That's not true, because if I watch it again, chances are I'm showing it to someone else, and when I show it to someone else, I revel in their reactions, and pay far more attention to them than to the episode itself.

Like i did with my sister and my friend Emma, although Athina seems to have lost mtouch with the series :(

After my second viewing of this, I dont think the Doctor is in the episode enough, neither is Jack.

Yeah, agreed. One of the many problems here.

Likewise, too little of The Doctor and Jac :(

Also, although i loved The Simm Master, i thought he was a bit too comical to be taken seriously enough. If you know what i mean :(

Yeah I understand that. Like when he said he was going to kill Martha I just didn't take it seriously.

Yeah, since we had more time to see him. I can say now that Derek Jacobi should have stayed on as The Master, it would have given a far more chilling finale i felt we were robbed of.

Oh, you should know by now that RTD's finales are NEVER chilling.

True, sadly.

I must agree, the last two series finales were more sad then chilling, but they were better then what we say last week.

Danny Stewart for Doctor Who head writer! :P Maybe if we all chant that at the same time it will work :)

He needs to "tune in" to the Archangel network first... and probably also build one to tune into. :P

Might help. :D

You know, it's very possible that I'LL be a science fiction writer when I grow up. Who knows, I might wind up writing an episode one fateful day in the future if I can pay for the long-distance calls and have enough time. :P
However, chances are it would be a very funny/bizarre episode, my mom has described my writing as "very Douglas Adams-y". Probably because my two favorite writers growing up were Douglas Adams and Dave Barry. :P (I've only read Dave Barry's humor articles, not his novels. My mom read a novel by him called "Tricky Business", which apparently shows a darker side to his writing style.).
Then again I really haven't written anything with a dark or serious tone in a long time.

We should work together on a story or something, my plots are accliamed on here and we know of your talents, we ought to try and do a story ourselves :)

I'd be glad to see that -- although see if you can channel some more seriousness into it, Superkid. ;)

Oh but isn't The Doctor's sense of humor his greatest strength? ;)

Actually now that I think about it I have written something with a serious(and somewhat sad) tone. It was a romance thingie that had nothing to do with Doctor Who, it was exclusively my characters... and it was... a little dirty. x_x (The previous chapter was a lot dirty) Only my girlfriend has seen it and she will be the only one ever to see it. :P
But she said it was a good combination of eerie and sad at one point and it made her cry a little...
If you think she may have been biased, she knows that I desire critisism that may be helpful. ;) She herself I think writes much more beautifully in that genere and she actually inspired me to write it.

Cool! See, I know you can write serious. And when I say "write serious" I don't mean change the Doctor's character. Of course he can keep his sense of humor. ;)

I've made my triumphal return, after Ronnie has cajoled me... well, several times. I enjoyed the episode. Very much. Having a 3 parter made me all warm and tingle inside, too.

Great to see you back, Alexus! :)

Lol, were you even here when Alexus was about, dalek? If so you were probably fresh. A baby Dalek :P