I agree with most of this - "incoherent mess" is the phrase I used to my husband after we'd finished watching. And I also noticed the contrast with Eleven's non-ageing elsewhere.
The aborted regeneration refers to Ten - unless you were wondering why the other aborted regeneration didn't count also? Yes, it did feel as if Moffat's been doing a "I won't be showrunner for ever, so I'm going to grab and then pack in every single important plot point set up for the Doctor that could conceivably happen naturally over the next 5-10 years and have them all to myself. Nyah nyah."
And I completely agree on the nudity 'joke' - so unfunny. I'm equally not a fan of Smith's Doctor and am happy to see him go, but he deserved better as his exit. And, yes, much as I'm looking forward to Capaldi, my reservations are the same as yours.
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Date: 2013-12-26 04:04 pm (UTC)The aborted regeneration refers to Ten - unless you were wondering why the other aborted regeneration didn't count also? Yes, it did feel as if Moffat's been doing a "I won't be showrunner for ever, so I'm going to grab and then pack in every single important plot point set up for the Doctor that could conceivably happen naturally over the next 5-10 years and have them all to myself. Nyah nyah."
And I completely agree on the nudity 'joke' - so unfunny. I'm equally not a fan of Smith's Doctor and am happy to see him go, but he deserved better as his exit. And, yes, much as I'm looking forward to Capaldi, my reservations are the same as yours.