The story more or less develops from there and not well as would be hoped. But not after some mind-blowing OTT performances from all involved, yes even Simm. As you might imagine things don't go according to plan (due to a rather miffed Lucy throwing a figurative spanner in the works) and things come to an end rather disastrously. What soon follows is a rather poorly constructed and stilted resurrection scene that utilizes the necessity of the inclusion of the Master's widowed wife Lucy Saxon (who married him when he had adopted the moniker of Harold Saxon) requiring the adage of a number of one dimensional Harold Saxon cultists as best be described who with no coherent rhyme or reason (apart from that they're devoted to their "Master") are willing to sacrifice their lives to revive the deceased Time Lord. A vision that concerns the resurrection of the Doctor's arch-nemesis the Master who will in some way play a part at the end of time itself which will mean the destruction of future events that the Doctor currently inhabits with his alien associates. The premise focuses on the Doctor having to return to the planet earth having received a vision with the aid of the elder of the Ood, whose home planet he was visiting. But as if much of the fare that we have come to expect from RTD the premiere installment of "The End of Time" promises much but delivers little in the way of a totally coherent or inspired and original plot. The cryptic enigma of who would knock four times would soon be answered. The subject of much hype and much speculation considering the ominous prophecy imparted to the Doctor at the conclusion of the passable "Planet of the Dead". Davies and the production team made redesigns to the next series TARDIS, opening credits sequence, etc.), Tennant's long-anticipated swan song, a two-part Christmas special entitled "The End of Time" hit television screens across Britain. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having just previously featured in two one-hour, one-off specials rather than the now requisite thirteen episodes (ten stories) which would comprise a whole series (a move made to ease the transition as new executive producer Steven Moffat took over the reins from Russell T. After four long years, and 64 televised episodes (not counting the animated stories and charity specials) David Tennant was finally hanging up his sonic screwdriver as the tenth incarnation of the now contemporary and reinvented Time Lord.
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