As usual, I try to emphasise the positive with my reviews, but it is difficult to escape that most of this run has felt a little flat. I found The Bells of Saint John more rewarding than Partners in Crime had been, and am one of the few admirers, it seems, of The Bells of Akhaten. Cold War seemed like edited highlights of a longer work, and Hide, as you say, suffered from the underdevelopment and underperformance of Hila. Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is not ageing well as I go through the week. This must be in part a case of my assimilating other people's criticisms as I read them, but it's also because the 'cleverness' of a story about storytelling (if that's what it is) only comes across to the initiated; it's not immediately apparent that this is what the story is doing (if it is and I and others are not merely grasping at straws) nor does it do anything except collectors of conventions to tick them off their list. This is exactly what Doctor Who set out to avoid in 2005.

Thankfully, the next episode is more enjoyable... /flaunts privilege