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First great episode of the series, really enjoyed that.

Witchfinders felt perhaps more familiar than others in the series so far. It was a monster of the week filler episode that could of fitted into any of the previous seasons Apart from the Doctor's new found hesitance to interfere in history again, leading to a death. Two episodes left and the Christmas New Year's Day special and it feels like we're still waiting for the proper start of the series

See also flipping a speeder on it's side to fit through a small gap and "I've got a good feeling about this"

Viewing figures for this season are interesting. Still doing better than the past few Capaldi seasons, but shedding half a million viewers each week in a way that previous seasons haven't.

Yeah, I thought that.

It'd be interesting to see how it plays across a family audience, and in particular young children. I've been re-watching Ecclestone's series recently, and it's surprised me how well it holds up. Probably the best Who series for appealing across a wide age range.

That was terrible, worst episode of the series so far in a series of filler episodes.

Yeah, under Sydney Newman’s original famous mandate of ‘no bug eyed monsters’. We all know how that worked out though

I think the last Capaldi series was an adult Doctor Who to some extent, it went to some pretty dark places at times. Hence the drop in viewing figures for it I guess. I loved it, but I don't think it was family viewing.

Incredibly lightweight, but at least this episode put the new Doctor front and centre for the first time and sidelined the companions. First non Chibnall episode next week !

On episode 2 at Sky pace and quite enjoying this. The silent fight with Laurel, Dinah and Silencer was great.

I hope it isn't this, I hope it's just Chibnall's shit writing and she'll get a change to shine in a non Chibnall episode. At the moment though it feels as though she'd hide behind the companions if she had to deal with someone like Missy

It's a strange mix of writers they've selected for the non-Chibnall episodes. None of them have written for Who before, unless you count writing the blurb on the back of the classic Who Blu-Rays. Quite a few of them are at the start of their careers also.

Now we're three episodes in, what do people think of the new doctor ? Normally I'd have formed an opinion after three episodes, but still haven't with Jodie. Maybe it's due to the crowded Tardis not giving her space to shine. Surprisingly Bradley Walsh is the stand out of the new series so far...