Taking Another Look At David Tennant's Final Episodes!

Back in 2009, we unfortunately never got a Series 5. What we did get, however, were five specials: The Next Doctor (2008 Christmas Special), Planet of the Dead (2009 Easter Special), The Waters of Mars (2009 Autumn Special), The End of Time Part 1 (2009 Christmas Special) and The End of Time Part 2 (2010 New Year Special.) Were they any good? Well, let's find out!

First off, let's take a look at The Next Doctor! Personally, I think this is the worst of the 2008-10 specials. I was looking forward to seeing the Cybermen again and couldn't wait to find out if David Morrisey was actually The Doctor or not - it seemed like it was going to be brilliant, but nope! The Cybermen weren't great villains in this episode and it was pretty slow. I don't like the idea of the Cyberking at all and I think Russel could have done a much better job with it. My favourite part is that we get to see the faces of The Doctor's earlier 9 incarnations via the infostamp.

3.5/10

 

Well, Planet of the Dead is an alright episode in my opinion. I think Michelle Ryan played Lady Christina de Souza well and as usual, David Tennant played The Doctor very well. Lee Evans also does a great job playing Malcolm Taylor. I love the bus in the episode and the aliens are alright, although the story is a little bland. There are some good scenes and I think it's a solid story overall, but it should have been a bit better.

6.5/10

The Waters of Mars is absolutely amazing - it's certainly my favourite special episode, and it's one of my favourite episodes of all time. All the actors in it are brilliant and it's a legitimately scary episode. I think Mars is a very interesting planet both in real life and in Doctor Who - and since we now know water was more than likely on Mars at some point, this episode is now even scarier! I really love the ending - Time Lord Victorious! Water really can be terrifying!

10/10 

 

And now for The End of Time Parts 1 & 2! Well, I think this two-partner is very underrated. It's David Tennant's final story, it's got Wilfred Mott in it, it's got The Master in it and it features a brief return of the Time Lords aswell as guest appearances of Rose, Jackie, Martha, Mickey, Captain Jack, Sarah Jane, Luke, Joan Redfern's great granddaughter and even Alonso. All of the actors in the story were amazing and while there are things that could have been done to make it better I think it was an excellent goodbye for David Tennant's brilliant Tenth Doctor and a great hello to Matt Smith's awesome Eleventh Doctor. I can't wait to see those two together, along with John Hurt in the 50th Anniversary Special!

8/10