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Actually he did encounter Luke an the end of The End of Time when his 10th incarnation was giving a swan song to all the companions he was associated with during the RTD era. Outside of that interaction I've come across nothing explicitly stating she had passed on, and definitely not in televised form. For example the Brigadier (who was mainly associated with the 3rd Doctor era but had encounters with almost all the Classic Doctors) we got a confirmation of his passing when the 11th called him either during Series 5 or 6. Ironically, his last televised appearance was on Sarah Jane.

A little aside here and I double checked the Doctor Who wiki to make sure I was correct but as far as Doctor Who canon is concerned Sarah Jane is still alive in-universe (well at least in the show's "present"). The actress may have passed on but I haven't come across any media that has confirmed that she is no longer alive like they did with the Brigadier. Keeping things on topic I liked the episode as far as showing the other side of Bill and the Doctor's relationship and it's not all roses and puppies. Most of the monster-of-the-week stuff and the villain were meh but the core of the episode was a good character study of the Doctor and Bill's moral compasses.

In regards to Patrick and Kevin I read the article pointing out some of the more obvious signs but I thought I would leave my own thoughts: 1. Patrick and Kevin are taking things way to fast which is going to lead to some major fallout. I don't know how the HR at their job works but they both did many things that are a big HR no no in this episode. 2. I really don't care about Agustin's opinions since he's still going through his own growth arc and I feel he put Richie on a pedestal due to his lowest point earlier in the season. It doesn't mean his observations are wrong but I think he doesn't know how to leave other people crap alone while he is working through his own. 3. Richie is written in a way where he doesn't seem balanced with Patrick yet. While I did like the episode we had with the pair of them I feel that everytime they are together Richie has to play the Jimminy Cricket to Patrick's Pinnochio. It's not a good foundation for a relationship if Patrick always has to be told to what the best decisions to make are and he's in capable of doing it himself. 4. That whole little taking Brady to the bathroom scene seemed a little suspect. It's be established that before this episode Kevin had severe commitment issues and I don't believe Patrick magically fixed him. He also initiated his pursuit of Patrick by getting drunk and kissing him in a bathroom where they were both connected to the wedding party. Point is Patrick is now in a similar situation Kevin's boyfriend was in and if we recall he was none the wiser. There's just too many parallels that makes me feel something did happen. Also Brady seemed to be really undermining Richie in that scene. Now I feel the reason why we have Patrick taking Kevin back so easily comes down to one thing: the producers on this show loves gratuitous Jonathan Groff/Russell Tovey fanservice. There's a good chance Kevin might be done after this season (or early next) so their getting in as many underwear and butt shots as the narrative can believably pull off.

I've pretty much checked Glee off of my competent writing list ages ago. I mainly enjoyed this episode because it was giving the new kids exposure and didn't focus on the old cast taking extensive visits to a school they graduated from. I felt once Spencer joined the Glee club a lot of the more interesting aspects of his personality just seemed to disappear so it was a relief to see them back in full force here. I didn't really dig his crush on Alistair because it felt like they were just shoehorning it in to: 1. Have another gay pairing since Klaine has come full circle 2. Get another member for the Glee club 3. Everybody has to be shipped in this show Still it surprised me that he and Myron became members by the end of the episode. That honestly caught me off guard and was an original way to get some new members from unexpected places. I didn't really like the fat shamming/exercise plot with Roderick. To me Roderick is pretty good looking and doesn't seem like the body type that an episode needs to focus on it. Once again I felt the show was just shoehorning in their "lesson" into the episode instead of trying to integrate some more original traits specific to the actual character. I'm also glad Mason finally broke the Wonder Twin duo up by actually getting a personality this episode. Despite it's flaws I liked the episode because we finally go away from all the awkward "Alumni's Hanging Around" plots and gave some much needed characterization to the newer characters. Not great in the spectrum of all other TV show but for Glee's current standards this was above average (keep in mind Glee has set this bar very low).

The whole thing with male companions is they are always paired with a female companion or the female companion is the "prime" companion. For example: Ian-Barbara,Susan, Vicki Ben- Polly Jamie-Ben and Polly, Victoria, Zoe Harry- Sarah Jane Jack- Rose, Martha Mickey- Rose and so on. So far the only males not having a female companion in tow was Wilf (and technically he was connected to Donna) and Craig. Both those companions were specific to special episodes outside of the regular series. I'm not saying a male companion by himself isn't possible but it seems like the pattern of the series says otherwise.

You're right it's not Doctor Who. It's the Doctor Who expanded universe which Torchwood is also a part of. But Sarah Jane has the advantage of having both the 10th and 11th Doctor appear in key episodes in that series. Heck, you had closure on Jo Grant's story arc with the Doctor on that show. Just because something is a spin-off doesn't mean it's relevant in the overall fandom much like how Angel managed to enhance the Buffyverse and it's characters. I feel that by watching Torchwood and Sarah Jane it made me appreciate the Series 4 finale and the finale moments of End of Time even more! Tying this back into the Series 8 discussion while I initially thought the Brigadier reveal was kind off cool the fridge horror set in that they took a respected character and turned him into a Cyberman for no reason. I really do think Moffatt is getting full of himself at this point.

Hello, I'm still new to this board but I wanted to give my thoughts on this finale and series 8 overall. I feel in terms of modern day Doctor Who this series finale lacked the urgency and epic-ness of the previous series finales. There were a lot of good concepts but they didn't seem to be executed to a good effect. A lot of it had to do with the characterization of Clara and Danny and their relationship being very poorly developed throughout the season. While they initially had a good set up in the early episodes somewhere after Kill the Moon it felt like their connection was on autopilot. It also didn't help that something has seemed "off" about Clara since the Orient Express episode. They exaggerated many of her worse qualities towards the end (Flatline being a slight exception) which culminated in the simulated burning of the TARDIS keys in the previous episode. At that point I emotionally divorced myself from the character for many of her actions in the episode. Also I'm getting the sick of this obsession with Moffatt's Nu Who that everyone has to have a "tragic" end or suffer some sort of tremendous consequence to finish off their character arc. It also left a bad taste in my mouth that all the dead became Cyberman. It's one of those things that make me never want to be in the Doctor Who universe and also that doesn't bode well for characters that have passed in-universe in the show (Amy and Rory anyone!). I like the Missy/Master as a character but killing Osgood was a big no. It seems like in Day of the Doctor and this episode they were setting up the character to have some greater relevance only to just off her. Still this isn't enough to make me dislike Series 8 as a whole. I do like how Series 8 returned to a more traditional format and did manage to give Clara some very vital character depth. While Series 7 had some hits and misses this Series is more rewatchable as a whole. I do think that Moffatt is making a bad habit of trolling the fandom by setting up expectations that may or may not get addressed in the show. Also after Dark Water I feel Clara has run her course and her controlling nature either needs to be quelled in show or we just move on. We'll see how the Christmas special and Series 9 handles things. There was a lot of promise in this series but if the negative aspects overtake the show we may need a new showrunner.