Doctor Who Project - "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit"

The Doctor and Rose find themselves on a planet orbiting a black hole, the monster of the week is potentially the biggest (quite lierally) threat he's ever faced  and there's the introduction of the Ood, what's not to like about this story.

The story also features some genuinely scary scenes particularly the scene where Toby hears the voice of the Devil but isn't allowed to turn around. If I was much younger I'd have been hiding behind the couch!

Aside from being a tad scary these episodes have a moral point (slavery is bad), visual spectacles (the beast and the black hole), the mystery (The TARDIS can't translate the ancient writing), a cracking cliffhanger oh and there's the obligatory Torchwood reference.

Like so many of these re-watches I couldn't see what all the fuss was about, now I can see why this story is rated so highly.

Definitely the highlight of series 2 so far. To be fair though so far Tennant's debut series has been a bit below par, not a patch on series 1. The good thing is I know it's going to get much much better and this seems to be the start of it.