45 years of mythos is too much for one show.

2009 Christmas & New Years Specials "The End of Time"

Part 1 of this series did not make one spec of sense. Also, with the exception of the resurrection of the Master, nothing happened. io9 summed it up well. What The Hell Was That? indeed.

Part 2, on the other hand, actually had things that happened. Lots and lots of things. Those things all had to do with the elaborate history of the Time Lords and the Time War and the Doctor's history with the Master. Stuff I basically knew nothing about because I didn't watch the show through the first eight Doctors. So I can't even gauge whether anything that happened even made any sense or not, because I could barely follow what was going on.

That being said, the whole thing was pretty much worthwhile for David Tennant's last big scene. When the Doctor realizes he'll have to go into the radiation booth thing and die he basically has a giant angry/sad outburst and it is awesome. Tennant at his best. I really only needed those 5 minutes of show. Of course after those minutes of awesome, the ending kind of dragged on as Ten said goodbye to everyone he's ever hung out with in this regeneration. The Rose bit at the end was nice, though.

All in all my appreciation of this show has fallen steadily since the end of the second series. I really thought I might be done with Doctor Who with the passing of Ten, but the end bit with Matt Smith as Eleven had me a little bit intrigued about how he'll do and what Stephen Moffat will do with the show now that RTD is out of the picture. I don't know why I'm even kidding myself. I'll definitely be watching when the show starts back in...whenever Spring 2010 is. His companion is cute and Scottish! Cute and Scottish!