I'm getting disappointed with Doctor Who lately. The finale seemed anticlimactic.
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Okay, then.
Yes, anticlimactic despite the whole of reality being at stake. The stage seemed too busy, with too much going on, with too much character chaos. Other than being able to say, "Hey, look! All the principal characters are back at once!" there was really no point to having them. No point to seeing the Torchwood gang, no point to seeing Jackie and Mickey, even, dare I say it, no point to Rose. With so much happening, it's like no one character actually did anything - all the action was diffused between them, resulting in nullification of everything interesting about their actions.
The revelation and resolution of the Dalek/Davros doublecross over the course of about 2 seconds mitigated any sort of dramatic effect it would have had.
Donna's fate, arguably tragic, is also arguably an example of the cop-out "reset button" plot device.
The last four episodes were all really dull to me. Not coincidentally, they were all written by R.T. Davies, who I think has burned himself out. Steven Moffat is supposedly taking over as executive producer soon-ish, and I expect he'll turn things around for me. With every episode of his that I see, I always say to myself, "Why isn't he in charge?" At last, he will be - he seems to be a brilliant story-teller.
