*Contains mild spoilers*
In last night's episode the Doctor and Bill find themselves at the last great Frost Fair on the river Thames. But something nasty is lurking below the ice....
In a way this episode could also have been called The Beast Below if that title had not already been taken. There are some other similarities with that story in that both involve a giant creature being abused by humans. But unlike the starwhale, we learn little of the nature of the monster in the Thames.
The real monster in Thin Ice is, it turns out, not a giant creature, or even an alien, but a human (though not humane) being, Lord Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe was very much a pantomime villain, but whilst the allusions to slavery and imperialism struck me as a little heavy-handed, we had the opportunity of seeing the Twelfth Doctor give another of his rousing speeches, whilst demonstrating an impressive right hook.
Overall, I enjoyed this episode far more that last week's. The frost fair, complete with elephant, was well-realised, and this time the Doctor and Bill had people with whom they could interact throughout the episode. If there was something of a fairytale ending, what is wrong with that?
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