Doctor Who: 73 Yards Review - 6 Ups & 4 Downs

10. UP - A Visually Stunning Episode

Space Babies put the new CGI budget front and centre, while Boom saw the Doctor Who crew playing with its new Volume-style tech to create a virtual environment.

Spectacle is great, and I certainly don't mind the increase in production value on the show, but sometimes you can't beat some good old-fashioned location shooting.

For basically the first time, the team was able to film in Wales this week without having to pretend they were somewhere else, which must've been a novelty. 73 Yards is dripping with gorgeous shots and environments, from the crumbling cliffside to the cosy yet claustrophobic pub. It's an episode that has its own 'feel' in a way few episodes do.

Whereas most direction in Who seems to borrow from the same BBC production bible, this episode felt like RTD sent director Dylan Holmes Williams out into the Welsh countryside with a camera and told him to do whatever he wanted. I'm very impressed, and I hope this isn't the last we see of him (after Dot and Bubble of course).

This show doesn't need insane CGI to bat with the big boys, and after a rather flashy run of episodes, it's nice to see a reminder of that.