3x13 Last of the Time Lords (Part 3)

Episode Quotes

Mistakes/Goofs

• Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): When the Master is about to execute Martha on the Valiant he remarks that her death will be his "first blood." But just as he captured Martha the night before, Thomas Milligan ran into the street to save her and the Master killed him with his Laser Screwdriver. So even if you don't count the Master's killing of Jack in "Doctor Who" (2005) {The Sound of Drums (#3.12)}, Thomas Milligan would be his first blood. The Master has actually killed many people in the past (e.g. the entire cabinet in the The Sound of Drums), but this is not a goof because when the Master says "first blood", he is most likely referring to first blood of the invasion. This is why he wants to kill Martha when the countdown reaches zero - the official start of the invasion.
• Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): SPOILER: The Doctor claims time has reverted back to after the President's assassination, but before the Toclafane appear. However, The Doctor, Captain Jack, Martha and her family are currently standing in the room where the assassination/press conference occurred. If time reverted to when the doctor stated, they would be in the Master's custody at the press conference (in a room full of people), and the President would be dead, killed by Toclafane (before they appeared). This is not a goof: The Doctor explains that these people remember the events of the previous "year" because they were "at the eye of the storm". Similarly the conference room of people didn't simply reappear.
• Goof (continuity error): SPOILER: When the Master is dying in the Doctor's arms the Doctor's right leg changes position. When the view is on the Master's face his knee is up, when the view is on the Doctor's face his knee is on the ground.
• Goof (miscellaneous): SPOILER: When the Master broadcasts him aging the Doctor to his full age of 900+ years, the Doctor writhes, sliding out of his wheelchair and onto the floor. When it's over, the Doctor is less than a foot tall and crawls out of his suit. But over the TV camera, all you can see is the wheelchair - the camera is not aimed low enough to see the suit or the mini-Doctor. So how is Martha supposed to get the "message" and how does she know the Doctor is still alive if she can't see him?
• Goof (continuity error): At 3pm, Jack pulls his chains out of the wall, but they are still attached to his arms. When he runs into the soldiers and puts his hands up, the chains have disappeared.

Trivia

• The mysterious woman's hand with the red nails which picks up the ring in the final scene actually belongs to Doctor Who Production Manager Tracie Simpson.
• Despite the original show's limiting of Time Lord regeneration to only 13 lives, this episode, as well as "Doctor Who" (2005) {Utopia (#3.11)} and "Doctor Who" (2005) {The Sound of Drums (#3.12)}, presented the Master's 17th life. Also, we learn that it's more an act of will than biology for Time Lords to regenerate. However in regards to past schemes by the Master we learn he has before tried to steal timelords reincarnations and as of the Sara Jane Adventures the 13 max regenerations limit has been lifted.
• Last appearances of Clive, Tish and Leo Jones.
• The first draft script was written in 4 days.
• In The Last of the Time Lords, Jack tells the Doctor and Martha that when he was younger he was a poster boy known as the Face of Boe. However, in Utopia, Martha tells the Doctor that the Face of Boe told them that he (the doctor) was not alone. When she says this, Jack is in hearing distance, but he doesn't even react to the name.