Deep Breath 8/10
Into the Dalek 7.5/10
Robot of Sherwood 6/10
Listen 10/10
Time Heist 7.5/10
The Caretaker 8/10
Kill The Moon 8/10
Mummy on the Orient Express 9/10
Flatline 9/10
In The Forest of the Night 6.5/10
Dark Water 9/10

Deep Breath - 8/10
Into the Dalek - 8/10
Robot of Sherwood - 10/10
Listen - 7/10
Time Heist - 9.5/10
The Caretaker - 9.5/10
Kill the Moon - 8/10
Mummy on the Orient Express - 10/10
Flatline - 8.5/10
In the Forest of the Night - 8/10
Dark Water - 10/10

Rewatch (countless via reaction videos ) adjustment!

Deep Breath: 8/10
Into The Dalek: 8/10
Robot of Sherwood: 7/10 (revised -1)
Listen: 10/10
Time Heist: 7/10
The Caretaker: 7/10
Kill the Moon: 8/10
Mummy on the Orient Express: 9/10
Flatline: 9/10
In the Forest of the Night: 4.5/10

Dark Water: 9/10

Deep Breath 6/10
Into The Dalek 7/10
Robot Of Sherwood 5/10
Listen 8/10
Time Heist 8/10
The Caretaker 6/10
Kill The Moon 7/10
Mummy on the Orient Express 9/10
Flatline 8/10
In the Forest of the Night 4/10

Dark Water 9/10

Deep Breath 8/10.
Into The Dalek. 7/10
Robots of Sherwood 9/10
Listen 7/10
Time Heist 9/10
Caretaker 8/10
Kill the Moon 8/10
Mummy on the Orient Express 9/10
Flatline 10/10
Forest of the Night 6/10
Dark Water 9/10

That was an excellent episode. I was completely in the dark about the Cybermen. I twigged it when they shut the doors and I recognised the tear drop symbols. Very clever!

Terrifically iconic shot of them coming down the steps. I loved that!

It's also clever how Missy called the Doctor her boyfriend way back in the first episode. He was her boyfriend. Or, more accurately, her friend when they were boys

Can't wait for next week

Dark Water 8.5/10

Deep Breath - 10/10
Into The Dalek - 10/10
Robot of Sherwood - 9/10
Listen - 10;10
Time Heist - 9/10
The Caretaker - 10/10
Kill The Moon - 10/10
Mummy on the Orient Express - 10/10
Flatline - 10/10
Forest Of Th Night- 8/10

DARK WATER - 10/10

Just a beautiful beautiful and thrillingly dramatic episode....character driven but a real sense of dread and menace but yet also with great humour...truly mad, dark and genius...i still cannot get over the twists at the end! a real pay off overshadowing Utopia in such a dramatically bombast way! one OOMPH for the Cyberman reveal then a bigger WHOOOP for the Master reveal.....adore it and really cannot wait for a perfect finale to my favourite series of the show!

Deep Breath: 7/10
Into The Dalek: 8/10
Robot of Sherwood: 8.5/10
Listen: 10/10
Time Heist: 7/10
The Caretaker: 8/10
Kill the Moon: 7/10
Mummy on the Orient Express: 9/10
Flatline: 8/10
In the Forest of the Night 6/10
Dark Water 10/10
Death in Heaven 9/10

Deep breath 8/10
Into the dalek 8/10
Robot of Sherwood 8/10
Listen 8/10
Time heist 10/10
The caretaker 7/10
Kill the moon 7/10
Mummy on the orient express 10/10
Flatline 8/10
In the forest of the night 7/10
Dark water 10/10
Death in heaven 6/10

Series average 97/120 - 8.1/10 (not indicative as I feel this series has been very consistent.)
Some nice moments bit overall came across as a jumbled mess. The plot from dark water fell flat and left us with nothing. The masters plan was to show the doctor that they are the same?! No answer as to how the master survives, and Moffat is actually defending this by saying "I loved when the master returned with no explanation in the 80s' as if it's good writing?!?!?! Danny was more emotional AFTER the inhibitor was activated than before it! So much wrong here.

