Disclaimer: This and my Review to 'Army of Ghosts' are the exact same. Why? While separate Episodes, my Opinion doesn't shift too much between those Two Parters in terms of Quality.

Yeah this was okay.

Honestly I don’t feel strongly about this Two Parter one way or the other, at best it has some great bits and is competent (something which I can’t say for many of the future RTD Finales), at worst it’s a bit too melodramatic and loses focus quickly. The Idea of Daleks vs Cybermen is great, but one executed by somebody where you can clearly tell he loves the daleks and, at best, thinks the Cybermen can be cool. Some of my Issues relate to the Cybermen are continued here, again NuWho rarely gets them right and while yes there are arguably some great bits to them here too, unlike their former Two-Parter, this feels like yet another step to make them “Robots”. (Probably something I will elaborate further, when we reach the Smith Era, where they often lack the feeling of being real Cybermen, in my mind).

The Daleks are great here and offer for a nice Cliffhanger, but part of me wonders if RTD mainly inserted them here because he couldn’t really think what else he could do with the Cybermen (something that is also an apparent issue with The Next Doctor).

Then you have all the Pete Worlds Stuff, which was a neat Idea in that one Two-Parter, but feels a bit tiring here already.
There is also of course the big finale with Rose and Ten and while acted pretty solid, it feels so tiresome. I can see how people get emotional with it, especially if you got really invested in their romantic interest between each other, but I really didn’t like it, so this finale Moment leaves me cold. At best is a competent dramatic bit that doesn’t work for me, at worst feels overly melodramatic and gets on my nerves at times. Piper does a great Job here, but I would lie if I didn’t say I am looking forward to a Post Ten much more.

Ehh the whole Concept with the Ghosts was a neat Idea and is used pretty well for the most Part and there are some nice character interactions to be found for sure. The first part is definitely stronger, while the second gets a bit loose with its focus and do neither the Cyber vs. Dalek, the entire tragic romantic ending nor some other aspects right for me. But credit, where credit is due, at least this Finale ends with honestly one of the best RTD Cliffhanger we had!