were utterly fab. Seriously. It had something for everyone. Something for the kids (and cheap in terms of monster budget too!), and something to make us geeky old romantics sigh. and endless lines to quote over again and again. and enough stuff for jaded Whovians to sit up and take notice, musing “Well, I’ve never seen THAT before…” Oh, and Alex Kingston in a spacesuit.
Gawd knows how parents managed to get their kids into bed after those episodes though.