Following on from a rip-roaring two-part adventure story came Toby Whithouse's wonderful romp around 16th century Venice.
Whereas episodes two and three seemed to struggle with the 45 minute format this story excelled - perfectly paced with a decent splattering of serious, laugh out loud and eerie bits.
The whole thing looked great and, importantly, had a story to match the visuals. When the team re-created Pompeii a couple of years ago there was no doubting that the story looked the part, but the plot just didn't quite do it for me. This, while was not exactly displaying groundbreaking storytelling, used the setting and characters to make for a very entertaining show.
Vampires are certainly in fashion at the moment and made for an effective villain of the piece - with a suitable leader for the Doctor to play moral table tennis with.
Matt Smith was the real star though - coming over well whether in popping up from a cake and gatecrashing Rory's stag do or saving Venice from its doom.
And those cracks in the Universe continue to loom. More of this and we're in for some gripping stuff.
8/10
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