So the big question we were left with last week was 'would the Doctor regret making Ashildr immortal?'
The TARDIS lands in England 1651, many years after the Viking affair. A highwayman is terrorising the locals, Ashildr is calling herself the Nightmare, carrying out the holdups for fun. The Doctor explains he's there for her, he's tracking an Alien device, and amulet. Ashildr offers to help, but her motives are not well intentioned, she seeks the amulet for Leandro, an Alien trapped on Earth who needs it to open a port hole to return home.
The part when the Doctor discovers that she's lost her children was very sad, the dialogue between Maisie and Peter was perhaps the highlight of the episode.
I felt the episode was a little over ambitious, they tried to squeeze too much in. I think the aim was for the Doctor to see a mirror image of himself in Ashildr, living so long and haunted by loss. It attempted to be funny throughout, it almost made the serious scenes feel a little undervalued. The comedy overpowered the sadder side. The story itself was a little on the weak side.
Some nice costumes, some perhaps not so, her red 'Atari' logo dress didn't look that great.
Leandro was almost pointless, so underwritten, and in the end almost serving no purpose. Not exactly the best villain on Who.
Praise though for Rufus Hound, even though he only had a small amount of screen time I found him rather enjoyable. The part he was given he performed well. Tragic under use of the velvet voiced Struan Rodger.
So many dodgy jokes and puns, am I the only one who was expecting to see Kenneth Williams and Jack Douglas riding along in search of The Big Dick? You could quite plainly see Barbara Windsor was a woman, Ashildr was also lacking a little masculinity.
Maisie is a great young actress I felt she could have been slightly better served with this episode, Clara was effectively written out to make room for her, overall the character didn't have the impact we were teased with at the start of the series.
6/10