nmg | Diggery Dum

Just because you can see the deus ex machina resolution coming a mile off, doesn't make it any better. In fact, it makes it sloppy, lazy storytelling.
Insane cackling while an unknown hand recovers the ring of the bad guy was cliched when it happened at the end of Flash Gordon.
Linking the Tochlaphane with the human remnants from Utopia is a nice touch.
"They called me the Face of Bo" - priceless

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I can't help but notice that all three series of New Who have had "Deus Ex Machina" endings. Maybe RTD just doesn't know how to do an ending properly.

1. Rose looks into the time vortex and absorbs magic "Erase the daleks and bring Jack back to life" powers.
2. The Doctor puts the Torchwood Ghost Shift thingy into reverse and all the bad guys simply get sucked back into the vortex.
3. Some bizarre combination of lots of people saying "Doctor" and the Archangel network magically bring the Doctor back from "Dobbyfication" and allow him to fly at the Master and save the day. Switching off the Paradox machine will make it all back to normal again.

The thing that gets me the most is that all the episodes leading up to this one were so good. It's a shame that they couldn't keep that up for the finale.