Deep Breath: 9/10
Into the Dalek: 8.5/10
Robot of Sherwood: 8/10
Listen: 9.5/10
Time Heist: 8/10
The Caretaker: 8/10
Kill The Moon: 7/10
Mummy on the Orient Express: 10/10
Flatline: 9/10
In the Forest of the Night: 5.5/10
Dark Water: 10/10
Death in Heaven: 8.5/10

Deep Breath 9/10
Into the Dalek 8/10
Robot of Sherwood 8/10
Listen 10/10
Time Heist 8/10
The Caretaker 9/10
Kill the Moon 8/10
Mummy on the Orient Express 8/10
Flatline 8/10
In the Forest of the Night 7/10
Dark Water 10/10

Death in Heaven 9/10

This was something else. It felt like an insane cocktails, with so many elements being thrown into the mixer, all the strands of the series coming together at once and almost all of them worked superbly. The villains here were superb. The Cybermen were well utilised as nothing more than drones, under the control of Missy but Michelle Gomez's Missy was simply incredible so I'm willing to let it go. The scene where she kills Osgood was utterly pulsating, you could not take your eyes off it and Gomez was spellbinding. Osgood and Kate were fantastic but you knew Osgood was for the chop the second the Doctor told her she might travel with him.

Plot wise, the twist that Missy built her army for the Doctor was sublime, showing how utterly demented she was. And the twists just never stopped, there's so many I'm sure I'll miss at least one. Clara pretending she was the Doctor - brilliant. Clara having to kill Danny - utterly gut-wrenching. Clara going to kill Missy and her general attitude in this episode - blimey. The Brig saving the Doctor from killing Missy and saving Kate - no idea how that worked but it did.

Clara in general in this episode really showed the negative progression she's had all season to a T. In this episode she lied throughout, manipulated the Doctor time and time again and when she turned on Missy, you really knew that the Clara Oswald we knew and loved was gone forever. Jenna played her cold, yet overwhelmed Clara beautifully and top marks to her. Top marks also to Sam Anderson, whose Danny Pink was excellent again tonight. In his decision to die and then to bring back the child who he killed instead of himself, felt perfectly Danny Pink.

But. But. But. The star of the show. The reason we all are here. Step up Peter Capaldi. Because the Doctor is the hero today. I've been crying out for Peter Capaldi to really get something heroic all season and today he stepped up times a million. The Doctor is well and truly in. He had everything tonight. His moments with Missy were the episode's highlight but this had the Doctor down to a T. His heroic skydive into the TARDIS is one of the most bonkers, bizarre and downright silly scenes of the season. But it was also my stonewall favourite by an absolute mile.

And he just kept delivering. The scene where the Doctor works out who he is is utterly perfect. It's exactly what I wanted. He is the Doctor, he is a mad man with a box. End of story and Capaldi got that so so spot on. And honestly, the scene where he smashes the TARDIS console in anger that Gallifrey isn't home was the only time in the episode I cried.

So, finally. The ending. Between the Doctor and Clara. It felt fitting, after the season we've had that it ends with them both lying. Both thinking that the other has everything that they ever wanted when they're both lying out their arse cuts so deep.

Where the hell do we go from here? Well. It's Christmas. And Nick Frost is Santa Claus.

Bloody hell even typing out what happened in that episode gives me a headache. But I loved it. And unlike any other Moff finale, it pretty much tied up all the loose ends. Obviously Gallifrey is still out there but that's for another day...

Death in Heaven 8/10

To me a very satisfying ending to the series, with the best conclusion to a series arc under Moffat but not perfect and a bit flat in places, while Missy was annoying at times.

Deep Breath 9/10
Into the Dalek 8/10
Robot of Sherwood 6/10
Listen 9/10
Time Heist 10/10
The Caretaker 7/10
Kill the Moon 8/10
Mummy on the Orient Express - 8/10
Flatline 8/10
In the Forest of the Night 6/10
Dark Water 9/10
Death in Heaven 9/10

Briliant in so many ways, but a big minus point for the panto ending. All that fuss about Missy and she just literally disappears into thin air? Unacceptable. And Santa Claus, seriously? I don't mind Danny staying dead, but making such a joke of it is just taking it too far. Also, what about Orson Pink? If Clara is pregnant surely that should've been addressed. Not at all happy this was left for the Christmas special, which already looks atrocious.

