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Doctor Who (2005)

Last of the Time Lords

Season 3, Episode 13, Aired 6/30/07

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Location: Earth, The Valiant
Date: 2008, 2009
Enemies: The Toclafane, The Master
Season 3 Finally.

'''' The Earth has been conquered, the Master rules supreme, and the Doctor is his prisoner.
Can Martha Jones save the world?

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David Tennant

The Tenth Doctor
Freema Agyeman

Martha Jones
John Barrowman

Captain Jack Harkness

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What happened RTD? Utopia and The Sound of Drums were so great, and then we got this episode.

6.0

"Fair"

By TomJ91, Oct 26, 2011 Report Abuse

For a start it was completely out of pace with the last two episodes, with an entire unexpected year having moved on. On top of that we had the Doctors second long whisper in her ear from the Sound of Drums, which was somehow a briefing for her to pretend she was looking for a gun, when in fact she had to make everything think "Doctor" at an unexplained moment in time, this in reaction made him into superman, dont you love Scifi when it is nonsensical? Another thing I didn't like was the Creet reference: since Utopia, the adorable kid has become an evil sadistic head in a metal ball, I just can't see the two versions of the character as the same person.

The Doctor spent most of the episode as an old man/elf which is a shame. And to put a cherry on the top, we soon discover that Captain Jack is destined to be a big head in a jar... i.e. somebody completely unrelated to Jack. Oh, and the Reset too... come on, think of a less lazy plot devise. On the positive side John Simm was a fantastic master, and there was good stuff from Martha on her quest. Good stuff from David Tennant at the end too when the master dies.

In conclusion, ok but nothing compared to the last 5 episodes... lots of plot holes, resets and it was out of sync by a year with the sound of drums, which I personally didn't like.moreless

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The other, smellier shoe drops.

5.0

"Mediocre"

By nalkirts, Oct 26, 2011 Report Abuse

I am not deterred by the number of readers who disagreed with my assessment of the previous episode. I can see that I am not the only person out there that has not enjoyed this particular storyline. This episode had some high points, hence the five and not a 1. I enjoyed the twist about the gun in four parts. "Like I would ask her to kill." Indeed, sir. But aside from that, this episode leaves quite an unpleasant taste in my brain.

It has all the makings of a bad episode:
1. Alternate time reset button. (Yawn)
2. The Doctor as Savior metaphor is also becoming quite tiresome.
3. Jack Harkness is the Face of Boe? Sound like someone's been taking liberal doses or Retcon (ironic, that.)

Wow. The Master being shot out of the blue like that, without any justification for it other than an unexplained bruised eye and an annoyed look earlier in the episode.

I could go on, but why botehr. I expressed my dislike in this manifestation of The Master and it being completely out of character for him. And you can say what you like about how regeneration changes a Time Lord, but given the extensive history of both Master and Doctor, apparently past regenerations have only made superficil personality changes, not these broad stroked, "hey, I'm bat-sh** crazy" changes.

That said, maybe Doctor Who will get better. Or maybe it'll get worse. Or maybe it'll just go away again. I'd prefer the first option, of course. I'm just not optimistic.moreless

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Great finale.

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By heroesfan07, Aug 17, 2011 Report Abuse

In this the final episode of series 3 Martha is left for a year fighting to kill the evil Master! As Martha's family become slaves and The Doctor and Jack being tortured on the spaceship with the Master slowly ending the world. Martha was just amazing in this episode she really surprised me she was just so strong i mean Rose could never do what she did without the doctor. The episode is well written and all actors where good as usual! The doctor has a very small part in this episode and it is mostly Martha! This finale deffintly beats series 2 finale!moreless

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Another glaring example of why Russell T. Davies should quit writing for the series. The most disappointing finale in a long time.

5.0

"Mediocre"

By delijoe79, Apr 23, 2011 Report Abuse

"Last of the Time Lords" along with the previous 2 episodes were meant to be the epic return of the classic Doctor Who villain known as the Master. What it turned into, exemplified mainly by the final episode, is a disappointing mess that yet again shows that Russell T. Davies needs to hang up his writing pen for good. The episode starts after the cliffhanger ending last week with a music video. And here you thought Doctor Who music videos would be confined to fan made tributes on YouTube. We have the "Master" (I put Master in quotations because it's nothing like any version of the Master we've seen before) and the shrunken, aged doctor dancing around in a silly manner. It was a sequence that absolutely doesn't belong in Doctor Who. The episode continues to plod along with Martha attempting to find a way to defeat the Master. Hey, at least the whole "anti-time lord weapon" was just a hoax. What wasn't a hoax though, was the horrendously bad ending, where somehow Martha gets the entire population of Earth to "think about the doctor" and magically that not only restores him but gives him super powers for a time. If the "peter pan" ending weren't all, we had the old giant "reset button" which made the pointless episode even more pointless. Combine that with the Return of the Jedi style funeral pyre for the Master, as well as the Doctor suddenly finding compassion for his worst enemy (who btw killed 10% of the population if it wasn't for the reset button). This finale was disappointing on so many levels. It was definitely the worst finale of the revived series and one of the worst episodes in the series' storied history.moreless

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What a massive disappointment after three above average episodes..............

