Warning: Doctor Who Spoilers

Here's what I thought of the latest episode (aired on 23rd August 2014).

I really prefer sci fi to horror, and this was definitely horror. It wasn't a children's story, either.

• A sad, lonely, female dinosaur is horribly killed in flames
• Someone is mugged and his eyes removed
• A balloon carrying the Doctor is made of human skin
• The Doctor mugs a tramp (although he thinks better of it and gives up his watch)
• The Doctor may or may not have pushed a robot to his death

It was too slow and repetitive. How many times do we need to be told

• That Madame Vastra and Jenny are married?
• That this Doctor is really the same as the old Doctor?
• That this Doctor is very, very old (although younger than the first Doctor)?
• That this Doctor is not Clara's boyfriend?

Plus the "Did he fall or was he pushed?" was laboured. I got it the first time.

But there were some humorous moments, and bits of it were fun. Capaldi is brilliant and given half a chance will make a wonderful Doctor. I hope he's given that chance.