Not as bad as I remembered it being. Still has a lot of pacing issues. There are a number of scenes that could be cut and you wouldn't miss them at all. Strax doing a medical examination of Clara? Nobody needs! Capaldi is superb right out of the gate and Clara continues to shape up into being more than her shitty origin story stuck her with. I do hate how much Moffat falls back on the lazy joke of oh aliens not understanding human behavior. Strax offering Clara a bucket of water, this is humor?

Also slightly resent how much the show felt it needed to convince people to give Capaldi a shot after their hot boyfriend Matt Smith left. I know the reasons why they had to do it and I know they took a huge hit in the ratings department but he's too incredible in the role for anyone to doubt him. Plus that teaser at the end? Welcome to a whole new show and boy oh boy it's gonna be fun.