The mindwipe felt like a great big fuck you to the character of Donna, especially as what she did was, basically, exactly the same as what Rose did at the end of her first series. Except Rose gets money, family and a Doctor-shaped boytoy, and Donna gets a pointless mindrape mindwipe.
I think Donna was sacrificed on the alter of maximum Doctor emo.
There was a lot wrong with this episode, but also a lot of good stuff (Daleks speaking German, for starters), and I'd have liked it on balance if it hadn't been for that ending.
Same here. The Daleks speaking German were beyond awesome. 'Extermineiren! Exterminieren!'
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Date: 2008-07-09 05:32 am (UTC)I think Donna was sacrificed on the alter of maximum Doctor emo.
There was a lot wrong with this episode, but also a lot of good stuff (Daleks speaking German, for starters), and I'd have liked it on balance if it hadn't been for that ending.
Same here. The Daleks speaking German were beyond awesome. 'Extermineiren! Exterminieren!'