1.0

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By paulr37, Jan 08, 2011 Report Abuse

What a massive disappointment after three above average episodes. Overblown, nonsensical and embarassing.
Overblown: By that I mean, how many emotional endings does RTD want? All that stuff about the Doctor being God. Yuk! The Doctor cries cause the Master wont regenerate. Give me a break!
Nonsensical: How does Martha know there would be a countdown? The Doctor didn't tell her. How did the WHOLE world know when to think "Doctor" as mentioned previously in the episode there's no TV. Embarassing: Tweetie-Doc, I cringed. And it was very badly done.
More "Blink" less RTD in Season 4.moreless

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Trivia
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- Trivia: In the first episode of Torchwood, "Everything Changes," Jack says "Still, at least I won't get pregnant. Never doing that again". However, if we can safely assume from this episode that he is, in fact, the Face of Boe, then he will get pregnant again around the year 200,000. In the Series One episode, "The Long Game", one of the television screens in Satellite Five references The Face of Boe's pregnancy. If this is true, Jack's baby's name is Boemina. Edit
- When time runs backward, the view from space shows the Earth rotating east to west, which would be correct, but the Moon is still orbiting west to east, which would not. Edit
- It is revealed the "The Face of Boe" was previously a nickname of Captain Jack's. However, in Utopia, after Martha has shown Yana the watch, she and The Doctor discuss the Face of Boe's last warning while Jack is in the room, and he makes no indication of recognition. Edit
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- International Airdates:
  Turkey: January 23, 2011 on CNBC-e Edit
- At the start of this episode The Master enters the bridge of the Valiant playing "I Can't Decide", by the Scissors Sisters. He refers to it as "track 3", its place on Ta Dah. Edit
- Clips from Smith and Jones, Utopia and The Sound Of Drums are used in this episode. Edit
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- (Professor Docherty smacks her computer trying to get it to work) Professor Docherty: Oh! Whoever thought we'd miss Bill Gates? Edit
- The Doctor: (While re-energizing) One thing you can't do: Stop them thinking! (The Doctor begins to float in his normal form while The Master looks on) The Doctor: Tell me the Human race is degenerate now... when they can do this! (Everyone watches in awe as Martha runs to her family) The Master: NO! (Opens fire on The Doctor) The Doctor: (While absorbing The Master's attacks) I'm sorry...I'm so sorry. (The Master stops attacking as Captain Jack watches) The Master: (Adjusts his Laser Screwdriver) Then I'll kill them! (The master points his weapon at Martha and her family, but The Doctor "pushes" the weapon aside) The Master: You can't do this. You can't do this, It's not fair! The Doctor: And you know what happens now. The Master: (In a state of fear as The Doctor floats toward him) No... No! (the Master reaches the bottom of the stairs) No! (pauses) NO! The Doctor: You wouldn't listen. The Master: NO! The Doctor: Cause you know, what I'm gonna say... The Master: No... (Huddles near a corner in absolute fear of the Doctor, who slowly descends to the deck and walks toward the helpless Master, and embraces him) The Doctor: (softly) I forgive you. Edit
- Martha: The thing is, it's like my friend Vicky. She lived with this bloke, student house, there were five of them all packed in and this bloke was called Sean, and she loved him. She absolutely adored him, spent all day long talking about him... The Doctor: Is this going anywhere? Martha: Yes! 'Cause he never looked at her twice. I mean, he liked her, but that was it, and she wasted years pining after him. Years of her life, 'cause whilst he was round, she never looked at anyone else, and I told her, I always said to her time and time again, I said 'get out'. So this is me... getting out. Edit
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- Flash Gordon: The part where there is a close-up on the Master's ring, followed by an unseen hand picking it up while the Master's sinister laughter is heard in the background, is an obvious reference to the ending of Flash Gordon. Edit
- The Master: Revenge is a dish best served hot. Revenge is a dish best served "cold" is a classic saying (often incorrectly attributed to Dangerous Liasons). It most famous recent usage is in the second Star Trek movie, The Wrath of Khan Edit
- Reqiuem for a Dream When the Master aged the Doctor 900 years, the music played in the background is almost exactly the same played in the film Requiem for a Dream (2000); and in both it was played to sped up footage. Edit