used for the transformation infuriatingly naff? All that's missing is a Hanna-Barbara comedy sound effect. It's probably on the same CD that features the mechanical door effect from Doom. And I know they have that. Seriously, I have never been so embarrassed to be a Doctor Who fan as I was when that Obama lookalike starting holding his head in what looked like shame to me. And when I was at university I made my flat mates watch Silver Nemesis. You tell him to stop spitting! He's Timothy ****ing Dalton! A final "**** me" climax was inevitable, of course. This was Russell's last opportunity to deliver a cliffhanger. Do you really think he'd play things down at this late stage? How do you top Daleks versus Cybermen or a fake-out regeneration anyway? The ending to this one had to go one step further and there was only one logical step left for Russell to take. The Time Lords are made to look like a bunch of Daleks hanging around on Coruscant and they'll probably end up being the ultimate bad guys, which will makes the 10th Doctor's interminable pining for Gallifrey throughout his tenure look a bit stupid in retrospect. I haven't given up hope, though. Maybe Russell has got whatever it is he ate out of his system. Maybe we've been set up beautifully for a heart wrenching finale that will force me to reevaluate this incoherent drivel. Or maybe we'll just get Midshipman Frame's head spinning in space