Damn, loved it.
The blip of rose screaming, what looks like "Doctor" caught me completly off guard, spooked me. In a awesome way.
FX, Acting, etc.. all a big thumbs up.
The new colonel proved himself in this one as well. Might never replace Lethbridge, but he'll stand on his own.
Pulling out the new guns, the speech to the troops and then bringing the Valiant down.. that was sheer genius. Loved it. A sort of.. "Did he.. HE DID!" moment. - Oh, thought it was fitting he was the one that gunned down Skorr. -
"Thank you Doctor, thank you for your lack of faith, but this time I'm NOT listening!" Hell, the entire speech was awesome.
Few little jokes and all that, maybe I shouldn't have laughed or enjoyed them as much as I did, but.. "Are you my mummy?" with the gas mask got me good.
Ratt at the end with Sontar.. HAH. Made me laugh out loud with a resounding 'HAH!'.
Yet another one.. Martha running over to sit with the Doctor, hugging him and sitting with him as he crawls out of the teleport.. then Donna outright smacking him. I'm starting to really love her.
All in all, enjoyable story with a good pace. Very 'doctor-ish' moments.. noticing Martha was fake, all his little comments, coming up with how to save them, the bit about Ross when he died.. and then in the end, the very somber "I have to give them a chance." - Really reminds you a lot about what he stands for.
Last but not least, another round of props to the Sontarans.. seriously, love the actors and the script behind them, they just seem so right.
Observation at the end.. it seemed like the camera kept cutting to the bubbling hand under the console, wonder if it means anything?
As for next week.. it scares me, it really does. It has the potential to be very good, or very bad. We'll have to see. Fingers crossed!