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Published on Nov 16, 2009
It's fair to say that the reception that last night's Doctor Who episode, The Waters Of Mars, was far warmer than that laid out for the last special episode, Planet Of The Dead. You can read our full review of The Waters Of Mars here, but here's a selection of your feedback pooled from the comments at the end of the review, and the Den Of Geek Twitter feed (which you can find here)...
From The Comments:
"The final half of that show was pretty much the best I've ever seen Doctor Who be. A complete tour de force from all involved" - varoh
"I'm by no means a massive Who fan but that was quite simply one of the finest episodes of any series I've seen this year. Tennant was brilliant and that final twenty minutes or so was electrifying" - moakle
"A very dark episode, I loved it. what got me most excited though was the clip of the next ep - John Simm is back as the Master! My all-time favourite incarnation of The Doctor's arch-enemy! I can't wait!" - mrs_saxon (Mrs Saxon? I think we should be told...)
"When the Doctor started losing his grip on his sanity, almost, I was on the edge of my seat. David Tennant has proven time and time again that he is worthy of taking up the mantle that the previous incarnations have left him. Bravo to the Doctor Who team; what a brilliant episode!" - Jetterz123
"I can't believe all this laudatory stuff about the Waters of Mars. I thought it was one of the most dumbed-down Dr episodes in the new series, with lumbering cod philosophical questions, pedestrian pace, an excess of pointless noise and babble, laboured dilemmas... we had to struggle through an hour of D-movie scriptwriting for a crisis point in the end ten minutes? Jeez, I could have done something useful like washed my hair." - fooki
"A good base under siege story, strengthened by one of Tennant's best performances and a very brave move in making the Doctor look quite so hardline at the end. The Doctor seems to have 'seen the light' already about his bout of meglomania, but the damage has already been done. It's not so much nothing he can do...more like nothing he SHOULD do." - DamonD
" To be honest, I was terrified. Not of the monsters, of the doctor. It's really the most terrifying he's been in this and this was all I'd known of Tennant before his Doctor stint as he did a itv drama and was a serial killer or something, and he scared the living shit out of me. That's the first time he's done it in doctor who, and damn, it was amazingly effective. That being said, I do wish we had some more fun times with Tennant, rather than just a pure black hole of terror to come." - stuxmusic
And From Twitter:
"Not a massive fan of ‘Who' but I'm glad my graphics card died to allow me to watch it. Was pretty good" - KevinPocock
"A nice episode in itself. It can only benefit from the longer arc that is The End Of Time. Questions of morality are always welcome" - Sarxos
"And how close does the Doctor come to being the Master with that Time Lord Victorious speech? Things are no longer black and white" - Sarxos
"Now THAT's what I'm talking about. More of it. Intelligent, brave and fun. Much better than Monster Of The Week crap" - mrmarkreed
"I loved it! It was a brilliant episode and I love that they've shown what the Doctor is like without a companion to stop him" - TheBaron
"Waters Of Mars was AMAZING! David Tennant is perfect, he should be the Doctor forever" - Claire_Louize
"One DARK ep of Dr Who tonight. Bodes well for the Christmas specials will miss Tennant best doctor ever methinks alongside Baker" - Kemocs
" Waters of Mars was good but the final 10 minutes was stunning. End of Time can't come soon enough. Tennant was fantastic!" - hardluck_hotel
"That.. was.. awesome" - Dutchface
Thanks for all your comments, and sorry we can't feature more of them! Roll on Christmas seems to be the consensus...
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David Tennant, the 10th Doctor, in The Waters Of Mars' final moments
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