[Danny Stewart]

It's been four months since Last of the Time Lords made its premiere, and I'm curious to know what people think of it after having lived with it for four months (and hopefully having watched it a few more times since then). Did you really like it? Did you hate it? Most important, has it affected your view of the new series at all -- either its previous episodes, or its future?

I'm sorry to say that not only did I dislike the episode after seeing it initially, but my opinion of it has plummeted significantly lower even than that after repeated viewings. Even more sadly, it has most definitely has affected my opinion of the entire new series, from 2005 on.

In a way, it's kind of liberating. Last of the Time Lords has stripped me of my rose-tinted view of the new series, and I now see it for what it really is. I'm now more capable of seeing the inherent flaws in almost all of RTD's writing, and I finally realize that the new series, on many levels, just isn't as good as it should be.

But for many of the same reasons, it's also quite depressing. Before Last of the Time Lords robbed me of my "innocence" if you will, I really enjoyed the new series. It wasn't exactly the same kind of enjoyment I got from the old series, but I still enjoyed Saturday evenings because I got to watch new Doctor Who. It still felt like Doctor Who. But it doesn't anymore... not quite so much. Even the older episodes in the new series. I watch everything with a much more critical eye now, and I shouldn't have to do that for a show like Doctor Who. But much of that is now ruined for me and I just kind of have to accept that and move on... it's very unfortunate.

How does everyone else feel about Last of the Time Lords now that you've all lived with it for a while?