(Warning – the following blog posts contains massive, massive spoilers. Do not read until you’ve seen the Doctor Who Christmas 2009 Special. Now. Go and do it now!)
Right, here we go folks, it’s a momentous, historic day in the history of the Mobileshop blog: my first ever post on Christmas Day! And as I suspected (and hinted at), I’ve decided not to do the alternative Queen’s speech, because Doctor Who was on, and… just oh my lord god! Yes, this was only part one of Tennant’s last two episodes, but by crikey was it properly awesome.
Yes, there were mobile phones in it, I’d best get those out the way first, because as soon as I start talking about the plot, I think my brain will explode.
So, phones. Well Donna had one. And Wilf (played by genuine national treasure Bernard “Womble” Cribbins), too. Er, and probably June Whitfield’s character, too. Of course, the only one I could actually identify (I think) was Wilf’s, ‘cos I think it was a Nokia 6300. I think so, anyway. Hardly a Nokia N900, but then, this is one of those moments when I don’t care about seeing the latest technology. I was ever so slightly distracted, y’see. Because I have been consciously avoiding spoilers about this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, and thus, did not see any of the things that happened during the course of the episode coming. Especially not the ending. That ending. Oh god, that ending…
Basically, I shall try to summarise the plot, and as I said at the start, do not read this if you haven’t seen the episode yet, because I am far too excited to worry about giving spoilers away. So I will be giving massive spoilers away, here. So if you haven’t seen it, stop reading. Now. I’m not kidding…
Right, the plot. The Master’s back. That about sums up the bulk of the episode. And he’s more mental than ever. Oh, and of course, tie in the plot with the whole “immortality gate”, and you have a recipe for one of the most mind-bending endings of a Doctor Who episode ever.
Ah, except the whole planet, and the entire human race, being turned into clones of The Master wasn’t the actual ending. That was the mental bit. And then, round the nation, thousands upon thousands of sci-fi nerds, just like me, all cried out in unison, as the narrator (played by Timothy Dalton) was shown in full. On Gallifrey. With the entire Time Lord council.
Cue every nerd in the country passing out from sheer euphoric delirium…
So there you go. There’s still one episode to go, but the next one is going to be heart-wrenching, as we bid farewell to Mr David Tennant. I’m going to be sad to see him go, but I’ll say this: with The End Of Time (the collective name for the two specials), Russell T. Davies is giving him one hell of a send-off…
Merry Christmas to one and all, from everyone at Mobileshop! Join us again on Monday, as we finish off the last of the turkey, sit scoffing Cadbury’s Roses, and get back to the world of mobile phones!