Meglos is plagued with stagey direction and pretentious, boring writing. Thankfully John Flanagan & Andrew McCulloch never write for the show again. If this drop in quality is the impact of Bidmead then I am not appreciating it. Even the welcome appearance of Jaqueline Hill, the actor behind the first doctor’s legendary original companion Barabara isn’t enough to overcome the stilted, lifeless feel of the production. It’s a story which is annoying to follow.

I do like the fact that Meglos is a cactus, and how it interacts with the humanoids around. Meglos taking the form of The Doctor is a nice way of mixing up Baker’s familiar performance. The sets and CSO backdrops are rather nice, weaving neatly with the live action in a more polished way than ever before.

Since JNT took over the episodes seem to be significantly underrunning. If you discount credits, opening titles and reprises, episode four is just over 15 minutes long - possibly a good thing in this case. This new era hasn’t fully clicked yet.