Oh Missy, you're so fine. You're so fine, you blow my mind. Hey Missy! Hey Missy!

Shame she was given a lazy exit from proceedings. I'm going to have to rewatch and trawl through reaction videos to reassess. Not a masterpiece, but not bad - however certainly left me deflated at certain points. But equally pumped at others. Nice callbacks to earlier episodes. Tied the series together in a way I was hoping for in earlier threads.

Somehow I think using a modified Majestic Tale instead of 12's theme for one of his triumphant scenes annoyed me the most.

Preliminary score:

Deep Breath: 8/10
Into The Dalek: 8/10
Robot of Sherwood: 7/10
Listen: 10/10
Time Heist: 7/10
The Caretaker: 7/10
Kill the Moon: 8/10
Mummy on the Orient Express: 9/10
Flatline: 9/10
In the Forest of the Night: 4.5/10
Dark Water: 9/10 [revised +1]

Death in Heaven: 7.5/10

A reasonably consistent series, all the same... and a good one, at that. Let battle commence until Christmas.

Deep Breath: 6/10
Into the Dalek: 8/10
Robot of Sherwood: 6/10
Listen: 9/10
Time Heist: 6/10
The Caretaker: 8/10
Kill The Moon: 8/10
Mummy On The Orient Express: 9/10
Flatline: 8/10
In The Forest of The Night: 7/10
Dark Water/Death In Heaven: 7/10

I wish Russel.T.Davies was back...

Look there were some absolutely great moments within it, but unlike Russel.T.Davies always utilised the enemy in his episodes aswell as creating a tense atmosphere which can also generate emotional moments (Army of Ghosts/Doomsday). This episode had some really emotional moments, but the threats didn't do anything new from the last episode, the only significant things they did was attack the plane and rise from the ground, the Cybermen didn't "delete" anyone, Moffat tried to force comedy by making Missy say stupid lines when people died, that remark about Belgians not even being French was trying to be funny whilst losing your integrity and dignity to be honest. It was just a shame becuase everything was set up at the start of the episode, and by then end, noting happened. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang had a lot of plot progressions and used all of its chances. Here it just wasn't that good.

Focusing on the positive parts, the moments that Were impressive did bring the episodes rating for me slightly, as corny as it was, the Doctor flying from the plane, into the TARDIS was still slightly pleasing to the child in me. The moments with Danny and Clara did carry some baggage to it, sadly they took up most of the episode, but the important thing is that the moments worked, concepts of you deleting someone's emotions, and then by the end of the episode saying goodbye to them after they sacrificed themselves for another life is some pretty good writing. Exploring the Doctors dark side by the end was nice to see. Clara and The Doctor hiding their losses form each other was a typical showing of their relationship

More on the negative side is The Masters really stupid behavious, turning him/her into this really eccentric over the top character in a dumb way, there's a difference between this and how Tom Baker did it, he had some charm and class, he still maintained his character. I really didn't support the way the character turned into a bossy, b*tchy one, her stupid quips really didn't make me laugh which was probably what Moffat intended them to make you do.

The performances were pretty good on the whole; I don't know what to say about Capaldi without repeating myself, he looked the part at every time and it looked like he was emotionally challenged when was with Danny and Clara. Coleman also turned in a great performance, this series she has progressed her character amazingly, if anything, this episode completes the arc she's had with Danny and the Doctor.I loved the moment when she was about to kill the Master, I really liked the side of Clara we saw of someone who's lost her boyfriend and is ready to kill the person who caused it.WHY Moffat did you not let her kill the Master?!?!? Samuel Anderson works well with the material he's given, he can't progress his character, we know he loves Clara and his devotion is a nice touch, if anything his nature of putting others before him is the most admiral, and notable characterisation he's got this series, and I must admit that it did have me slightly affected by then end, after all he and Clara have gone through the episode.

