Tell you what I like… These aren’t dr who stories, they’re all stories about the doctor. Episode 1 didn’t work for me but I wasn’t the target audience, it was all for the matt smith generation- Clara as a proxy for the audience saying “I don’t like the new guy” The robin hood episode did kind of suck but it had its moments. It just all lacks the confidence of the storytelling in the last couple of series, when they’d go all out and just trusted people to get it, now it’s all a bit overt and simplistic.
And I did a wee “oh!” when this episode referred back to john hurt in the barn… It’s a lovely continuation of the whole “impossible girl” thing.
Basically it’s solid but I loved the last couple of series, even when they were wonky they were usually charming or ambitious or interesting. This one, not so much, when it misses the mark there’s not enough else going on. Thinking maybe once Danny’s in it more, that’ll get better, those 2 work together.