This episode is just OK, the villain isnt that interesting, though it does do some good character setup for future episodes.

New Who Review #34

The Lazarus Experiment

This story wasn't bad. It is a present day Earth story and has loads of mentions of Harold Saxon. It's the first time The Doctor meets Martha's family. It definitely feels like a filler episode but I feel like it was needed to set up the rest of the story's from series 3. It's worth a watch if you want a bit of doctor who but it's definitely not one you'll choose first to come back to. 6/10

OK, yes, most of this is a boring monster runaround and the opening scene is such a Ten being a dick to Martha moment but the church scene slaps.

You know when you have a squirrel or bird or something in your back garden? And you feed it just the once to be kind. And then it comes back, and it eats slightly more - so you feed it again. Then before you know it, it's built a nest and is bringing all of its mates and adding its own decorations to YOUR garden. This is the story of Mark Gatiss.

I think I hate Mark Gatiss as an actor, but I can't pinpoint why. But he's particularly slimy in this. He should stick to writing.

Other than that, the premise is intriguing, and I like the church scene.

The mutant scorpion monster was terrifying, especially in that it used to be human. Peak body horror.