Doctor Who Project - "The End of the World"

So onto episode 2 and we jump to the year 5 billion and it's Earth's final hour before the sun expands and engulfs it. The Doctor and Rose find themselves onboard a space station orbiting the planet so that the great and the good (ie the rich) can witness the Earth's destruction. Of course because it's Doctor Who you know that something will go wrong, cue little robot spiders causing allsorts of chaos before The Doctor saves the day.

For me this episode goes from strength to strength. It builds upon the mystery of The Doctor with Jade a humanoid tree recognising him as a Time Lord (the first time it's mentioned in the series since it's return, yet no  mention of Gallifrey just yet, despite Rose grilling him on his origins) as well as an interesting conversation between The Doctor and Rose about him being the last of his kind due to a big war.

The Doctor saves the day, working out who's behind the robotic spiders, the 'last human' (A being nipped and tucked within an inch of her life, a satire on the cosmetic surgery industry) before saving the space station from destruction and returning the culprit (Lady Cassandra the 'last human being') but without her moisturiser she dries out and bursts (another comment on the reliance on beauty products?).

From what I remember I was never a fan of this episode but upon watching it again I realise just how strong it is (fair enough it's no 'Dalek', 'Blink' or 'Human Nature'/'Family of Blood') and appreciate it more now. For me it's a much better episode than 'Rose'.

Bring on 'The Unquiet Dead'.