A bunch of online speculation about the big bad in the Doctor Who finale actually turned out to be right after all! And I must also say “fucking hell” to the redesign of the classic Who villain, they got THAT spot on… I’ve actually been quite enjoying the speculation videos I’ve seen on Youtube about who or what the twist (as it were) would end up being, with possibilities including Sutekh, the Gods of Ragnarok, BOSS, even the Doctor himself (in the form of the evil universe third Doctor from “Inferno”), the TARDIS turning evil somehow… but one thing I stopped believing early on was that Susan Foreman would have anything to do with things, cos obviously she’s been talked about for months even going back to the 60th anniversary specials, but when it became obvious the focus was meant to be on this actress Susan Twist appearing in each episode, I began to think that bringing Ms Foreman would be too literal and obvious a “Susan twist”, surely Rusty would have something less blunt up his sleeve. And then for a moment the episode made me think “oh, no he actually doesn’t” but it ended with “oh, no maybe he does” instead. Indeed, I’m also increasingly thinking that the focus on Susan Twist’s various manifestations has been a red herring and Mrs Flood will prove to have been much more important all along.
Also, apparently the Doctor Who Confidential program following the episode apparently had to include a segment explaining what VHS was…
Not a lot actually happened in the episode as such, though, it was basically all setup for the finale proper next week. Still, that means next week should be full of fireworks and shit happening. If Rusty sticks the landing, then I’ll retract everything I said about his return not being a great idea…
