Well.... I've got a houseful of sobbing teenagers here and, to be honest, I had a little cry as well. After the dreadful episode on Christmas Day this was a blinder. Goodness knows how the new Doctor will compare to David Tennant - I just can't see it myself.

I'll be honest, i'm a big fan of Who and a shed a few tears myself, but that was a RIDICULOUS piece of television! Twenty minutes (at least) for Tenn to regenerate when we new it was coming since June? I wish i'd have made up some Dr Who bingo cards cause i would have won (Although i'm still not entirely sure what it was that happened!)! I could not be happier that Russel T Davis is leaving and can not wait for Stephen Moffat to take over. Moffat is all tact and the fear of the hidden, where as Davis is loud noises, explosions and as much running, crying and homosexual undertones as humanly possible. I will miss David Tennant, but i think i'll like Matt Smith!

Is Jon Pertwee dead then?

It will not be the same with Matt as David will be so fondly remembered. Love Russell too. A BIG BIG THANKS TO HIM FOR ALL HE HAS DONE TO BRING DR WHO BACK TO OUR TVs.

Best every Dr yet - four fantastic years - Oh David - it was a sad tongiht.

Finally a Doctor Who thread!!!!

Just watched it on youtube...
Strangly enough I didn't cry. Probably cause I was sooo prepared for it...

But I'll miss him forever. He's my perfect Nr. 10!

Hope David is going to be a huge star - so I can watch many movies and stuff with him.... *bothfingerscrossed*

Thinking back to how Chris Ecclestone did a such blinding job with the reboot, then how gutted I was when he decided to go so soon, I can't help thinking that Matt will end up endearing himself to us just as much as DT did.

Definitely agree with Sarah though: Bearing in mind these last two finale eps were RTD's swansong, he could have done a lot better. Inconsistent pace with pointless sequences & self-indulgent faffing spoiled it for me, especially when he has drawn much better story arcs for just a season end. Meanwhile, 'Blink' shows Moffat to be a worthy successor. Can't wait.

I love Dr.Who, but that episode on New Year was the most confusing piece of crap to ever appear on British TV. Looks like Russel T. Davies decided to go all out on his last ever episode.

I have to agree with Dabs, it was such a mess and certainly no where near RTD's best work, the Waters of Mars made it look as though the doctor was in deep inner turmoil, RTD puts him in a lei, hints at some debauchery and that is apparently sorted. It was overly complicated and confused, it could have been so emotional, but ended up like a victory lap by the end. When did Mickey and Martha end up together, she was engaged to a doctor last i heard. It felt like - Look at this character, remember them? Yeah! How about them? Yeah! Look at them cry, look at him cry... the end.

Ok... it maybe wasn't his best episode - unfortunatelly cause it was Davids and Russels last but:

Oh everyone is buh-ing on RTD!!! I don't like that AT ALL. If it wouldn't be for him we wouldn't watch Dr. Who anymore. Anybody cheered him for the first two seasons and then BANG.... like he is the first person to be hated when it's about Dr. Who. I don't get it. I like what he has done the last four seasons and btw. Moffat has only done a few episodes... Wait till you see what he does over a period of four seasons....

So... I love RTD and DT and I'll really miss them!!!

I think as the man to bring back the franchise, to have a vision that involves more than one show and interwoven plots, to have a very clear view of what he wants to happen, yes, RTD should be praised, but i feel he is one of the weakest writers. The strongest episodes are in my mind Blink, the Empty Child, the Girl in the Fireplace and The Silence in the Library all penned by Moffat. They are subtle and yet terrifying with a real sense of fun about them "What's pre-revolutionary France doing on a spaceship Mikey, have some perspective." I think Who will only go from strength to strength with the new change of personnel. I will miss Mr Tennant's gangly run!

My point was that Dr.Who used to be a (mainly) children based programme. My 8 year old step brother absolutely loves Tennant and The Doctor, but he clearly didn't understand a word of those last 2 episodes, and it was sad to watch him as he became more and more dissapointed and confused.

I, personally, will miss David Tennant, since he was awesome, but hopefully the new doctor and new writer will bring back the fun, light hearted side to Doctor Who, instead of all this "drumming" and "darkness" bull. The Doctor became quite self obsessed and troubled (or he appeared to) in the last few episodes, which is totally out of sync to the earlier stories.

Hopefully he will get a new partner next time and start fighting amusing looking aliens and monsters again, while cracking witty jokes...

I didn't cry until I saw Dr Who Confidential. How insane is that!

I have mixed views about the last couple of episodes. It would have been interesting if the Doctor had gone to the dark side as it would've given David something else to play. I did think it was a little self indulgent and lost me toward the end. Matt Smith's performance was top notch though, and I'm really looking forward to the Spring.
I have a sneaky feeling that we will be seeing John Smith and Rose in the future, maybe in a one off special or a spin off series. I mean, anything is possible in the world of Who.

Can you get access to BBC Three in Germany, EF?

Dr Who Confidential is the companion programme that goes out after each new ep, looking behind-the-scenes at aspects of production. Like Lesley said, it was quite an emotional one as it showed DT's last takes with a pretend call-back so the crew could wish him all the best. Poor guy got quite choked!