bring it, Capaldi.

Peter Capaldi is also a long-time friend and former band mate of Craig Ferguson.

This could get interesting.

I half expected Clara's grandmother to turn out to be named "Barbara Chesterton" or some such.

Something tells me her meetup with Clara's grandfather is a plot point.

Other notes:

- It appears the Doctor's Regeneraton count has been reset to 1 or 0?

- Both Matt Smith and Karen Gillian were wearing wigs. Her's was her own hair!

In spite of good moments, a hot mess. Also why the massive case of "tell don't show"?