1. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls - Well World Enough and Time was an excellent episode but so was Heaven Sent. I would even say that World Enough and Time is the best Capaldi episode that has aired in the three years. My opinion of the Doctor Falls as considerably changed. On first watch I thought it was underwhelming and just a tad better than Hell Bent. I was annoyed by the lack of use of John Simm, of which I still am and of course I don't like the random nature of Bill's depature. That being said it was a terrific final and the 'defending of a small bunch of humans' was far more effective here then it was in Time of the Doctor. The first part was really creepy and used the cybermen really well.
2. The Monk Trilogy - Now this trilogy is hard to comment on. For a start is it actually a three parter like Toby Whithouse claims or three separate stories like Moffat claims. For me it is a three parter but I suppose officially it is three individual episodes so there will be a time where I will accept this like the Girl who Died/The Woman who Lived. Extremis was a good story and excellently done. The Pyramid at the End of the World was also good. It was similar to previous stories but the 'love ends the day' as opposed to the 'love saves the day' trope of recent was excellent. Lie of the Land however was a huge disappointment and quite lacklustre. I don't have to much trouble with excepting the Bill's mum saving the day but I was a little disappointed that the creepy-all-powerful monks were so easily defeated.
3. Oxygen - This story really did play with space very well. It used it as the enemy. The zombies were also quite scary too. I feel for this episode the capitalism idea was also very good and creepy and something that could well happen in the future.There are so many anti-communist pieces of drama that it is good to find fault in our own system. I always enjoy it when Doctor Who represents a real world problem and translates it to sci-fi.
4. Knock Knock - Knock Knock was scary and the characters in it were by far the best secondary characters of the serious. David Suchet was superb as the Landlord. However all the characters coming back to life was a annoying and again there was another 'love' plot that was so effective when first used in Hide but now feels like 'here we go again'. I do feel though that up until the ending it was good and the twist of him being the son was actually a good one and despite what I just said I do feel that I liked the Landlord's motives. It was a realistic one that is truly believable.
5. The Pilot - The first episode of the series was a really good one and introduced the series themes very well as well as establishing a very good series arc. It was a bit of a rip off of the Chase but it was really good in terms of setting up everything. It was an excellently well done series opener.
6. The Return of the Doctor Mysterio - This episode was really enjoyable to watch and not a bad plot either. It was silly yes but it was good for a Christmas Special. I personally just enjoyed the episode. So in that sense it was really good.
7. Empress of Mars - This story felt like it belonged in the William Hartnell era. It was the most classic series episode of not just this series but new who all together in my opinion. The introduction of the female Ice Warrior seems to be yet another new thing to do with the Ice Warriors to convince Moffat to allow them to appear as he particularly dislikes them. The appearance of Alpha Centauri is of course an absolute treat and to have a prequel to a story released in 1972 was also nice. This episode had ice warriors and Victorians, Gattis' two favourite things so I would be highly surprised if this story was not is last.
8. Smile - Smile was meant to be a character piece and I am never to fond of those. However it was still good to see a futuristic site of a human colony and the use of the emoji robots was far better than I think anyone was expected. The episode was just alright and definitely was an improvement to Boyce's previous script.
9. Thin Ice - Judging by this you would assume that I don't like episodes set in the past but I assure you that this is not the case. Thin Ice was again okay but I do feel that the villain was just the stereo-typical British lord who had nothing that made him different. All I can say is that it was alright.
10. Eaters of the Light - My least favourite episode felt like a Sylvester McCoy story, probably because it was written by the new who series' first classic series writer. I thought that the episode was okay but nothing spectacular. I think that the eater of the light was defeated a little to easily.
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