Walkazo said:I totally didn't expect that it'd be 10 from the post-Donna era. Some might complain that it wasn't the real "Rose", but I liked what they did here. And it was neat that they actually showed the Queen Elizabeth marriage after all the teasing. And she was pretty badass to boot.
And we got our third regeneration Despite the fact that Christopher Eccleston was a no-show: huzzah for CGI. And wow, Tom Baker - and here I had thought the girl's scarf was just a reference, but nope, foreshadowing. Although I thought the "all 13" and the flash of Peter Capaldi's eyes was an even better cameo, but that's just me.
They didn't explain what ended up happening with the humans and the shape shifters, and how the scarf girls knew who was who. I was fine with the dark past, but I suppose it's nice that the Doctor(s) gets to save Gallifrey after all - but of course, with the timey-wimeyness of it all meaning he can't remember until 11 (12? Or maybe just call John Hurt 9A and Eccleston 9B, lol) so as to avoid reconning the past few years (although it does cheapen the pathos a bit in retrospect, imho). Plus now he gets a new quest: finding home. And if Gallifrey's around, maybe someday we'll get the Master back too...
So yeah, so good.
I'm not sure on The Master, I mean he died to defeat the Time Lords and save the 10th Doctor, but I guess with this being a different timepath there is a high possibility of him returning.