Yeah, that's it for me.
The season was beginning to show a degree of promise. Then this.
I still think that, in acting talent, Pearl Mackie outshines everyone, even - sadly - Capaldi. (And that is truly a painful line to write.)
But hers was the only talent that I could see shining. In every other area, dialogue, plot, over-complicated concept and acting, it just all fell totally short - or we had seen it all before.
Yes, the bogus regeneration clearly existed only so we would have a photo of a regenerating Capaldi in the newspapers beforehand. Not in service of the plot. Sad and typical and - I think, the biggest indicator of just how much the programme makers have lost perspective on how to make, not just good Doctor Who, but good drama, full stop.
Good moments do not make for a good product - and what good moments and hints of promise that there have been this season are not, imo, compensation enough for what I consider the off-key DNA of this current incarnation of the show.