It has that exact right combination of seriousness and absurdity and body horror and science fiction that is Dr Who. They nailed it.
That whole entirely unnecessary gravity bit, ridiculous and absurd, but funny.
Donna almost getting left behind, the captain commiting fucking suicide shows the seriousness of the episode.
I just loved it.
It was a bit muddled, in my eyes. Felt like they were trying to go for spooky and whimsical at the same time and neither melded well with the other, and it ended up feeling confused and messy. It got better as the episode went on, though.
Midnight still holds the top “spooky Dr Who episode”, imo, and I don’t expect it to be one upped easily. It’s so good.
It hit just the right balance for me. The situation was whimsical, but the implications were existentially terrifying.