Soo.....well.

Yes.

I read spoilers for this episode already and whoever posted it had it down to a TEE.  So I was prepared (although, who wasn't? She was either going to do her own thing or just add to the Doctor's body count.  And we got both anyway.....) for the yawningly boring death scene.  At least no Rose this time (unless I'm missing something from that creation myth.  Bad Wolf after-effect, maybe?)

So let's get down to the one crucial thing.

Jenny? OMFG SUCH A MARY SUE IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY.  TINKERBELL BUFFY DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HER, especially in regards to THAT ENDING.  Going off on a spaceship, plucky little Jenny off to right wrongs and save worlds.

....Except she doesn't know about all the INFINITE COSMIC POWAHS a Time Lord has.  She couldn't even regenerate when she took that bullet for dear old Dad (ALSO: who wants to bet that now that we know the Doctor had multiple children at some point, there's going to be even MORE! Son/Daughter Stus and Sues running around the Whoniverse, now with extra 'We are semi-canon ZOMFG!!111" power?), she can't mind-read, she doesn't seem that smart and she's not even half aware of the secrets of the universe and all!

....And yet some evil thing is telling me that somehow she'll muddle it through like the Doctor.  Not with wee gadgets or smarts, but maybe a cute little smile followed by a boot to the face (but not lethal! Oh no, let's not EVER use force at all!)  And that same thing is also telling me that she'll somehow find her way to Earth (maybe regenerated as well, unless Georgia wants the role full-time) and Jack will find her and then she'll be the new Torchwood member along with either Martha or Rose.  So now we'll have TWO super immortals that can kick ass, and the horrible notion that Jack may satisfy his UST with the Doctor using her and ew ew ew my brain ew.

The episode was....par.  Just par for the course.  In fact, not even par or sub-par.  Poor, very very poor.  That whole warring thing with colonial descendants and deification of technology reminded me far too much of 'The Face of Evil.'  Not even Donna or Martha (who was ONCE again kidnapped early in the episode and really didn't do anything other than turn up when the others did.  RTD, you promised us kick-arse Martha this season.  You have lied once more, you fucking prick) can outshine this...this terrible Mary Sue.  She's like a bloody Doctor Who fanfic caricature sprung to life! I mean...just.....GRAH.

Never, EVER again, RTD.  Minus infinity points for EVERYTHING, especially for the way you've treated Martha AGAIN.  Yes, I know she's not a companion anymore but damnit at least give her something to do other than get kidnapped and scream and cry and just...turn up conveniently! Even the Donna/Martha squaring up and giving the Doctor a hard time was done just once, in The Sontaran Strategem!

This...this isn't even a stitch-up job, it's a fucking hatchet job.  I'm not even going to download the episode to watch again, because I DON'T wanna watch it again.  I'm gonna put it out of my mind (unless I need yet another reason to bitch about New Who ;P) and focus on what (I HOPE) is the awesome of AGATHA FUCKING CHRISTIE and Donna wearing a flapper outfit.  Because YES.