Holy shit it stuck the landing

Absolute disappointment.

Susan Triad was just a goddamn red herring, why take the effort if it's not going to pay off?

The series long mystery about Ruby's mother has a horrible conclusion.

Sutekh just really came back for no reason, gets outmatched so stupidly, taking a dog for a walk all over the Time Vortex like dragging a body through a hot dry road attached to the back of a car

Definitely the worst finale RTD has written

A lot of theories were touted by fans over the couse of the series, whether the Doctor was in some realm created by the Toymaker which would explain the song and dance number at the end of the Devils Chord - rather than it being a self indulgent, lape of judgement on RTD behalf (sadley not). Explination of what was 73 yards all about, though elements were touched upon. And if Susan was still going to come back, so there was a lot hanging on this series ender.

Sutekh was unmasked as the villain at the end of the last episode, not seen since The Pryminds of Mars way back in the Fourth Doctors time, and who doesn't love an old enemy returing? It certaninly wasn't seen coming, well not by me anyway. This picks up where thing were left, with Sutehk wiping out all life, (spoilers) including Kate Stewart, and it took me complely off guard; killing off such a great character - I couldn't believe it. But then everyone else dies and the whole dramatic tension vanishes, as you know they'll all be brought back at the end. Not that I want Kate to be gone but it was such a great scene that was utterely devalued.

Apparently Sutekh has been hanging around holding on to the TARDIS since that first encounter and it stretches believability somewhat. During eleventh Doctors era - when the Doctor was deleted from history, the Time war, and lets face it every end of series finale where the Doctor or the universe has nearly ended, Sutekh's just sat there doing, not a lot? And it does beg the question of why now? In the last episode we had Harriet Arbringer shotttened to H. Arbringer as in Harbinger (of death) a nice pun but how exactly did Sutehk know it was all going to kick off now. As with other end of series, its just a little to convienet that it happens just when the Doctor decides to investigate.

It does fall into a bit of a lull a few minutes in, after the great build up and reveal, suddenly some time has passed and the Doctor is inexplicably looking for a peice of metal and there is a hint of Steven Moffatt's era here. It feels a little our of place with in the context of the story, and you do want the story to get moving.

The memory TARDIS makes an appearence, first seen in the Tales of The Tardis episodes, so it is quite nice to have it canonised, and helps to sell the idea, since we've had experience of it already. There are mentions of various planets, Telos, Spiradon etc, some glimpses of the Fourth Doctor and Sarah just enough to keep the fans happy, without over doing it.

Yet again the Doctor has tears rolling down his face, coupled with his self pitying attitude, its a bit tedious. What happened the the stiff upper lip the British Doctor had? Is this the kind of emotional immature role model we want?

Some unanswered questions who is Mrs Flood, how exactly did Mel arrive back the UNIT headquarters when she left with the Doctor? The resoultion of Sutekh and the bringing back everybody from the dead isn't achieved with any degree of satifaction, it deosn't really make sense.

As with other endings by RTD the story finishes about three quarters of the way through and the rest of the time is mopping up the bits and pieces, in this case it Rubys mother. MORE SPOILERS, this was massivly dwelled upon in the series, the snow falling when Ruby thought of her, the no traces of relatives by Davina and in Boom, the mystery was hyped up so there had to be something major to be found, NOPE. Ruby's mother turns out to be an ordinary person, which is fine, but am I seriously expected to belive one baby being abandoned is going to cause all that? and no DNA traces? With the cloaked figue looking like a witch pointing a finger that in no way looks like a 15 years old girl, it doesn't tally. To be so invested in the character of Ruby and what was so special about her origins to turn out that there wasn't anything means it wasn't worth the journey.

This didn't have the resolutions that fans wanted, and was a let down to how good the first part of the finale was. Sutekh didn't really do a lot and everything was back as it was at the end - fairy tipical for Russel T Davies. Its not been well voted, but I don't think its as bad as it seems, I mean it is better than some of the other episodes in this series.

