I think you're spot on your assessment of the episode starting poorly, getting wonderful, and then getting a bit over the top. And frankly I'd have preferred Jacobi as The Master rather than Simm - I knew Simm was going to appearing at some point this series *cough*thankyouMrPhipps*cough* but not when or how or who, and it wasn't until the watch appeared and the Doctor's reaction that I guessed that Jacobi might be The Master.
I had expected to pretty much loathe the reappearance of Jack, but in fact I loved it; everything from the Doctor's distance, to the constant "stop it" everytime Jack smarmed up to someone new, to the wonderful conversation between them in the reactor room.
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Date: 2007-06-17 10:01 pm (UTC)I had expected to pretty much loathe the reappearance of Jack, but in fact I loved it; everything from the Doctor's distance, to the constant "stop it" everytime Jack smarmed up to someone new, to the wonderful conversation between them in the reactor room.
Were the "futurekind" ever explained, by the way?