I liked the LOST finale too, and it remains by far my favourite series, but you can't really blame lack of planning for any missteps, since the writers actively demanded a set end-point for the series after season 3.

I found it strange that the black guy was a member of the army at all in Victorian England. Though maybe they were, I don't know.

That could come back to bite him and be the reason why his regeneration is supposedly "different" - not enough regeneration energy for a perfect transformation.

Agreed. And unlike last week it had a semi-logical resolution to the conflict.

Mark Gatiss's dialogue and story beats are so… obvious and uninspired.

I've never seen British people being called "refined" when it comes to drinking before.

Jared's interactions with most people and/or things make me go awwwww!

Well they were the least inconspicuous car thieves ever, given what they were driving and the volume of their music.

Wonderfully acted by Maclachlan (hardly a surprise at this point)

That… why… why would they…

What was wrong with the Buffy HDing?

Theoretically you could stand astride them and point it downwards.

There were a couple of US tours where one or other of the brothers (once was definitely Noel) walked out on the tour altogether, not just one gig. I'm sure that didn't help.

We don't freak out. Out lips just get progressively stiffer.

I know but I mean I'm glad the Doctor didn't actively let her out of the vault itself in order to help take the Monks down, only for her to run away before going back in.

Michelle Gomez plays every role to the hilt. Just look at her performance in Green Wing.

You could argue (somewhat tenuously) that The Doctor is saying this sort of tongue-in-cheek, as in "yeah that whole last of the Timelords thing isn't really true, case in point: this woman."

Mark Gatiss has already written an Ice Warrior episode in Cold War, which was one of his better ones.

Capaldi sold it about as well as he possibly could, though.

AND the better virtual reality world.