{"id":177,"date":"2007-07-24T01:41:30","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T12:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=177"},"modified":"2007-07-27T23:09:13","modified_gmt":"2007-07-27T10:09:13","slug":"177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"Saxon the Single Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dum-dum-dum-dum….<\/p>\n

Funny how those four words are such an important element of the final episode of Series 3,\u00a0and yet they’re\u00a0also the words that have been escaping the lips of fans all over the world in its wake.<\/p>\n

I went into Episode 13 spoiler free (to paraphrase Dilmah Tea… ‘Do Try It’), and maybe it’s for that reason and also that the episode\u00a0was the first in a\u00a0looong time to make me gasp out loud\u00a0that I haven’t come to the same\u00a0(some would say obvious) conclusion as the majority of fans. I actually\u00a0really enjoyed it. There! I’ve said it! Strike me down! Strip me off my TSV subscription! BUT… hold fire for a moment. I have evidence.<\/p>\n

I watched this episode with a not-we. She’s watched the entire third series, and she also had a great time watching this and the previous episode. She’s an intelligent one, and knows good TV when she sees it, so I almost feel a sense of vindication\u00a0in knowing that she enjoyed the series finale. Maybe this episode has actually\u00a0made me swap sides and become a viewer rather than a fan. Because if you watch it as a dedicated fan, you’d never get anything out of this except disappointment.<\/p>\n

You see, I\u00a0think you’re all being a bit hard on LOTTL (at the very least, its acronym sounds kinda cute!). Yes, it’s camped up to the hilt, yes there are things that don’t make sense (black hole converters? WHAT??), but come on… think about some of the things that it does very well, especially the surprises along the way. Who else got a\u00a0jolt when we jumped a year ahead at the start of the episode? Or when the Doctor turned into Dobby (a bit\u00a0leftfield yes, but completely unexpected)? Or when the Master\u00a0was shot? Or when Martha left? Is all that negated by the fact that the Master sings? Come on…<\/p>\n

You can go on all you want about the Scissor Sisters, the naff ‘Doctor!’ resolution (and yes, it was a bit naff), and the way that the TARDIS could NEVER have a ship smash into it because ‘they exist in different dimensions’ (geek!). But then, you’d be looking at it in completely the wrong way. This finale to a\u00a0family<\/em><\/strong> TV show is entertaining, races along throwing caution and fandom\u00a0to the wind, and do you know what… it may not be brilliant, but it’s fun Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

And I’d have fun Doctor Who\u00a0over fan Doctor Who\u00a0any day.<\/p>\n

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