I agree — that first scene with the Doctor and Rose is hilarious — a great little parody of the usual Doctor Who running about. If only we’d never had that played seriously in ‘World War III’. The scene with Jackie and Elton in the laundromat was great too.

I did find the concept of the Absorvalof a shade too silly, but then Tom mentioned that it was created by some school boy who one a competition and that made it okay somehow.

Like everyone else, it’s mainly the ending that I dislike. Stone slabs aside, the episode would have been better served by a more poignant tone at the end, instead of just being ridiculously silly. I felt the whole tragedy of the situation was lost, and I do like episodes that switch moods like that.

I don’t see how not having the Doctor in automatically makes it bad. As I said, I didn’t find the main character annoying after his first scene. He was great when talking to Jackie. You know my position on bad jokes.

I thought it had a nice, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-ish vibe to it. As I say, something different and interesting. Could have been funnier — at times they seemed to be trying for quirky but the episode found its feet when it settled on a more realistic tone I thought. My least favourite episode this year would be ‘Rise of the Cybermen’, for what it’s worth.

The annoying main character became less annoying and almost likeable about 10 minutes in.

Aside from the ending, my biggest dislike was the comic timing. It was slow at times so the jokes lacked the high impact energy of Scrubs or Arrested Development but weren’t funny enough for a slower delivery. But once the show got going and tried less hard to be quirky, it found its rhythm and was fun to watch.