Full of some really poignant moments which put closure to some ideas and arcs within the series, Death In Heaven (and Dark Water) can make you affected by what's happening to the characters, but ultimately what the story trie to achieve doesn't occur, the enemies aren't used enough, so naturally as an avid fan you feel disappointed, maybe because of the heightened levels of hype, but that doesn't matter, it still didn't deliver satisfactory results in that way. To be honest, the episode feels as if it's pushing the threat to the side, to concentrate on the characters and emotions, but you can't help but feel slightly conned as there is a BIG plot left to this side which doesn't do much even though it's resolved in a nice way. 7/10

Deep Breath 3/10
Into the Dalek 5/10
Robot of Sherwood 4/10
Listen 4/10
Time Heist 7/10
The Caretaker 4/10
Kill The Moon 4/10
Mummy on the Orient Express 7/10
Flatine 4/10
In the Forest of the Night 4/10
Dark Water 6/10

Death in Heaven 5/10

I can't say that the finale was great if I'm honest, it was all a bit flat really. At times it didn't feel like a finale and then when it was, something was just missing for me.

Yes, it was dark in places but everything went a bit too quick at the start and then it plodded on at the end with the Danny resolution and Missy just being zapped away, presumed dead - but we all know that's hardly going to be the case. Missy was good at being devious but all that buildup didn't really lead to a lot sadly and just felt like a waste of Michelle Gomez's abilities.

I'm still not sold on Peter after 12 episodes and quite frankly his acting can take a fair share of the blame in that for me. Some have said it's nuanced, it's really not to me. Jenna was also unconvincing to me and if it is the last of Clara then thank the lord! She's gone! (I hope!) One of the biggest wastes of space on the show in a long while....perfectly suited Danny then in that respect I suppose.

I did actually care for Osgood and Kate though it has to be said and I did gasp at the Brig-cyberman thing, just a shame that Kate as a whole wasn't used too well. Shame Osgood died too.

The farwell went on for too long as well and really didn't have any impact if you ask me and while I think about it the titles with Jenna's name first really annoyed me more than anything (if it was a Doctor-lite episode I could understand it, but that was just wrong for the finale's titles).

The cutting midway through the credits seemed tacky too and although Nick Frost as Santa seems interesting I can't say I'm too interested in that frankly...

So overall it was a mish-mash of a finale that really didn't feel like a finale. It really didn't need an hour to finish up honestly and it just sums up S8 for me...a disappointment from start to finish (with two minor excursions into good episodes; Time Heist and Mummy on the Orient Express). This is by far the worst series ever for me....

Deep Breath - 7/10
Into the Dalek - 5/10
Robot of Sherwood - 2/10
Listen - 9/10
Time Heist - 7.5/10
The Caretaker - 8/10
Kill the Moon - 6.5/10
Mummy on the Orient Express - 9.5/10
Flatline - 9.5/10
In the Forest of the Night - 1/10
Dark Water - 8.5/10
Death in Heaven - 6/10

I may be being generous because it was the finale, because that really was a bit of a mess, and I feel very flat after watching it

Potentially interesting concept executed very badly, lots of dodgy CGI and, if it was actually her last episode (which I doubt), Clara being completely abandoned by the Doctor and seemingly forgotten about until she called him! Bit ridiculous. And the ending was awful.

There were positives: Capaldi was the best he's been, Jenna was wonderful (as she has been all series) and the scenes between Clara and Cyberman Danny were beautifully done. The last conversation between Clara and Danny and him sending the little boy back instead of himself was well written and flawlessly acted and spoken, and heartbreaking to boot (though I didn't expect Danny to return - I'm still fuming at Moffat for killing him off in the first place), and it was great to see Kate again and for the Brigadier to be involved like that. Some of the dialogue for the Doctor, especially the climactic speech, was great, as was his being willing to save Clara's soul as he did, and it was a fitting tribute to soldier Danny that he was the one who ended it all.

But the negatives are many as well: the special effects were nothing special (the St Paul's bit especially looked cheap), Missy was just generally annoying, the Cybermen really weren't utilised much at all, Clara's departure was at the same time poignant and incredibly poor if it is her farewell, and there are many unanswered questions, particularly the Orson Pink point. Plus the 'reveal' that Missy brought the Doctor and Clara together had lost all shock factor by the time it finally came out as it was pretty obvious by then.

