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.

A take on the teen horror movie set in a haunted house. Noted playwright and television writer Mike Bartlett's debut Doctor Who episode 'Knock Knock' referenced a joke that we all heard as youngsters.

Bill and her university chums seemed to have sorted their student digs several terms in advance, what they are left with is unsuitable and even then student loans can only stretch so far.

Luck is at hand David Suchet's creepy landlord comes to the rescue, he has a big creaky house, a tower that is out of bounds and plenty of wood. As soon as they go in things start to go bump.

Conveniently the Doctor is helping Bill to move in and decides to stick around and investigate. He quickly gathers that a big draughty house without all the modern conveniences and a landlord harking back to a different age chimes danger.

At its heart, it is the Doctor and companion get split up and one by one the rest disappear. Not a big shake as the rest of the students were thinly sketched and the acting suitably wooden.

An ominous episode which will soon bug you out. A rare event these days, I watched this episode with my daughter who was home on study leave. She and her university mates are currently looking for digs for the autumn term. Whoopee!

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

"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".

But why oh why is Nardole still here. There is something very wrong with that character. It's like they are trying to lighten up the story after a dark couple of seasons, but all they are doing is annoying me.

The rest of the story was a repeat of what we have seen several time already on Doctor Who but still okay.