[Radox @replies]

I have to say, I’ve been pretty cynical about this series so far, but this episode has done a hell of a lot to win me over. I thought the episode itself was great. It seemed focused (despite moving about quite a lot) and the pacing was good. Twelve seems a lot more comfortably defined in this than in the past episodes and I’m loving it. I may yet come around to Capaldi. I even liked Clara in this episode. The teaser for next week’s ep looks nice as well. Kinda makes me wonder if they’ve just got the rubbish eps out of the way. If so, then we should be in for a hell of a series.

[Radox @replies]

I thought this was alright. I certainly haven’t had my ‘moment’ with Capaldi yet, and this series as a whole as felt underwhelming, but this episode had some nice moments.

The humour was a bit hit-and-miss for me. I hated the “I’m the Doctor and this is my Spoon” comment. In the hands of another Doctor it might’ve worked, but it was a bit cringey with Capaldi. However, I thought the ‘banter’ in the prison scenes was quite funny. Twelve seems to be particularly good at the sort of acerbic attacking humour that he uses on Robin in the episode. A good romp to be sure, but perhaps a bit too early in Capaldi’s run.

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