DR Who. Last of the timelords (30/06/07) [ major spoilers ]

[horacethegrey]

I don't know why folks put such value on literalism. The Doctor figures out how to turn the bad guy's own weapon against him, and the tools in this case are simply all the people chanting his name This is a shiny variant on traditional polarity-reversing, but it's polarity-reversing nonetheless.

It's still too much of a stretch mate. RTD gave no indication at all in the screenplay that tapping into psychic field of the Archangel network would give the Doctor that kind of power. Had they included scenes which set up that 'oh, tapping into a global psychic field gives one power over matter and such yada yada ', the Doctor's sudden power surge would have been understandable, instead of leaving us scratching our heads in confusion. It was a lazy and convenient way to end it.

There are many instances when explanation of the fantastical science in Doctor Who helps in keeping our suspension of disbelief. Stephen Moffat, great writer that he is, went to all the trouble of explaining the mechanics of nanogenes in The Empty Child, that when the Doctor uses them to save the day in The Doctor Dances, it's a perfectly logical and miraculous moment. Hell, RTD too made a point about the dangers of traversing the Void between parallel dimensions in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, that when the Doctor uses the Void to defeat the Cybermen and Daleks, we don't question it.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

D/s and TPE are hard to manage successfully...

Do you have a lot of experience in this area?

As for her condition, knocking the wife around has got to be small potatoes after killing 600 million people.

The relationship of the Master to Mrs. Saxon probably did have D/S tones to it (hell, for years he has insisted everyone call him "Master"), but doubt it was sexual in nature, or at least it seems unlikely to have much of a sexual component to it. The Master seems to be as asexual as the Doctor. Perhaps that is a Time Lord trait relating to the looms.Given his nature, what passes for his sexuality is probably his capacity to use others real sexuality to manipulate and control them.

That said, her turning on him was probably part of his plot. Consider it a fail safe, if things go south for him, she “turn on him.” This means she is likely to get off lightly in the aftermath. And maybe she is pregnant by him and with him…