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Great last eppisode.

No where near as Dues Ex as the first season ender (though still a little big).
The Dalek/Cyber conversations where fantastic, and the paceing well balanced.
I love the escaped dalek, and the red/blue glass's explanation. (allthough, it was easy to guess they were something relivent)
My best guess is, a combination of the "at least a basic level of psychic training" that everyone at Torchwood receives, bolstered by her mantra of "I did my duty for Queen and country." Hmm. Independent thought in bulletproof Cyber-armour - could be useful... and, she didn't have any void travel on her CV, either.
Very good points there ;)

(allthough, she wasnt the only one really...there should be a few cybers left for torchwood)
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Flabio wrote:
Bog wrote:Last two episodes.

Firefly Grade.
Steady on, I wouldn't go quite that far myself... :)
As far as acting, script, directing and effects go...No where near.

As far as sci-fi goes, yes ;)
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Darkflame wrote:
Flabio wrote:
Bog wrote:Last two episodes.

Firefly Grade.
Steady on, I wouldn't go quite that far myself... :)
As far as acting, script, directing and effects go...No where near.

As far as sci-fi goes, yes ;)
Well I would reverse that. The acting, script and directing were spot-on. But Doctor Who was never hard sci-fi, it was always more sci-fi fantasy.
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Bog wrote:Last two episodes.

Firefly Grade.

Can't say better than that.
Surely it wasn't that bad ?

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BAN REQUEST!
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Seconded! :wink:
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I am a man of peace, an enlightened person, far above the puling plane of mortal existance.

Therefore I shall not kill Driller through the face, merely lament the gaping void where his heart should be.
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Bog wrote:I am a man of peace, an enlightened person, far above the puling plane of mortal existance.

Therefore I shall not kill Driller through the face, merely lament the gaping void where his heart should be.
I'll either agree or disagree with you about Firefly when I've actually seen it though ...

Serenity was pretty good IMO but I haven't seen the series. Might download a couple of eps and but the boxset if I like.
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I have just watched it...........Fucking Excellent

:D :D :D

There were a couple of crap episodes this season but it happens in
every series......
I think Tennant is turning into an excellent Doctor and I hope he stays
around for several series :D
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Stevo wrote:There were a couple of crap episodes this season
A couple? ;)
Stevo wrote:I think Tennant is turning into an excellent Doctor
In those last two episodes, he was the Doctor. Just a shame he wasn't in the rest of the series really.

Still, it shows that he can be good at it.
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Me finally joins the discussion.

Superb, just absolutely superb.

"You are superior to the Daleks in only one respect" - of course the Cybermen were going to get their arses handed to them by the Daleks cos they weren't "proper" Cybermen - just echoes of the real thing that crossed between universes. Now, if the finale had been some square-headed fellows from Mondas turning up as well things could have been different.

Why did Cyber-Yvonne remember who she was - why not? We know they keep memories as the Jacqui one recognised people in Age Of Steel. And this was announced as an emergency upgrade or similar using only the equipment they could bring through the void (after all the cyber factories seen before were a lot bigger than would fit in to a floor of the Wharf). So maybe not a perfect conversion but enought o fight a pepper pot with.

Obvioulsy we will see them both again at some point - as RTD has said at some point you want a big army of robots so it might as well be the cybermen and we have the missing black dalek - but hopefully they will be proper cybers and at least away from earth for the daleks.

I did think initially the arrival of the bride was a bugger in spoiling the end ("what?") but within 30 seconds had me gagging for Christmas (only 168 days now!).
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SimonB wrote:of course the Cybermen were going to get their arses handed to them by the Daleks cos they weren't "proper" Cybermen
Doesn't matter. Daleks are badass. They are the baddest assest things in the universe. Very pleasing that RTD is sticking to this.
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watched it twice on sunday and cried both times :s
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Snakey wrote:
SimonB wrote:of course the Cybermen were going to get their arses handed to them by the Daleks cos they weren't "proper" Cybermen
Doesn't matter. Daleks are badass. They are the baddest assest things in the universe. Very pleasing that RTD is sticking to this.
Well, yeah, that as well.
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SimonB wrote: I did think initially the arrival of the bride was a bugger in spoiling the end
she's that annoying 'not bothered' cow isn't she
not looking forward to a christmas farce now
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