Well, according to the posters on Doctor Who Forum, that was a load of rubbish.

Couldn’t disagree more.  Absolutely cracking finale.  RTD’s finale’s have always been very hit-or-miss with me.  I loved Doomsday (although Rose’s departure dragged a bit - and any weight it had has now been shot to pieces anyway), hated the “Super-Rose” ending in Parting of the Ways, and similarly hated the “Super-Doctor” ending in Last of the Time Lords, which then only got worse as it descended into “guess which movie we lifted this bit from”.

So I was slightly worried after the superb Stolen Earth, that I was going to be left dissappointed.   However, I didn’t have to worry.

Right from the start, after the country tearing itself apart for a week over James Nesbitt/Robert Carlyle etc being the new Doctor, instead we get the Doctor redirecting the regeneration energy into his hand and saying “Right.  Where were we?”  An incredibly funny anti-climax after all the palava that had me laughing out loud.

And this finale was just filled with great moments.  Jack and Mickey meeting up again.  The reference to the warp star from SJA.  DoctorBlue and Donna shouting “Oi!” at each other, Davros recognising Sarah Jane, K9’s cameo, DoctorDonna, everyone flying the TARDIS as it tows Earth home.  And so many more.

I’ve mentioned before that this finale was feeling like a swan-song to RTD’s era (despite the upcoming specials), and I still feel that way.  It was a beatiful ending.  Full of fun, and tragedy.

Talking of tragedy, Donna’s exit was very well done.   Incredibly painful to watch and heart-breaking.  She’s been the best companion out of the entire 4 seasons without doubt (oh, how I’ve changed my tune) so it was incredibly sad that she was the one who suffered the “everlasting death” Caan spoke of.  Bernard Cribbins was fantastic as usual, and I must’ve had something in my eye during his speech about watching for the Doctor.

Without doubt, this has been the strongest series yet of Doctor Who.  Every episode was a winner for me that I’d happily go back and re-watch now, and its the first series I can say that about.