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20 weird, wonderful, vague and downright cryptic clues about the nature of next week’s episode
1 It’s this season’s most trad-Who episode so far, but whereas last year’s "trad” story (the Silurian two-parter) was Pertwee era, this is straight out of the Troughton years. Appropriately Matt Smith is at his most Troughton-esque.
2 It also evokes memories of “The Impossible Planet”. There’s a lot of exposition to start with, but it soon becomes very pacy claustrophobic, creepy and full of powerful, well-written character moments for the guest stars and striking images.
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3 The pre-titles teaser is frankly disturbing
4 Accident Direct could have to rethink their policies in this world
Dave is a TV and film journalist who specializes in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He's written books about film posters and post-apocalypses, alongside writing for SFX Magazine for many years.
