Doctor Who: Series Seven, Part One

Doctor Who: Series Seven Part One, 2012. An alien travels through space and time with a human couple.

Created by Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber & Donald Wilson. Directed by Nick Hurran (2 episodes), Saul Metzstein (2) & Douglas Mackinnon (1). Written by Steven Moffat (2 episodes), Chris Chibnall (2) & Toby Whithouse (1). Starring Matt Smith, Karen Gillan & Arthur Darvill.

Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent). The plots are either predictable, or Swiss cheese. It's a huge improvement over season six, but Moffat's still more interested in writing Clever Twists than telling stories.
Characters: 3/4 (Good)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good). Not as many great joke lines as I expect from Moffat's Doctor, and some occasional awfulness.
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent). Too fast. Mostly good, but the Ponds' exit is frustratingly incomplete.
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good). Often great, sometimes terrible.
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 9/10 (One of my favorites, 4/4 5/4). I don't find any of the individual episodes to be particularly remarkable (at least not compared to what the show was doing a few years ago); the best ones fall apart at the end when the plot holes are brushed aside with babble. But the tone of the show is back to the old standard of fun and adventure, and I'm back to being Unreasonably Excited about watching it.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.9/4 3.0/4 (Good)