The End of Time part 2 reactions

You might not want to read this rant if you haven't seen the second part of the End of Time yet.

Yep:

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galore!

Well even though we rewatched part 1 tonight and i noticed even more material that was in line with the Donna is a Time Lady theory... Russell T. Davies went ahead and did what i expected him to do, which was screw over Donna.  Absolutely nothing was explained:  for instance, we still don't know why Donna didn't become a Master.  Not only that, when she remembered the Doctor a defense mechanism kicked on its own... which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.  If that were the case then it wouldn't matter when she does remember the Doctor, she would simply keel over and pass out every single time.  There is also absolutely no reason for energy from the Time Vortex or regeneration energy to be leaking out of her head and knocking out the Masters.  i mean, come on, he can regenerate too, why would that hurt him?  Why would she have that in her anymore?  And who in their right mind thinks that Donna settling for a bloke that is all wrong for her is any sort of way to end her character?  As soon as i heard the church bells i got mad.  It wasn't enough to cut her out of the entire two parter for all intents and purposes, she had to get strapped with a miserable life that she didn't choose because the real Donna is still dead.

Putting aside the Donna fiasco, the story was fairly satisfying as far as tying up the ends of the joke of a first part.  Did it make any sense at all?  No, seeing how nothing is supposed to be able to leave a time lock, it certainly does not.  i'm also not entirely sure how the Gallifreyans suddenly became the bad guys... or was it always that way?  But even in the end the Doctor doesn't have to kill anyone, i even figured out that he head to destroy the diamond/machine.  But then, what happened to the Master?  Did he get sucked to Gallifrey?  Die in the Immortality Gate?  What was the final catalyst that made him turn good?  And lastly, it wasn't very realistic for the Doctor to get to say goodbye to everyone after his regeneration had already started.  Bringing in beloved characters for cursory nods is insulting.  How the heck did Martha end up with Mickey?  Is the only thing we're supposed to remember about Capt. Jack is that he's gay? (ETA: i know that he's meant to be "pansexual", but he seems to favor the men, particularly considering how he dissed Donna in Journey's End.)

i think i could go on for hours, but i really do not want to dwell on all of this.  i tried to look for a bright spot in all the darkness that RTD created, and then he went and let us down even more than ever before.  Boo.