Shame the River reveal was widely spoiled beforehand, would’ve been great to see that without knowing, but it still works well.

And the one-two punch of that, followed seconds later by the title of the next episode being LET’S KILL HITLER was a laugh-out-loud moment. #DoctorWho

Having Mels grow up with Amy and Rory so they therefore ‘raised’ her after all is a slightly awkward fudge to gloss over the fact they lost their baby.

Plus the timeline is left a bit unclear - was she a toddler for years until somehow making her way to Leadworth? #DoctorWho

Modern #DoctorWho’s always struggled slightly with how to convincingly show someone abandoning their whole life to go travelling with the Doctor.

RTD’s solution was to have the families involved and know what was going on, but Moffat seemed to have little interest in doing that.

(I’m sure that’s why Amy’s family were swallowed by the crack, so he didn’t have to deal with them!)

Here he finally hits upon his own solution: have the companions only travel part-time, an idea which lasts from now all the way into Chibnall’s era. #DoctorWho

This main flaw here is how the ending just basically repeats The Lodger: ‘Craig’s love for Sophie solves the plot’ becomes ‘Craig’s love for his baby solves the plot’.

The moment he starts to turn into a Cyberman the entire resolution of the episode becomes obvious. #DoctorWho

Ah. Clara (okay, Oswin).😐

Moffat gets a lot of stick for writing characters (especially women) as nothing but quippy, wisecracking and sex-obsessed… but Christ I don’t think any were ever written like that as much as Clara’s debut here. #DoctorWho