My friend and I watched the series finale last Sunday evening and I can say... "Meh...." Okay - they once again rewrote the Gallifrey origins, they rewrote the Doctor's origins and left us on a cliffhanger. *rollseyes* I'm still not impressed with Jodie's Doctor. Frankly, I'd rather know more about Jo Martin's Doctor. Somehow with a bare-handful of scenes and dialogue - HER Doctor pulled me in in away that Jodie's Doctor has not. I get how in a long long term show that origins can be retconned repeatedly but as pointed out by many fans and articles it would NOT have taken much effort to couch even a few of the 'changes' in ways to make it all resonate with what we'd already learned and believed about the show and the Doctor. But of course they didn't bother to make the effort - it's far easier for them to simply write it all as a Shock Value rewrite of history.
*sigh* On a much brighter note - I am more than a tiny intrigued by John's post mentioning that he had been filming something secret in the UK just very recently - got us speculating, wishing, hoping - maybe it would be something Torchwood related - my only issue with that is no doubt if it is Torchwood they will be shoving Eve Myles and Gwen Cooper-Williams down our throats once again. I'm certain that Eve is a great person but I am far far less than impressed with her acting abilities and I cannot stand how they write her character - I was absolutely nauseated by the way they wrote her character in Miracle Day - by the end of that series I wanted her to be dead, dead, DEAD and was just so done with her - done, done, DONE. What annoyed me even more were the various articles and interviews with Eve around the series. Eve commenting that Gwen had grown tremendously since the first Torchwood series and that she was more than ready and capable of running the WHOLE damned show - all of Torchwood the organization and that Eve was more than ready, willing and able to shoulder the responsibilities of the production itself. In reality it came across as if she wanted John to no longer to be a part of Torchwood since she more than apparently was ready to be the absolutely STAR of the show and production. *gag* *retch* Eve doesn't have the chops - she still does the 'wide-eyes-of-[insert necessary character emotion/reaction here]' schtick more often than not.
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*sigh* On a much brighter note - I am more than a tiny intrigued by John's post mentioning that he had been filming something secret in the UK just very recently - got us speculating, wishing, hoping - maybe it would be something Torchwood related - my only issue with that is no doubt if it is Torchwood they will be shoving Eve Myles and Gwen Cooper-Williams down our throats once again. I'm certain that Eve is a great person but I am far far less than impressed with her acting abilities and I cannot stand how they write her character - I was absolutely nauseated by the way they wrote her character in Miracle Day - by the end of that series I wanted her to be dead, dead, DEAD and was just so done with her - done, done, DONE. What annoyed me even more were the various articles and interviews with Eve around the series. Eve commenting that Gwen had grown tremendously since the first Torchwood series and that she was more than ready and capable of running the WHOLE damned show - all of Torchwood the organization and that Eve was more than ready, willing and able to shoulder the responsibilities of the production itself. In reality it came across as if she wanted John to no longer to be a part of Torchwood since she more than apparently was ready to be the absolutely STAR of the show and production. *gag* *retch* Eve doesn't have the chops - she still does the 'wide-eyes-of-[insert necessary character emotion/reaction here]' schtick more often than not.