Really disappointed overall, I expected better than that from a finale episode. And the stupid mid-credits scene was the icing on a pretty bad cake

Series 8
Deep Breath - 6/10
Into the Dalek - 7/10
Robot of Sherwood - 7/10
Listen - 8/10
Time Heist - 8/10
The Caretaker - 6/10
Kill the Moon - 7/10
Mummy on the Orient Express - 9/10
Flatline - 7/10
In The Forest of the Night - 8/10
Dark Water - 8/10 (-1)
Death in Heaven - 6/10

Seriously, what does it take to deliver a satisfying Doctor Who finale?! There's been a few, and a lot of the time it's the hype that often gets the better of the show. With Series 8, however, it's been over four years since we last had a two-part finale, and we've had a fair share of disappointing conclusions to ongoing threads across the Moffat era. Of course, everyone is going to hold different opinions on what constitutes a decent finale, but the general consensus has been that Moffat has always been better at building up and making big promises, but then always failing to deliver on them. In which case with Death in Heaven, Moffat has never been truer to form. Worse still, the eighth series has remained relatively enjoyable throughout its ups and downs, and so to end on one of the series' lowest notes is a tremendous shame. Death in Heaven is not the finale to beat all finales, and once again all those advance reviews that stated it was the best conclusion since 2005 (as they do every year it seems) must have seen something in this that I did not.

One major aspect of any finale is its stab at a decent resolution. Far too many have fallen back on a deux ex machina explanation...for some this has worked, and for others it has really shown up the poor quality of the story. Death in Heaven was actually veering towards an ending that seemed somewhat logical! It all seemed to add up! And then Danny Pink happened. This was the second Cybermen story of the Moffat era where love plays a role in saving the day - James Corden did it, now Samuel Anderson has his own take on Closing Time. It didn't work on any level at all and was a mere convenience that allowed the plot to play out. It wasn't the only convenience of course, and in retrospect they really do add up. Clara's anger towards Missy, despite the fact it was Danny the idiot who stepped out in front of a car - if anything Missy bought them a few more minutes together! Or how about how this Nethersphere seemed to operate with a grand total of two key staff members, or that Danny just happened to die at a time that was convenient for Missy's "plan" to unfold, or that his emotional inhibitor just happened to not be working properly, or that he took Clara to the exact graveyard where Kate happened to end up too? Far too many conveniences to make this a remotely good story.

Those weren't the only problems surrounding Danny Pink. He's been set up as a character that we are clearly (by which I mean rubbing it in our faces) meant to care about and lament the loss of. Aside from a couple of decent scenes here and there thoughout the series, that really hasn't happened. Samuel Anderson is a decent actor but hasn't delivered anything near a remarkable performance, and the scripts he serves are worse still. He's been the consistent weak link in this series, dragging Clara down with him in places. There was little believability in his relationship with Clara to begin with, and so the heavy focus on it here just falls flat. And if one undignified exit wasn't bad enough, he shows up again as an even more nonsensical notion - namely the swirling portal in Clara's flat that gave him yet another goodbye. The weird Cyberman/graveyard exit was acceptable, what followed was total slush.

Clara was decent enough in the story, but by no means as solid as she has been throughout the series. The opening credits changes were yet another gimmick (admittedly I don't have a problem with them per se), and perhaps an illustration of what was most disatisfying about the episode - the lies. Series 8 seems to have had a number of running themes which came to a head here - namely the soldier theme, and the theme of lying. Clara lies and pretends she is the Doctor with an overwhelmingly convincing amount of knowledge - this is despite the rest of the series setting up the idea that she is a terrible liar. Moffat took a proverbial crap all over his own character development before the opening credits had even rolled. And as much as I appreciate the sentiment at the end that you may lie to people to make them feel better, it didn't seem that they were trying to go with that angle - it was more a case that the episode ran out of time, or that Moffat only has it in him to write one emotional confrontation per year (used up in Kill the Moon I guess). A low-key departure was nice, and the whole thing suited Clara's character beautifully, but it was framed in this notion of lies that just didn't sit well with the characters development - it's like they'd taken nothing from the adventures they've had, or the losses they've suffered... in simpler terms it was poor writing rearing it's ugly face yet again.

