The writing was too heavy on needless exposition.
New doctor, new showrunner, new creative team tends to bring in a new audience.
Well, that was the best episode I’ve seen in a very, very long time. Character arcs that make sense, no big speeches, a menacing villain with real stakes, and, most noticeably, an actual atmosphere.
It was coherent too!
This just makes me even more pissed at Moffat for not leaving with Smith, and wasting Capaldi’s entire tenure. A great Doctor with little to no great stories to match.