A bit more effort and depth than normal in the scripting, although it did fall victim momentarily to the modern obsession with mushy sentimentality (so annoying). A very good performance by Thomas Sangster, a bright kid with much more personality than his cousin Hugh Grant. I was almost wishing that Thomas, having opened the watch which contained the Timelord's essence, would be transformed into the new Doctor, discard Martha as a piece of unecessary emotional baggage, and slip away via the Tardis to tackle even more worthy adventures.

At the end I switched off before the spoilers of next week's episode. Not sure which idiot thought those were a good thing.

It still isn't as well produced as the early series, but tonight's episode was a step in the right direction.

I thought last night's episode was back to form after a VERY dodgy one the week before (flying into the sun).

Haven't seen the recent one yet... will do this evening, glad to hear it betters the sun one.

Last weeks was complete toss.