You can tell a true Doctor Who fan from the contacts list in their mobile phone. Look under 'Doctor' and if the number 07700 900 461 appears, you have found a true disciple.
I decided to mark the last episode of Doctor Who with a girlie get together. Doctor Who has always been Little Fink and I's bonding time. nothing interrupts us when it's on. I arranged for Marsha and Abu Dhabi to come round for a sleep over, bought pizza and popcorn. The episode was due to start at 6.40, I wanted us to watch last weeks episode before hand, which was about an hour long - 5.40. Little Fink was at a bowling party until 5.30 - it was going to be tight.
In the end I we got home (detour for coca-cola) about 5.50, forgot all about the popcorn etc, watched last weeks episode and THANK CRUNCHIE for Sky+! While the machine was taping the end, we watched the beginning! We were about 10 minutes behind the rest of the country!
Within the first few minutes, my hope had been confirmed that David T was still THE Doctor, there were whoops of joy, clapping and shouting. We were so happy he was there. What an episode, good luck to Steven Moffat - I don't know if he can top what Russel T Davies has done but if he can write 'Blink', 'The Empty Child' and 'The Library' episodes, we're all in for a scary ride!
I found it a bit odd when he left Rose and The Doctor II on Bad Wolf Bay, I said out loud, "That's not right, that's not the doctor'. I felt Rose had been cheated out of what was rightfully hers - a future with the Doctor - the proper doctor.
When Donna's mind started to reject the Time Lord part of her and she was begging The Doctor not to wipe her memory, I started to cry. How unfair. As the flashback flickered through her adventures, my tears fell. She would never remember what she had seen and done with him, their friendship and bond. Wilf helped The Doctor put her to bed, never to remember her time with him, I was still crying.
I can't remember a TV programme that elicited such emotion from me in recent times as this one did. It's because I was totally immersed in it, believed all the characters and the fantastic things they could achieve, had gone through all their traumas and trials with them.
Now I feel a bit lost, a bit like Rose and Donna must feel. (and, gentle reader, a bit embarrassed to admit it!)
Perhaps it is my turn to be the Doctors companion -
heaven knows I've been phoning him all week but no reply!
