[Locke]

Just watched Time of The Doctor. Perhaps it was because I have to now watch things on my phone, the effects were stunning in this episode weren't they? From the brilliant rendering of the Church and the ships surrounding it, to the stunning action sequences and cool additions like the wooden Cybermen. Wow Doctor Who has never looked so good.

In terms of the episode itself, it was okay. I'm still not a huge fan of Moffat's convoluted story plotting but for the most part I could actually follow this episode, which made a refreshing change. And thankfully the episode moved too quickly to become too bogged down in its twists, like many of Moffat's stagnant adventures.

About the only thing that confused me was the whole Confessional Priest thing, was this always a thing? I thought The Silence were some super evil race manipulating the world for their ends because...of reasons, now they are genetically modified confession booths on legs?

I dunno how I feel about the whole Old Doctor thing. I like the idea of the fact that the final Doctor ages and has a lifespan (even if it is much longer than that of a humans) so Timelord's can die, within theory, of peaceful old age and natural causes but it raises all kinds of questions. Like how does it work then when the Doctor is already an old man when he regenerates? Does age even apply if he's born with a sixty year old face? Is this going to be the plot of the whole new season? At least the make up was impressive.

Honestly I don't know how I feel about Smith in his final episode in general. For most of his tenure, he was the only thing I liked about his episodes, and at time he was the only thing stopping me dropping the show all together. But the evolution of his Doctor took Who in a direction I really didn't appreciate.

I know I sound nostalgic and old fashioned but I'm really not a big fan of this 'sexy' Doctor, flirting and snogging and taking his kit off, that isn't the Doctor I looked up to as a kid. I'm hoping that as Capaldi is a bit older, his Doctor will be much more like the mysterious father figure like the best of the Classic Doctor's. He looks absolutely terrifying, haha.