(14-09-2014 13:20 )circles_o_o_o Wrote:  The old favourite nightmare of the monster under the bed, but a middle aged man just walks into a children's home in the middle of the night and into a little boy's bedroom without anyone kicking up a fuss. That's like the imaginary versus the real-world horrors, and I wonder if there was any deliberate thought behind that.

(14-09-2014 19:55 )Regenerated Wrote:  Encouraged a bit more now that I've seen Listen. Over the years I've found that the scarier (and therefore, more exciting episodes) are the kind where you see limited screen time of the Doctor himself. Instead he shows up in small segments and delivers some chilling messages or confronts an equally chilling entity, like in 'Blink'.

I thought this episode had those elements - a good old fashioned Doctor Who ghost story, the kind I'd been missing from Matt Smith's tenure - most of those seemed to be him blundering about waving the sonic screwdriver with some ridiculous, pathetic thing revealed to be the enemy that we're supposed to feel sorry for.

I think they'll be plenty of kids having sleepless nights after Listen. It was a bit overly fragmented aswell and the end of the universe segment at the end was a bit confusing, but the elements of the ghosts in the children's home was a very exciting theme. There's room for encouragement now then - so I can look forward to next week's 'Time Heist'. I hope the scary element continues - if it's there, then I find you enjoy Who more. After all, that's where the phrase hiding behind the sofa came from.