Class: 8 Reasons To Be Excited About The Doctor Who Spin-Off
2. It's A Shorter, Tighter Series
Doctor Who doesn't have the extended runs of most US network TV shows, but at 12/13 episodes every year it has fairly lengthy seasons. While it is nice to have a sizeable wedge of the show in one go, it does frequently mean that resources and ideas are spread a little thin. Pick any season from the last ten years and you will find at least one or two less-good episodes within it. The same thing goes for Torchwood and SJA, which also usually ran for 12 episode seasons.
Class, however, is only 8 episodes long. While it does seem likely that it will share the monster-of-the-week format with Doctor Who, this should allow for a tighter knit story arc than its parent show - for all its brilliance - can usually manage.
Likewise, each episode is written by Ness himself - unlike Doctor Who which generally has a new writer each episode. The fact that Who is practically a different show every week is one of its selling points, of course, but it will surely work in Class' favour to have more of a cohesive feel.