Musings of an aging fan

I agree that this probably has the edge on the previous two. I've just watched it again (I haven't been motivated to re-watch 'Tooth and Claw' yet) and agree that David Tennant's performance was his strongest so far. There seemed to be more gravitas, and a sense that this was once more the man who sees the threads that bind the universe together, and mend them when they break (to quote the otherwise undistinguished late Tom Baker story, 'Meglos') and, just as importantly, teach those who travel with him to do the same. Elisabeth Sladen's 'everything ends' speech was magnificent, echoing as it did the Eccleston Doctor's line in 'The End of the World', and more particularly Rose's speech as the Bad Wolf in 'The Parting of the Ways' last year.