Amazing, simply amazing. Easily lives up to the hype. City of Death was great and holds up really well. This is a great example of production really taking advantage of their location and embracing the setting fully within the story. Paris doesn't feel the slightly bit wasted and instead the episodes feel like the pretty much have to take place there - it wouldn't have the same impact or make as much sense given the art theft focus of the plot if it wasn't filmed here.

The villains were memorable and Duggan was great, even if the latter could get a little over the top. But everyone is going pretty big here, to be fair. At least it is intentionally funny. The da Vinci bits were funny and felt like the exact sort of thing they would do for a gag in the modern age, though the execution of the ending was a little clumsy.

Still, it is so strong. This is easily the best episode I've encountered with Romana (and quite possibly nothing will top it either, if the ratings are any indication). She is so well used here. That scene where she calculates the dimensions of the room they are in and realized there must be a hidden wall is a perfect expression about what makes her unique as a companion. This makes City of Death a must-see episode almost all on its own, but City of Death is full of great character moments like that. You can really feel the influence of Douglas Adams here. It left quite an impression on me.