Well, it gave me hope.

I have long been rather tired of the new Who and find that I still enjoy the old stuff a lot more - I long for the days of four 25 minute episodes, cliff hangers to keep you looking forward to next week with just enough time to tell a full story and get to know and enjoy and care about the characters.

This episode didn't provide much of a story but the dialogue and performances were good fun, with Capaldi providing a Doctor who can project the authority, dash and dynamism of Pertwee, with a good dose of the humour of Troughton. Not to say that he isn't his own Doctor though. I think that he's the best thing to happen to the show since The Day of the Doctor and may just save it for me. In any case, I'm interested in watching Doctor Who again!