WARNING: INCOHERENT (just like the edit)

Colourisation is brilliant, it feels so vibrant and so... Doctor Who-y

I LOVE the pre-titles sequence, AND THEY KEPT THE EXPLOSIONS TITLE CARD I AM SO HAPPY

I won't go over the lore implications, I'm sure the arguments have been done to death, it's just that the editors seem to have taken a firm side (which I dislike, things can be ambiguous damn it!)

There's a million things I want to say about the edit and how it ruined the tension, introduced non sequiturs, cut all the dysfunction amongst the villains, made it so that Jamie and Zoe contribute nothing... but it kind of speaks for itself within the hell of rapid fire Things Happening Loudly (most egregious example is when they intercut between 2 scenes that were continuous and independent in the original, with 5 second intervals, and overlapping the dialogue between the two)

The music is abysmal... I understand that it's hard to remix new music onto existing tapes, but oh my lord it was so overbearing. There's a lot of music that would be perfectly fine in an epic climax, but they decided to plaster it over any scene that had an iota of action. At some point, it just feels like there is no more variation in pace or intensity (also the fault of the edit). Dishonourable mention to them ruining the organ music from the Time Lord's introduction (they were just another Thing That Happened, as opposed to a terrifying presence looming over the story). Also we did NOT need sad piano music over Jamie and Zoe's departures...

The modern CG edits are... mostly fun. Special shoutout to the edits in the War Room that actually do make the edit make more sense! And the trial scene! The TARDIS and SIDRAT flight scenes look cool! However, the sudden transition to CG establishing shots are very jarring (even if the new War Room design is intriguing). The new shots of Gallifrey also serve little purpose.

Lastly, I super appreciate the effort and thought in re-creating a fan-made regeneration... but to go from colourised original footage to an entirely digitally animated sequence is extremely jarring, and just makes the latter look way worse and a lot more uncanny!

Overall, 10/10 viewing experience but I'm bringing wine for my next rewatch