It's hard to know what to make of Kate and Osgood turning up again. It's an interesting prospect, having recurring characters back on Earth that you can revisit. The Paternosters felt more part of Eleven's era, and Kate seemed like the sort of character who would sit well with the more challenging Twelfth Doctor. She's appeared three times now, and on all three occasions in less-than-impressive stories. It seems that Kate's becoming a bit of a plot device rather than a developed character, which is a huge shame. Osgood was pointlessly killed off here - on the one hand, pointless deaths make for a good villain and so it was an aspect that worked. But on the other hand it was just after the character had been given a decent shred of development, and so it infuriatingly felt like Moffat was cutting his nose off to spite his face. Outside of getting The Doctor to where he needed to be, the two served little purpose in the story and so again it all felt a bit gimmicky - getting the characters from the 50th Anniversary back to make this story seem bigger than it really is.

Then there was Missy. What did they do to Missy? Doctor Who wasn't really in a position where it needed to bring The Master back to the show anyway. It had a big nostalgic look back at the past last year with Series 7 and the 50th Anniversary featuring Daleks, Cybermen, Zygons, Ice Warriors, returning Doctors and a whole lot more. It felt like high time to look forward, and despite that Moffat managed to make the Missy arc work across the series as a new idea, and then as a convincing return for The Master. The gender change wasn't an issue here, and an actually sensible direction to take the character without being too repetitive. Dark Water left a fantastic cliffhanger, leaving you to wonder whether The Master or the Cybermen would have the upper hand in the events that followed. It all fizzled out here though, not just because the Cybermen were again reduced to a waste of time (seriously, they wondered aimlessly around graveyards for a few hours) but because nothing was done with Missy either. Her scheme was nonsensical and felt like it was given a resolution because one was required, not because one had been carefully crafted as an actually decent idea. After a more reserved but familiarly psychotic character last week, we seemed to revert to a more Simm-style hypermanic lunatic here - an excuse to promote the Scottish accent and actually make a reference to the fact the character looked like Mary Poppins. It actually got a bit embarassing to watch in places - which to his credit is something Moffat has mostly managed to avoid doing. At no fault of the superb Michelle Gomez who was on fire and having a blast, Missy simply became a woman meandering about on a plane for a little while. All that sense of superiority and control she had in last weeks story was utterly vanquished. Even her 'assistant' Seb was quickly disposed of as soon as all the exposition was out of the way. What felt like a big build-up to a dark, fascinating scheme turned out to be the oldest Moffat gimmick of all - a tendency to set things up for style-over-substance set pieces. Series 8 has avoided those for the most part, but it didn't do so here. It almost seemed to relish in the weird idiocy that it delivered. By the time we reached the Cyber-Brig, things were truly dire. The painting on the wall was a truly lovely reference, a nice final, lasting image of the man. Now the final image of the Brig is technically as a converted Cyberman floating up into a burning sky...it's bizarre in a very unsatisfying way.

There were some redeeming elements to Death in Heaven. Firstly, the extent of things to talk about certainly show how it did have a lot going on - it was never struggling to find things to explain and show. This is admittedly a bit of a mixed blessing as it meant we got too many ideas thrown in, and not one of them efficiently developed. Once again, it was beautifully shot and directed - Rachel Talalay still has every right to be proud of what she delivered here, and that's despite some very shaky CGI in this story. The Doctor and Clara still have fantastic chemistry no matter what drama they're presented with, though they shared quite a small amount of time together this week. For every positive there seems to be a downside, and that seems to be the problem with Death in Heaven - for any good intentions it has, all of them were squandered with a huge number of flaws. Other episodes this series have had their flaws and controversies, but have been easier to overlook because of the decent character work and decent ideas behind them (I'm thinking Kill the Moon in particular). Here we got a story that made bold promises that weren't met, and so the flaws are much more difficult to overlook. Whilst a two-part finale is very welcome and even preferred, you still need to be able to pace yourself and have some self-restraint as a writer. Moffat desperately needed reigning in on this, and it didn't happen.

