OK, so I'm ridiculously late joining the party, but sadly, real life got in the way, so haven't had time to post until now.
Laughed when I read your "Hmm" at the start of this entry because not only was that my first response as the credits rolled, but I have also seen that on another LJ review about the episode.
I have to admit that I looked at my watch several times during the ep, wondering when it was going to end. It seemed rather slow. Granted, there were good points, but I re-watched Doomsday last night for the first time in 6 months (although I've watched it about a million times before then) and I have to say that LotTL really lacked the pace and emo tug at the heartstrings. Maybe that's a bit unfair - it was hardly likely to leave us swimming in tears like before, was it? But even allowing for that, I feel there were missed opportunities here and it did not live up to the promise of Utopia.
I did like the way the Doctor dealt with Martha - it really showed the contrast in his feelings for her and Rose - he clearly does not love Martha as he loved Rose, but he does respect and care about her. Also thought DT was brill in the Master's death scene.
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Date: 2007-07-12 08:23 pm (UTC)Laughed when I read your "Hmm" at the start of this entry because not only was that my first response as the credits rolled, but I have also seen that on another LJ review about the episode.
I have to admit that I looked at my watch several times during the ep, wondering when it was going to end. It seemed rather slow. Granted, there were good points, but I re-watched Doomsday last night for the first time in 6 months (although I've watched it about a million times before then) and I have to say that LotTL really lacked the pace and emo tug at the heartstrings. Maybe that's a bit unfair - it was hardly likely to leave us swimming in tears like before, was it? But even allowing for that, I feel there were missed opportunities here and it did not live up to the promise of Utopia.
I did like the way the Doctor dealt with Martha - it really showed the contrast in his feelings for her and Rose - he clearly does not love Martha as he loved Rose, but he does respect and care about her. Also thought DT was brill in the Master's death scene.