The Hypercube of Happydalek

This was probably the single most unpleasant episode of the series I've made myself sit through.  I knew from the moment Jenny stepped out of the clone box that she was going to snuff it by the end and the thought of giving the Doctor another of his own kind just so he can get attached enough to bawl like a baby when they inevitably die strikes me as abhorrent character abuse and totally ruined my ability to appreciate the rest of the episode.  I was literally screaming Tennant's lines from LotTL ("Regenerate!  It's only a bullet, REGENERATE!!") at the screen when Jenny pulled her amazingly predictable Heroic Sacrifice, and was so thoroughly disgusted by it that I almost couldn't finish the episode.  Then Jenny regenerated (sort of) and flew off to be The Doctor's Daughter (I smell spinoff), which only made me angrier, because then the entire sacrifice became a shameless and totally uncreative attempt to Tug at the Heartstrings.  And now the Doctor is once again carrying the fresh load of Watching His People Die on his shoulders for absolutely no good reason.  As if anybody needed any more convincing that the Doctor can do Angst.  I love torturing characters as much as anybody, but really, the Doctor really deserves a frickin' break.  Sheesh. 

In summary, Stephen Greenhorn, I hate your writing.