And Neil Cross never wrote for Doctor Who again... and good! He had two cracks at it, both of which in my opinion simply did not work. I do not feel like Hide should not have led to Rings of Akhatan being commissioned.

Hide has frustratingly muddled storytelling. It is initially a brilliantly chilling ghost story, tapping into well loved 1970s horror tropes; then transitions into a generic adventure story, chucking the atmosphere out the window; then rushes awkwardly to the end as an even less focused love story. Its a mishmash of so many uncomplimentary flavours, after what had been initially a very pleasant ride.

​At points it feels like bits had been hacked out of the story in the edit. The ending is especially random and hurried. Its a shame as the cast is brilliant and the production looks phenomenal.

Series 7 does feel like the show is at a point where it has slightly lost its footing.