Episode 3 of the new series looks like it came from a completely different universe from episodes 1 and 2 which is exactly what you want from this beautiful, ever changing show. Everything should be possible, anything goes!

The first piece of 21st Century Doctor Who proper written by someone other than RTD and it’s by a smidge the best so far. Mark Gatiss creates a spooky and distinctly classic Who story. It’s a show that has always done the Victorian era justice. It channels Talons of Weng Chiang marvellously. Gatiss proves that back in time episodes are absolutely essential to the show’s formula. It is not the boring cousin of the alien world filled adventures.

The Gelth are a wonderful creation. A way to have ghosts (a Victorian era appropriate villain) whilst giving them an envelope pushing sci-fi twist. Eve Myles is a wonderful guest actor playing an innocent Victorian lower middle class character with a huge amount of star power. Her and Rose bounce off each other charmingly whilst talking about boys. Even better is Charles Dickens who is simply iconic. He saves the day without it feeling hokey or unrealistic. It feels true to a public consciousness version of Dickens. And The Doctor is still so bloody alien. He makes decisions that only someone steeped in alien culture would ever make and it’s so confusing for Rose. Eccleston is an incredible actor working with incredible material - it’s so exciting.

If anyone was unsure, now they know - Doctor Who is back!!