"That was a surprisingly low-key finale and therefore good. It is odd that there are only ten episodes in S4, but I suppose that is what happens sometimes. I wonder how Donna left... It's strange yet nice that we are left to work that out for ourselves."

"Ten poisons the soup with pepper to reveal who is actually a giant wasp. As you do."

"This episode would be less disturbing if you weren't aware that the Doctor and Jenny are going to shag IRLs and make their own IRL babby."

"This is a surprisingly thoughtful treatment of the struggle against slavery."

"I am Deeply Confused by the idea that these two will not be shagging, because this was basically a rom-com."

"The Master is the Doctor's darker desires, the need for partnership and love even if that comes from someone who enjoys a spot of genocide. As long as it's a Time Lord the Doctor doesn't much care what his lover does. It's pretty dark, innit?"

""I've been alone ever since," says the Doctor. It is the most telling line in three years. Sorry, all kinds of shipper, you were wrong. Err, except Doctor/Master shippers, you guys were right all along. Who knew, eh?"

"Fun enough and has hugging in it."

"What strikes me is how the Doctor for the most part treats Rose and Martha the same."

"Plot happens, the CGI is pretty bad."

"In a way what unites Rose and Martha is that both of them midjudge the depths of the Doctor's pain and believe that they can make him better. When they realise that they can't one goes clingy and the other walks out."

"If you took out all the running this episode would be like ten minutes long."

"This episode is so beautiful and horrible and wonderful and I love it."

"Let's face it, Rose is a fairly generic companion, never straying too far from the template (fixations aside), and not really blowing minds with her awesome."

"If you want to see the Doctor in love then this is the episode for you. He stares at her, completely smitten. And no wonder."

"I quite like how Billie scratches her leg when Rose is nervous. I have never fully appreciated that. She was still trying at this point, bless."

"Here is Jackie looking sad. Some bastard alien has stolen her daughter from her."

Before rewatching Tenth Doctor stories, we start with his last filmed appearance.

Awfully sweet.

Utterly outrageous!

Saladin Ahmed on GRRM.

Indeed.

My ex-intern's NGO.

"imperious brutality and contempt."

Gwyneth Jones: "For a long time, I used to enjoy frightening children..."

10-year-old suggests restoring drachma to Greece.

Probably not, but it is worth trying.

I'm a fan of readability with my middle-aged eyes.

Company apologises, suspends guard.

Why are we so good at learning a first language, and so poor at learning a second language?