Yeah it definitely hit a bit of a mid season slip, which is odd really because you'd think that having a break in-between would give everyone a chance to take a breather and come back to it even more energised and ready to go, but none of the later episodes felt as epic in scope as those first five episodes with the Pond's

And I thought that A Town Called Mercy was great too, it had some really strong characterisation for the Doctor, as well as raising some interesting questions with the "villain" of the story and how they should deal with him