Love a claustrophobic, single setting creepy chiller and the campy cgi just makes this for me

After rewatching "Wild Blue Yonder," I realized that it's my actual favorite RTD2 era episode. It's very creepy, and I love the idea of the Doctor meeting an antagonist that he can't safely think around since his cleverness is what keeps him alive.

OH MY GOD THAT WAS TERRIFYING.

Not enough can be said for this crew's specific ability of nailing tone. Abject terror flows from the point of Tennant putting his face to the glass and Donna realizing how far she is from her family, light, and all of existence. Genuinely frightened every time they all stared each other down. The budget is on full display here but it's those old darkened corridors and tight script that gets the job done.

God bless Davies for doing what needed to be acknowledged re: the Flux. Who better than Tennant to grapple with The Doctor's failings. Magnificent work all around.

Perfect.

From the moment they land on the ship, everything builds perfectly to its conclusion. The atmosphere, and building dread, oozes through the screen, pulling us in, and investing us into the mystery of the empty ship. The setting is used so well, the threat of no TARDIS and Sonic Screwdriver - it builds perfectly.

The ship itself looks so immense, that the setting feels so real. We progress through the story, and we see the Doctor and Donna's chemistry, radiating in bucket loads - just fantastic. No duo are as perfectly suited as these two, and in quiet character moments, this is demonstrated at its best in this episode.

Then the Not Things are introduced, and these are probably the best creatures the show has given in a long time. Body horror, and bizarre surrealism blended perfectly to give a wonderfully terrifying villain. Again, stunning performances from Tennant and Tate, and seeing antagonistic versions of these characters play against characters we know and love is truly wonderful.

As the conclusion realises, I love that the Doctor doesn't really effect the outcome - the explosion is planned before them, but the enjoyment from learning what is inevitable, and reaching this, is brilliant.

Music wise, there are beautiful motifs to Gold's earlier work, which are so poignant, especially within the character moments, to remind us why we love them so.

Its perfect, and we need a lot more like this.

Great blend of creepy and suspension. I love the Not-Things. They are creepy with the body horror and they are great when they are separated by the glass from the real 14th Doctor and Donna. The way they stress out the Doctor and the Doctor and Donna not trying to think but he knows what is going on is brilliant. The ending is amazing with the surprise Wilf and everyone going mad and plane crashing down and ground cracking with fire.