There’s nothing like dragging out every past character for one epic season finale. The cliff-hanger finish is all that is needed to make this a fantastic episode. She turns in an amazing performance with a finale that is mind blowing, a real development for the character. The real selling point is Catherine Tate as Donna. The return of the Time Beetle from much earlier in the canon is used remarkably well. With sharp writing and close attention to detail this becomes a harrowing experience for long-term fans of the show. Seeing the real outcomes to some of the disasters that the Doctor has prevented is quite startling, especially when the familiar faces get checked off. There’s nothing quite like a good causality episode. ![]() Eventually Rose Tyler appears back in this dimension to guide Donna and ultimately lead to UNIT to undo everything that has taken place. With martial law being instigated and sickness rampant in England things go from bad to worse when the stars begin going out. Without the Doctor in the world Sarah Jane and Martha perish when the Junon move the hospital to the moon, London is flattened by the crashing starship Titanic, the USA population is devastated by the Adipose and Torchwood were killed by the Sontaran. She is given the chance to go back and turn right, creating a universe where she wasn’t in the dam to convince the Doctor to escape leading to his death. Through a fortune telling in an alien market place Donna recalls having to decide between driving left or right at an intersection – turning left lead to the temp job in which she met her fiancée and then the Doctor. A great character study.Īfter the Doctor has his moment in the spotlight the attention turns to Donna, and a seemingly innocuous decision that caused ripples through history. It’s an intense episode that forcing the Doctor to question his unwavering faith in mankind. The narrative is in no hurry to get to the conclusion and the slow burn approach makes it all the more exciting. This is a great example of the ‘cabin fever’ horror trope with the biggest threat isn’t the monster from the outside but the growing madness inside the room. The rest of the people on board become frightened by the way the possessed passenger begins repeating everything they saw, sparking a fear that will eventually lead to a witch-hunt and angry mob scenario. Things are a bit more complicated when one of the passengers seems to be possessed by an outside force. When the shuttle comes to a complete stop and strange noises begin emanating from the outside the Doctor steps into his familiar role. It’s a good way to set up the episode as it establishes the support cast as normal and decent people before a serious dilemma strikes. The Doctor heads off solo and after seeing the find of entertainment provided he uses his sonic screwdriver to shut it all down and engages the rest of the passengers in conversation. The Doctor is eager to take the bus trip to see the sapphire waterfall but Donna refuses to budge from her deckchair, having been run down by the events in the library. It all begins on the planet Midnight, which is covered in a radioactive galvanic surface. This episode takes the opposite route by leaving Donna poolside while the Doctor has to deal with the kind of volatile situation that brings out the worst in people. Every now and then we’ll get an episode that puts the Doctor on the backbench so we can focus on the characters that are affected by his invasion into their world.
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