I'm definitely with you on the whole 'saved' thing, which is why I now have my own fictional theory (http://lyore.livejournal.com/79193.html). That aside - my feelings on these episodes are kind of mixed. Moments of brilliance (the Doctor's face when he's handcuffed to the machine, the look on the face of Donna's perfect guy as he sees her only to not be able to call to her, Lux turning out to be protecting family rather than patents, the 'alright' conversation at the end), but overall I thought is was a well-executed but somehow pedestrian episode.
Perhaps it was the switch in focus from Vashna Nerada as the big bad to the need to save the people and stop the self-destruct - it just didn't feel as coherent as I was expecting, and that robbed the episode of some of its impact.
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Date: 2008-06-09 02:28 am (UTC)Perhaps it was the switch in focus from Vashna Nerada as the big bad to the need to save the people and stop the self-destruct - it just didn't feel as coherent as I was expecting, and that robbed the episode of some of its impact.