This was cute.

A 1950s housewife who moonlights as a science fiction author for pulp magazines gets caught up in one of the Doctor's adventures when Zoe suddenly materializes inside her living room.

It's a very simple story, despite the set up. A mad scientist from the future wants to mutate humanity into insects and has a robot army. There's a plot MacGuffin that can stop him, and Betty the housewife/sci-fi writer is recruited to help out because she can sneak past the robots who wouldn't have her on file in their memory banks yet.

No, what makes this story stand out is the change of view character. Rather than the Doctor or one of the companions, we're seeing the adventure from the view point of one of the normal people who get caught up in these things. Who has a life changing experience and then just moves on with their normal lives.

It's refreshing, and absolutely what the Short Trip range is for. Giving us a look at the wider universe of the series as a whole.