Of the three specials, this has the heaviest lift in terms of moving the pieces around for the future. Overall, a success but would have loved if it was a half hour longer so we could spend more time with The Toymaker. NPH was deliciously evil in the part but I needed more than a few monologues to make this feel like a proper scary standoff.

Wasn't on board with the bi-generation until I realized that this is how we get The Curator and now it is perfect. I hope every ten years, we get a new chapter in his journeys!

The Toymaker works in his introduction for a brand new generation - threatening, intimidating, and his immense presence assured from the start, and Neil Patrick Harris delivers a strong performance.

His scheme, doesn't hold up to much scrutiny, but as his villain presence is good, I'll let it slide.

My nit-picks are common criticisms from others, so I'm not offering ne insights. The Bigeneration, and the reason for the face returning feel forced and unexplained - it doesn't feel earned. It certainly doesn't ruin the episode by any means, and it isn't canon breaking for me, it's just not narratively satisfying.

What a bop. I was bouncing in my seat. Neil Patrick Harris was so fun.

The bi-generation will be argued about forever. I think it was fun to see Tennant and Gatwa working together, but do think giving Tennant his own TARDIS in exile was a misstep.

With the controversy out of the way: Neil Patrick Harris is incredibly fun as the Toymaker and the satire of 'everybody feeling like they're right' is great. The tie-ins to the history of television are excellent and it really felt like a big event story. The 60th was a fun three episode mini-season!

The way Russell T Davies writes very good finales with little infuriating mistakes in them that could be fixed by just a little bit of editing and tweaking infuriates me. God bless him but I will be thinking about editing his work for the next forty years.