It's such a shame to leave Series 8 on a low note. Whilst it's not been the best series ever, it's been a massive improvement on recent years and arguably the best series Moffat has overseen. It has had the best Doctor-companion chemistry since Ten and Donna, and even the first part of the finale showed a lot of promising signs. But even when hype-conscious it managed to fall way short of expectations. It was a story that avoided timey-wimey and instead made up for lost time on all the other Moffatism's...most notably style over substance and poorly developed characters. With at least one more series with him as show runner, my expectations for Series 9 are now lower than they were again (especially with that awful looking Christmas special - only this one and TDTWatW have given such bad vibes in advance, and it didn't work out well for TDTWatW). I'd happily see Missy as the Master again maybe in a couple of years time, and I'd love to see Clara return as a companion again for Series 9, but feel that as limp as that exit was, her appearance at Christmas will be more of an epilogue to show how she's doing fine. Hopefully there will be a new threat next year rather than a retread of old ones. I'm just really hoping that threat isn't more bad writing like was displayed in tonights episode.


PROS AND CONS
+ The episode was wonderfully directed and shot.
+ They had the guts to keep Danny dead, even if he got one too many goodbyes.
+ Jenna Coleman, Michelle Gomez and Peter Capaldi did their bests with average scripts.
+ To a certain end, the plot was resolved logically and practically.
- Episode was crammed with too many things to make any coherent or satisfying story out of them.
- Cybermen undermined yet again, and thwarted again by the power of love...this was essentially Closing Time 2.0.
- Why waste time pretending Missy is dead when The Master always comes back? Wasting valuable episode time next time she appears! Her plot this time was stupid, the character wasted, and her back story left unresolved.
- Clara had a very weak exit.. low-key is fine, but on such bad terms and low-key is not.
- Kate and Osgood added little to the story other than being plot devices, whilst the Brig appearance was embarassingly stupid.
- Some very bad CGI.

DEATH IN HEAVEN COMPARED TO OTHER FINALE EPISODES
The Parting of the Ways - 9/10
Doomsday - 7/10
Last of the Time Lords - 7/10
Journey's End - 7/10
The End of Time: Part Two - 5/10
The Big Bang - 8/10
The Wedding of River Song - 7/10
The Name of the Doctor - 7/10
The Time of the Doctor - 8/10
Death in Heaven - 6/10

SERIES TOTALS AND AVERAGES
Series 1 - 103/130 - 79% (1st)
Series 2 - 094/140 - 67% (6th)
Series 3 - 093/140 - 66% (7th)
Series 4 - 104/140 - 74% (2nd)
Specials - 029/050 - 58% --
Series 5 - 095/130 - 73% (3rd)
Series 6 - 096/140 - 69% (5th)
Series 7 - 091/150 - 60% (8th)
Specials - 014/020 - 70% --
Series 8 - 087/120 - 73% (4th)

Some altered Final scores

Deep Breath - 7/10 (-0.5)
Into The Dalek - 8/10
Robot Of Sherwood - 8/10 (-0.5)
Listen - 9/10
Time Heist - 8.5/10
The Caretaker - 7.5/10 (-0.5)
Kill the Moon - 5.5/10 (-1)
Mummy on the Orient Express - 9/10
Flatline - 8/10
In the Forest of the Night - 2/10
Dark Water - 7.5/10
Death in Heaven - 7/10

Series Average
7.25/10

A slightly flat ending to a pretty good series. Never really liked the Master character when portrayed as 'crazy' so that grated a bit. I enjoyed the silly nod to Moonraker when the Doctor is falling towards the TARDIS. Danny took the entire episode to actually die but it was quite heroic in the end and the cybermen can fly now, apparently?!

Anyway that's the end of my revi.............

.................................................................................just fooled you! So Santa is in the Christmas special played by Nick Frost. Hmmmm.

Deep Breath - 8/10
Into the Dalek - 3/10
Robot of Sherwood - 6/10
Listen - 9/10
Time Heist - 8/10
The Caretaker - 9/10
Kill the Moon - 7/10
Mummy on the Orient Express - 8.5/10
Flatline - 9/10
In the Forest of the Night - 8/10
Dark Water - 8/10
Death in Heaven - 9/10

Average = 7.71/10

Deep Breath: 7/10
Into the Dalek: 8/10
Robot of Sherwood: 8/10
Listen: 10/10
Time Heist: 7/10
The Caretaker: 8/10
Kill the Moon: 9/10
Mummy on the Orient Express: 9.5/10
Flatline: 8/10
In the Forest of the Night: 4/10
Dark Water: 8/10
Death in Heaven: 8/10

A good solid finale with plenty of great moments. I especially loved the culmination of the "Am I a good man?" arc. It was really nice to see some character development which has been going on throughout the series pay off in such a satisfactory manner. I'd go as far as saying that the climax of this episode is one of the greatest moments of the series (made even better by Murray Gold's fantastic score; when can we expect to get the Series 8 soundtrack?)

