This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Gods and Monsters

While I think it would have been thematically better if Hex stayed dead (although I'm not complaining that he's back), this story is still really solid and doesn't detract from the end of the last story. There's some really strong character stuff and I mean it. I don't think this iteration or really even any iteration of the Doctor has ever felt this alien.

The whole mob boss stuff is what brought this story down for me. Granted, it was still pretty decent stuff hence the high rating regardless, just not nearly good as the character exploration we got. Fantastic performances from everyone here, but particularly Sophie Aldred and Sylvester McCoy. I'm curious to see how it all wraps up, hopefully it keeps up the quality all the way until the end.

Next Story: Revenge of the Swarm