John Nathan Turner and Christopher H Bidmead’s time has begun and you can immediately feel, despite some humorous scenes on Brighton beach, the tonal shift. This is not Doctor Who aimed at kids, as in the Williams era - the show feels more dense, but not in a negative way. There are a lot of full on science fiction ideas to take in. The story and setting immediately sticks with you. And while not all of the risks that the director and editor takes work, many do and the fact that so many risks are being taken feels new and exciting.

The way the spaceship tannoy talks and the aliens on the ship converse feels like it was of great influence to Russell T Davies' first series. Not to mention the human skin suits and the Doctor greatly aging - tropes we’d see later during Davies’ tenure.

Rooted in science or not, there is a lot of technical gobbledygook which makes you feel like your not really "getting" what's going on. There is something to be said for drama being easy to follow. With all the excitement in the world, if you’re wading through technical chit chat it’s difficult to fully get into a story - despite all its attractive features.

They are clunkily reminding us of the black guardian again... who'd I'd basically forgotten about. Hopefully he will be more interesting on his return!