Danny Pink finally came good in the end, with Samuel Anderson giving his best performance yet (ironically as an emotionless Cyberman) and we saw the Doctor's prejudice against soldiers from earlier on in the season proved groundless as two honourable soldiers (Danny and The Brigadier), despite having no emotions, played pivotal roles in episode's climax.

And so we come to the end of Series 8 after the longest run of episodes since 2010. Overall, I think it's fair to say that this has been the most consistent, most well thought-out, most coherent and most satisfying series in a long time. For me it didn't quite come close to the brilliance of Series 5 which will always hold a special place in my heart, but after years of uncertainty, of series splits, of incoherent and messy story arcs, it really felt like everyone on the production team has finally got their act together and restored Doctor Who to its former glory.

Capaldi has firmly cemented his place in Doctor Who history. I look forward to Christmas and to Series 9 next year.

SERIES 8 AVERAGE SCORE: 7.88/10

Dark Water/Death in Heaven - 10/10

The greatest finale the show has EVER had.

Seriously we came close with Parting of the Ways/Bad Wolf and Pandorica Opens/Big Bang....but

HERE we have a perfect finale for arguably the finest series of episodes the show has had!

Everything about it was perfect...the threat, the menace the cast and direction...expertly paced and driven! A really fitting conclusion that also effectively allows itself to be open ended for the future of the show too.

gomez is flawless in the role! a truly psychotic madman played by a superb actress! Cybermen FINALLY are scary again...well done MOFF creepy water, waking up in morgues and dark graveyards! Loved characters getting killed off! my gosh it had it all.....a very poetic finale too...with the Doctor embracing his inner demons and darkness to face down Missy, Danny being the soldier he is to save the planet...Clara realising that while she may have learned a lot from the Doctor by being in his time stream and travelling years by his side...she is still human and sometimes has to face these dark moments alone....beautiful and haunting.

This is a finale that for the right reasons that will last with me for years.

plus the airplane sequence has to be one of the most iconic of the show to date....Cybermen smashing windows.pulling UNIT members out, Osgood in her final moments, Missy showdown with the Doctor as they get sucked out....then the dive into the TARDIS as poor Seb fanboys and gets murdered! gosh....tour de force!

I cannot fault it...Series 8 was baked into a delicious filling cake, this finale was the icing on top....then when we least suspected....SANTA is the cherry on top and a needed laugh after a plethora of emotion came over me.....bring on Christmas

And I truly hope the pace continues into the next series....a creepy but fun Christmas looks set up to happen. Ice Warriors in the North Pole...bring it on!

Deep Breath: 4/10
Into the Dalek: 3/10
Robot of Sherwood: 1/10
Listen: 9/10
Time Heist:2/10
The Caretaker 6/10
Mummy on the Orient Express 7/10
Flatline 10/10
Forest 0/10
Dark Water 6/10
Death in Heaven 4/10

Average 4.33 Oh that bad eh.

Deep Breath: 7/10
Into the Dalek: 3/10
Robot of Sherwood: 6/10
Listen: 7/10
Time Heist: 6/10
The Caretaker 6/10
Mummy on the Orient Express 7/10
Flatline 6/10
Forest 3/10
Dark Water 10/10
Death in Heaven 8/10

Deep Breath 9/10.
Into the Dalek 8/10
Robot of Sherwood 8/10.
Listen 9.5/10
Time Heist 7/10
The Caretaker 7/10
Kill the Moon 8.5/10.
Mummy on the Orient Express 10/10.
Flatline 7.5/10
In the Forest of the Night 5.5/10
Dark Water 8.5/10

Death in Heaven 8/10


So 96.5/120 or 8/10 Series average.