Disliked it the first time (even then I gave it a 3/5 for the ambiance and for the best TARDIS team) and now a year or so after I have loved it. Don't even understand why myself really. It is a story with many layers, obscure references and with wildly different interpretations of the messaging and each character's motivations. I always prefer a complex but messy story than a standard but boring one, and Ghost Light is both of the former. This is truly a hate or love story. It is funny that I've gone from one end of the spectrum to the other in a year though...

With this story getting a bump in the rating Season 26 has become my highest rated season in the show, such a shame it got cancelled and we never got to see what Cartmel and Marc Platt had planned, I guess I should keep reading the Virgin Adventures to get a glimpse to what could have been.

No matter how many times I watch this, I still don't completely understand it. 10/10. No notes.

• What's happening? God knows. Am I here for it? Hell yeah!
• It's thrilling, weird, and often spooky as hell, control reminded me of playing the game 'Remothered'
• The husks are underused, they are frightening and could have been used a lot more
• Ace truly goes through it and it's a great story for her character
• I honestly think this could have been pushed to a 4 parter, extending the wild mental energy this story emits

I loved it. I had no idea what was happening, but I had a great time with it. The guest cast were all phenomenal, and the visuals were a perpetual delight. Nimrod is an icon, Control is an icon, Redvers Fenn-Cooper is an icon. Josiah is less of an icon because of his adherence to being a Victorian gentlemen, but I can appreciate keeping the husks of your former selves in the basement as the slay that it is. Light, unfortunately, cannot be an icon due to lack of screentime and also trying to eradicate all life on Earth, but I do respect his drip. Seven and Ace were slightly outshone here, sadly, but they had some great moments as well (Ace in a suit!!!!) Go into this with an open mind and no expectations that you can actually follow the plot, and you'll have a great time.

This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

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Incoherent and incomprehensible. I genuinely cannot tell you what just happened. There's no actual story here, things just happen the whole way through with no explanation as to why. The characters randomly know things for no apparent reason. Nothing's ever actually explained to the audience. There's remnants of a good story in there somewhere but it's clearly been chopped down and mutated until it's nothing like before (ironic considering the themes of the story).

Literally the only thing good about this story is Ace. The insight into her background is brilliant and Sophie Aldred puts in an excellent performance. It's a real shame because I was hoping to enjoy this story with it's eerie atmosphere and Victorian setting but sadly not. I'm sure there's quite a few people out there who enjoy it but frankly I can't see how.

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