I haven't a clue about that plotline and it made sense to me. He was disillusioned, had lost the trust of people purely through being a Time Lord...he had essentially lost himself. Therefore he could either die or become something new. And for plot reasons, he had to regenerate so you could get the War Doctor and that story.


Did it?!

I got the sense that it was more about principle, maybe to atone for something from the past. Remember, there's some sort of wilderness years before TVM and the minisode, unless you include Big Finish. So maybe he regretted not being able to save some female companions. When he said something about Cass being 'young', it kind of suggested that it was a matter of principle, chivalrously saving young women.

Obviously you have to use your imagination to fill in why he'd turned from fresh young wide-eyed hero to hardened disillusioned crisis (apart from the obvious natural aging process of Paul McGann), but there was at least the potential for substance and character, whereas the movie was relatively shallow.

For a seven-minute webisode, it made quite good sense. The TV Movie... he looks lovely, which is a plus.

Same here

This.

True, there are some lines in the minisode that made me shudder but then the film's script...how McGann ever managed to get out some of those dreadful lines I'll never know: "I'm with my father, we're laying back in the grass, it's a warm Gallifreyan night..."

And let's not forget Grace's lusting after the Doctor like he was a bloke in a bar.

"The Night of the Doctor". I'm saying this because I have knowledge of the audio stories, and because of that, it makes this one heartbreaking to watch.

"Lucie Miller/To the Death" is easily the best Eight story, and the best Dalek story. It's everything "The Stolen Earth/Jounrey's End" tried to be, but failed.

Really, Big Finish broke Eight over their knees, Moffat just finished him off.

Yeah, I think it helps if you know the audio stories.