Dr. Who

[sobrique]

Bastards.
Complete utter bastards.
Can we go kill this guy?

I mean. THEY HAD A BRILLIANT SETUP and dropped a WANKY deus-ex resolution on it.

I mean, really.

WANKERS.

I could think of about 3 alternatives, which would have made a _GOOD_ ending to a Dr. Who episode. But that just ... smelled.

THey foreshadowed it. They came up with a reason for the stuff.
They even tied the tardis into it. That HAD POTENTIAL.

But NO.


Gaaah.

OK, so I almost forgave 'em for the Face of Bo. But only almost.

GAAAH.

So, I'd invite you all, to present your alternative 'not so wank' endings, so we can pretend that one didn't happen.

Comments

[fearmeforiampink]

Two here; one easy, and one good (much like my last couple of girlfriends)

Easy: The Doctor uses the telepathic field to take control of the master, and from there manages to defeat him. Still somewhat deus ex'y, but less so, and less similar to Rose's apotheosis. Also means that you could have some fun interactions with the Doctor's ethics when he's controlling the Master.

Good: The human races gets down with its bad future self - contacting the toclafane, breaking through their childlikeness, showing them what they're doing, and as a result the toclafane mass suicide/defeat the master/whatever.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Both of these work well. The Archangel / Telepathic Field is something that I liked - turning the Master's works back on him - but the way RTD handled it was annoying, to say the least.

As the entire human race is wired into the field, taking control of it and drawing the Toclafane in as well... that would indeed work nicely...

To be honest, though, however it ended there was going to be a big red Reset button. Had to be, really, from the moment they introduced a "Paradox Machine" and unleashed the Toclafane...

[malal.livejournal.com]

The Reset wasn't the problem. The problem was the god like being.

"God Like Beings. Just Say No."

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Great enemies, poor heroes. Yep.