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Originally Posted by Stephen
It wasn't that it was poor, I am sure seeing the 2nd part it will make it a lot better.
Usually the first part of something can just be a story build up and until you see the final part of the story you can feel a little let down.
The Doctors breakdown in the cafe with Wilf was one of the best scenes imo.
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Absolutely, there was plenty for the backstory/continuity junkies in this episode ... the Doctor reflecting on the consequences of regeneration is absolute gold. There was also a throwaway mention of a place-name on Gallifrey (plains of something, I didn't catch it - did anyone else?), and the revelation that the Master's father owned a big estate, and the Master and the Doctor used to play together on it when they were children.
I love all that stuff - the show has been around so long now, it really does deserve to have the same sort of depth as Middle Earth, and I think RTD has been a genius at drawing together all the fragmented bits and pieces of background that were part of the original series more by accident or convenience than by design, and tying them together with new and exciting glimpses of places we can now only hope to see on screen in the future.