Rogue was alright.  There's parts I enjoyed quite a bit, such as the sets, scenery, costumes, and setting.  I wasn't a huge fan of the classical music covers of pop songs until I learned this was a Bridgerton thing, at which point I could appreciate it a bit more for fully evoking that show here.  Unfortunately, I don't know or care anything about that show.  It kind of still works though.  I feel aware of Ruby's love for the show and can appreciate it as an outsider.

The politicking around the ball and the plotting with the aliens felt really shallow though.  The bird aliens came across as kind of dumb and very boring but they might be one of the cooler looking aliens we've ever seen, at least.  That make-up felt very impressive. I like how their motivation was that they were just messing around for fun.  That chaotic energy was interesting but it feels like the story doesn't really use it for anything - the aliens just sort of fade out of this story and production doesn't really go anywhere with them.

The character of Rogue was intriguing and I like his relationship with the Doctor, but pushing him out of the story at the ending felt shallow and quite frankly, since we haven't seen him since, feels like incredibly weak pay-off to everything this episode was building up to. It's a memorable episode, it is cool how RTD is embracing the "all Doctors are canon" mentality by showing the Shalka Doctor, but that doesn't make for a good story on its own.