So I’ve been reading the Doctor Who<\/i> graphic novel, The Flood<\/i>, starring Paul McGann’s Doctor.<\/p>\n
And I have decided.<\/p>\n
“The Land of Happy Endings” may be the most perfect Doctor Who<\/i> story ever<\/i>. Dr Who and his grandchildren, John and Gillian, have a little adventure on a very sad planet. Sad grey aliens, flying robots, a Flash Gordon<\/i>-style city, and then a final page that, maybe better even than the seventh Doctor’s closing line in “Survival” explains why it is the Doctor does what he does.<\/p>\n
Also, for Doctor Who<\/I> fans familiar only with the Eccleston or Tennant version of the character, the final page of “The Land of Happy Endings” has as palpable a sense of loss and longing as anything<\/i> in “Gridlock” or the third season finale arc.<\/p>\n
McGann was an awesome Doctor, wasn’t he?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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