Knock Knock

The only good thing about this episode is that David Suchet is in it. Bill and friends go into creepy house with creepy landlord, bad things happen as expected, Doctor does stuff and it's all good. It is no more complicated than that.

Meh. SIX is being generous because I like David Suchet.

"Knock Knock" was interesting experience.

I very liked the atmosphere of this episode. It was dark episode, with small pieces of humor. Whole episode i was very invested, and i had no idea where plot it's going to. I very liked molar of the story. Moral about, that we may loose some one that we love, and we ready to do horrible things to save them.

But many thing was quite clichéd. Basically, this is "hunted mansion" story. Ghosts, thunders, creepy noises and creepy landlord (playd by amazing Hercule Poirot). Whole episode i had a "Scoody Doo" feeling, and only one thing was missing is the dog himself(replaced by "Doctor Who" himself). Yep, it is funny.

But major problem with episode is the ending. It was dark, and disappointing in the same time. NewWho simply does not have enough balls, to do something dark these day compare OldWho did in Tom Baker era. I want to see some consequences after story, or else story it self feels meaningless.

In the conclusion, this is definitely not the "Blink". More like a weaker version of "Empty Child". Still, i liked the story. "Not amazing, but great".

I was anticipating a great horror story featuring the great David Suchet. What I got instead was a brilliant parent-child emotional story featuring the great David Suchet perfectly playing creepy and victimised.

The entire cast were a joy to watch throughout, as were the parallels between our heroes and enemies as they played off a parent-child story. There weren't many spooks, but it made up for it with the emotional weight at the conclusion. This episode shows how great Mackie's Bill and Capaldi's Doctor work well without needing each other throughout the entire story. Perhaps not as good as Series 8's "Listen", but certainly better than Series 7's "Hide", when comparing Doctor Who horror stories.

Episode 4 "Knock Knock" - 9/10

Tears of rain run down my window pane I'm on my own again, good evening, sorrow Sit and dream of how things might have been And as I close my eyes, I get the strangest feeling

Knock, knock, who's there? Could this be love that's calling? The door is always open wide Knock, knock, who's there? Now as the night is falling Take off your coat and come inside

Climb the stair and then I say a prayer For someone who could share my situation But instead as I lay down my head I have to leave it all to my imagination

Knock, knock, who's there? Could this be love that's calling? The door is always open wide Knock, knock, who's there? Now as the night is falling Take off your coat and come inside

La lala lalala la lala... Lalala la lala lalala lala... La lala lalala la lala... Lalala la lala lalala lala...

Sit and dream of how things might have been And as I close my eyes, I get the strangest feeling

Knock, knock, who's there? Could this be love that's calling? The door is always open wide Knock, knock, who's there? Now as the night is falling Take off your coat and come inside

Take off your coat and come inside

This episode owes a lot of credit to Shirley Jackson. "The Haunting" was a play and two movies, one "updated" for more modern tastes in the last 90s or early 2000s. The bugs are classic horror devices, but the knock knock was pure Shirley. Love having David Suchet as the landlord.

Do not understand why people are ragging on this episode. Classic is classic.