Oh, no.

After the excellent first part, The Legend of Ruby Sunday, this was extremely disappointing. Firstly, I feel that if the whole universe was going to be wiped out, this should have been the cliffhanger. Not only did having this in the opening of the second half mean that there was no real impact (seeing the extent of it, it was obviously going to be reversed, so having it as the cliffhanger would add a 'how is the Doctor going to resolve this?' pull to watch part 2), but it would actually provide new viewers, or more casual fans, with context as to who Sutekh is. I was enticed by Sutekh, being a massive Doctor Who fan. I saw many fans who haven't seen Classic Who, which, may I remind you is the majority of the fan base, react confused because... Who? What? Even casual fans (who are, in my experience, more likely to also be Classic fans), were confused, because not everyone remembers every villain from every story. Especially if they've seen them once or twice.

Secondly, the episode feels like a first draft. Sutekh's been there all the time, creating Susan Twists? Oh, please, this didn't work with Clara, and it's not going to start now. Not to mention, there was a glaringly obvious point at which Sutekh could get attached to the TARDIS - At the edge of the universe when Fourteen sprinkled the salt. Rubies birth mum was pointing at a sign? The sign wasn't there. Nor was the post. And finally, why the heck does the god of death need to know who a woman is? Russell, do another draft, please.

I can't understand the perspective of someone who was adopted or fostered, but it felt kinda strange having Ruby, who, whilst finding knowing who her mum was important, had previously been shown to consider Carla her 'real' mum (see the end of Space Babies), suddenly seem to consider her birth mum her real mum. Also, why is a teenage mum in the early 2000s wearing a medieval cloak? I know RTD said that it's because it brings mystery or something to that effect, but mysteries need to be satisfyingly resolved, even if they are bait-and-switches, on rewatch you should be able to go 'Oh, I see where that was going now!'

Something else that kinda rubbed me up the wrong way was the line about the Osirans culturally appropriating Egyptian culture. There's no denying that the creation of the Osirans was... Not great, given that it falls into the trope of white westerners going 'Oh, these foreign gods are really aliens', but we already know that they weren't basing their culture on Egypt, Egyptians worshipped them as gods. That ship has sailed, and Russell, you didn't need to choose to bring them back, if you felt that strongly about it. It worked with the Toymaker because the character plays games, playing around as negative aspects drawn from humanity, like racism, makes sense. It didn't work here.

Unfortunately, I'm kind of expecting that sort of thing throughout RTD2. This is the third time this has happened, actually, what with RTD stating that he doesn't think Davros should be shown post-accident any more, to the great annoyance of a lot of disabled people, myself included. What's the next villain going to be? Weng-Chiang, but the Doctor shakes his head and says, 'That's racist'? You want to fight racism in Doctor Who? How about you diversify the writer's room?

There were some good bits. Mel on the Vespa, the memory TARDIS... I would say the continued set up for a mystery in the next series with Mrs Flood, but Russell has since said that she just does that, and it won't be answered, so that's just a waste of time. Her scenes are only minutes at most, but that time could be spent on fleshing out the important characters. Compare the characterisation and development between this and Eccleston's series. We don't know these characters half as much as we did Rose, Jackie, and Mickey. And 13/2 is less than 9.

Very disappointing.

The entire time I was watching this, I was either half asleep or grabbing my screen and screaming CARLA IS YOUR REAL MOM, YOU IDIOT!

Ncuti carried this episode. His preformance was gorgeous and emotional, and his scenes were the best scenes.

The resolution of Ruby's mother left such a sour taste in my mouth. How do you go from Church on Ruby Road to this? How do you go from the scene where she smashes that f**king iPad to this? How do you go from Carla saying she doesn't want Ruby to find her biological mother to this?

How do you undermine a black woman raising a child and doing all of the labor to placing the title of mother on a white woman who happened to give birth as a teenager?

Unrealistic, insulting, and downright boring. Actually despise this episode.