Comments on: Spoiler Review: Doctor Who s4e17: “The End of Time, Part 1″ http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2009/12/30/end-of-time/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed The 1s and 0s of outrageous fortune Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Radio Free Tomorrow » Spoiler Review: Doctor Who s4e18: “The End of Time, Part 2″ http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2009/12/30/end-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Radio Free Tomorrow » Spoiler Review: Doctor Who s4e18: “The End of Time, Part 2″ Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:37:03 +0000 http://radiofreetomorrow.org/?p=11#comment-4 [...] would love to be able to tell you that “The End of Time, Part 2″ redeemed the flaws of Part 1, not only pulling all the right rabbits out of the right hats but giving us a perfect send-off for [...] [...] would love to be able to tell you that “The End of Time, Part 2″ redeemed the flaws of Part 1, not only pulling all the right rabbits out of the right hats but giving us a perfect send-off for [...]

]]> By: Uncle Mikey http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2009/12/30/end-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Uncle Mikey Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:38:48 +0000 http://radiofreetomorrow.org/?p=11#comment-3 I had not considered the possibility that everything regarding the Time Lords will turn out to be a flashback, but it doesn't explain how or why the President would be narrating a story that takes place, in Gallifreyan lock-step chronology, after the Time War. Also, I think in the end it would be *more* contrived, given the set-up, for it all to be flashback. Still, I have to admit the possibility. Certainly, the 2-minute clip from Part 2 is intended to be flashback, so maybe it all is, somehow... I had not considered the possibility that everything regarding the Time Lords will turn out to be a flashback, but it doesn’t explain how or why the President would be narrating a story that takes place, in Gallifreyan lock-step chronology, after the Time War.

Also, I think in the end it would be *more* contrived, given the set-up, for it all to be flashback.

Still, I have to admit the possibility. Certainly, the 2-minute clip from Part 2 is intended to be flashback, so maybe it all is, somehow…

]]> By: kinnerc http://radiofreetomorrow.org/2009/12/30/end-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2 kinnerc Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:02:39 +0000 http://radiofreetomorrow.org/?p=11#comment-2 Or, its possible, I think, that what we've seen of Lord President Dalton could just be a flashback to the end of the Time War. I was never convinced that RTD was going to bring the Time Lords back. What he did fit into the cannon (as much as anything does) and gave the Doctor an even more special air while at the same time getting rid of a lot of possible monkeys-on-backs. To some degree RTD could then pick and choose. Oh, I've missed Gallifrey, don't get me wrong (my favorite episodes take place on Gallifrey), but now when we've seen Gallifrey lately - in flashbacks - it seems even more special. So I'm not convinced the Time Lords are coming back. Or, if they do, they'll be placed in this "parallel, alternate universe" that no one can come back from - unless its Rose and we need a fan-wank (in more ways than one) episode. While I don't dislike these as much as you do, they're not the best. So, in my mind, I'm hoping that, in the end, Lord President Dalton is a flashback - and remains so. Or, its possible, I think, that what we’ve seen of Lord President Dalton could just be a flashback to the end of the Time War.

I was never convinced that RTD was going to bring the Time Lords back. What he did fit into the cannon (as much as anything does) and gave the Doctor an even more special air while at the same time getting rid of a lot of possible monkeys-on-backs. To some degree RTD could then pick and choose. Oh, I’ve missed Gallifrey, don’t get me wrong (my favorite episodes take place on Gallifrey), but now when we’ve seen Gallifrey lately – in flashbacks – it seems even more special.

So I’m not convinced the Time Lords are coming back. Or, if they do, they’ll be placed in this “parallel, alternate universe” that no one can come back from – unless its Rose and we need a fan-wank (in more ways than one) episode.

While I don’t dislike these as much as you do, they’re not the best. So, in my mind, I’m hoping that, in the end, Lord President Dalton is a flashback – and remains so.

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