Thought this episode was good, teetering on the borders of great, but never quite making it over. I think that the core mystery was somewhat damaged by the fact that we all knew which world was real to begin with (oh come on, we did, didn't we?) and the episode thus offered little surprise in its resolution. Perhaps a second world that might have been real would have been more dramatic?
But despite that, the character stuff was lovely - something of a redemption into the 'good' books for Amy's character after her bizarre coming on to the Doctor two weeks ago. I'm still not overly fond of Rory as a character, I hope he's not a permanent feature. The revealing of the villain was clever, I liked that - and it gave particular weight to the things he said in the camper van about abandoning his companions when the grow up, that Peter Pan was only interested in hanging out with the young.
When Steven Moffat doesn't write him, Matt Smith's Doctor loses some of his 'punch', I feel. The character is still good, but he doesn't quite turn it up to 11 unless Moffat is writing the dialogue, imho.
But despite that, the character stuff was lovely - something of a redemption into the 'good' books for Amy's character after her bizarre coming on to the Doctor two weeks ago. I'm still not overly fond of Rory as a character, I hope he's not a permanent feature. The revealing of the villain was clever, I liked that - and it gave particular weight to the things he said in the camper van about abandoning his companions when the grow up, that Peter Pan was only interested in hanging out with the young.
When Steven Moffat doesn't write him, Matt Smith's Doctor loses some of his 'punch', I feel. The character is still good, but he doesn't quite turn it up to 11 unless Moffat is writing the dialogue, imho.