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The Doctor certainly reached new levels of badass-ness in this episode. Piloting a starship while being chased by every nuke on the planet? Check.
Knocking a Sontaran unconsious? Check.
Facing off against a Time Lord who can kill just by waving his hand? Check.
Jumping out of a starship, without a parachute, to face the one of the most powerful enemies in history? Check.

Here's to you, Ten. You sure as hell know how to make an exit.

Yeah I hated that.

Lol yeah I asked the same question about the fall...well, like one of my friends told me, don't try to make sense of certain plots in the movie/show/book, etc. It ruins the story for you. Let's just say his adrenaline was pumping and his suit caught some wind that slowed the fall blaugh . ...yeah, thats what we'll say.

Oh oh oh! I can answer this question! It's quite easily explained. You see ever since that 4th doctor fall, all the other doctors after him learned from the experience, and have since then stuffed a ton of inflatable safety devices like air bags, into the unseen pockets on the inside lining of their suits (cause y'know, they're bigger on the inside), therefore cushioning said doctor from any future falls and preventing certain death! You see?? It all makes sense!

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...that's my theory and I'm stickin' to it! <.<' >.>'

It's, like, a month later, but the new series hasn't started yet, so I think it's alright for me to still be hyperventalating over the series finale ^_^

I read through the comments, and there isn't much anyone hasn't said, but I have to comment on one thing: someone said they were worried that all the big baddies have been used up, so there won't be much left for hte next writers.

Maybe so, but the series did leave behind a parting gift for future writers, didn't it. The bloody Time Lords are back! And they are effing basterds! If the next writers can't do anything huge with that, then they aren't worth the two cents the producers are paying them.

Okay, sure, the Time Lords got sucked back into that bubble thing, but if they got out once, they can definitly do it again. Plus, the Master got sucked back with them, and I don't care how many times you kill that guy off, he always manages to sneak back into the show somehow. So he'll definitly be back too...though, you got to wonder, considering how he and the Doctor left things, plus the theory that now that the signal is no longer necessary (the drums in his head) it might have finally stopped for the first time since he was eight, plus the both of them having a dangerous common enemy in the Time Lords, perhaps the next time the Master returns, it won't be as a villian? That could be fun to play with too, and something the writers are clearly interested in, considering they've already cheated a litte with the, what was it, a robot Master in the cartoon series that aids the Doctor?

Plus, of course, we can't forget about the woman who talked to Wilf. What's her story? Maybe we'll find out next season. Who knows? Probably. And her story will no doubt bring more enemies with it. We could end up seeing other villians that were affiliated with the Time Lords.

I don't know; I'm going to miss the Tenth doctor terrebly, but I'm excited to see what the new writers are going to do with all of these new oppurtunities ^_^

You know what monster/villian I would like to see again? Sky, from the midnight episode. That monster scared the fudge out of me, and all it did was steal the doctors voice. It didn't really die on that planet, as the Doctor stated at the end, and it was the only Monster I ever saw that really gave Tenth a deep down scare. It probably won't be, but I hope it'll one day be explored more.

RTD is saying it's open-ended on the show (ie: never really addressed), but it's supposed to be his mother. There's a link to an interview somewhere with Julie Gardner saying the same.

I... won't care unless she shows up again, and since the Timelords made it to Earth for all of five minutes before being pulled back...I don't think they'll be back any time soon.

On the subject of Time Lords coming back...I was first going to go the route of 'they're all back behind the Time Lock. End of.' and say I hoped they wouldn't come back again...but, the more I think about, the more I wouldn't mind seeing some of them show up again. I mean, come on, Gallifrey materialised in Earth space for fully five minutes or so. You're saying not one of the Time Lords had the brains to hop in a TARDIS of their own and leg it to the end of time to hide like The Master did?

Yes, this is just a desperate attempt to keep my fingers crossed for a Rani return. But the point is for once I wouldn't be *opposed* to them messing around with established continuity so liberally. That's gotta count for something, right? D:<

Blame the writers, not the character.
The Rani done right, not evil and hokey but a completely dispassionate scientist who treats the universe like her grand laboratory and all the planets and living things as her test subjects, could be cool. You'd never know what side she might be aligning with. She might create something of fantastic benefit to the universe one day, and destroy a planet to find a completely trivial answer to a scientific curiosity the next. She would answer to no one and care about nothing but her science.
Imagine if the Doctor needed to go to her for help! It would be a tricky proposition, not knowing if she would become intrigued by the puzzle he presents to her, or get annoyed and swat him with some crazy new invention she'd like to test.