Neil Gaiman is the best thing that's ever happened to Doctor Who, and that's a fact.

Sure, I've seen stuff like that before in fanfic and immediately thought 'worst idea ever!' and hit the back button as quickly as I could. But when one of the greatest fantasy writers around tells the story, by god it's done right. As soon as she said "Where's my thief?" I knew who she was, and it was quite thrilling and engaging. Loved the notion that she 'stole' him every bit as much as he did. And here's to having emotional and contextual continuity with previous years of the show, eh?

Loved seeing more of the TARDIS interior than just the control room, too: first time that has happened since the old days. Only been clamouring for that for at least three years now. And did anybody notice how the console they built looked like the one from the classic series?