I am not a fan of Tooth and Claw. It is a nutty episode full of monks, the Queen, and our first hints of Torchwood. All of this would probably be at least a little more acceptable if Rose wasn't peak unbearable here with Ten. Maybe we hadn't quite figured it out but it feels like they are joking around in a situation where it just isn't warranted because it is the queen and it's supposed to be funny.

I think we were still finding our tone here as Tooth and Claw feels a little too goofy and messy for the sake of the episode. The tone of this adventure, the ridiculousness of the plot, none of it feels like it fits well with the general climate of the RTD era. It's an acceptable episode, but only just so and with a lot of stronger Ten/Rose episodes out there, this one really falls to the wayside to me, especially given how forgettable it is. Definitely one I prefer skipping on rewatches, barely worth watching once in my eyes were it not the foundations of Torchwood.