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Ooh, good point. Sorry about that.
I loved it. I honestly believe that episode felt way more like classic Doctor Who than anything else the new series has yet delivered. The Lazarus Experiment impressed me in a similar way -- Stephen Greenhorn is an extremely promising writer. He's really captured the feel of classic Who in a way that no one else has (all the brilliant writers of the new series included, like Paul Cornell and Steven Moffat). This episode could have been dropped into the Peter Davison era and would have fit right in.
The Hath were excellent aliens (I loved the fact that they didn't speak), and Jenny was (of course) a great character. I noticed that Jenny being so energetic allowed David Tennant to give us a darker and more subdued Doctor, which I adored. Serious props to all the actors in this one. David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Freema Agyeman, and Georgia Moffett were all magnificent.
The only part that didn't sit well with me was the ending, so I excised it from my version. My copy now ends after Martha returns home. If they're going to bring Jenny back, they should just do it, and explain it when it happens. We didn't need that last bit shoved down our throats.
All in all, though, a fantastic and thoroughly impressive episode. I still can't get over just how much it felt like proper old series Doctor Who. I really wish we could get more of that, but so far, no one but Stephen Greenhorn seems to be able to deliver in that regard. Not sure whether I should give it an extremely strong 8/10 or a borderline 9/10, but I love Stephen Greenhorn and I'm feeling generous, so it gets a 9. After all, despite any flaws it may have had, it's the idea and the overall feel that count more than anything, and in those regards, it excelled.
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