There are some borderline horrific movements in this spookily effective haunted house mystery. In short, Bill and friends are looking for a new place to stay and feel they might have found there perfect place in the form of a rambling mansion which is in need a little modernisation, and comes complete with a rather odd landlord.
I've always found Suchet to be rather creepy anyway so the part of weird landlord suits him well.
The Mackie/Capaldi dynamic continues to impress. I feel the student/mentor relationship really suits Capaldi's older Doctor while Bill's inquisitiveness and smarts shows she's already incorporating what she's learned into her questions and analysis of the situation.
Only the resolution feels slightly weak, but it does draw upon a classic series approach to solving problems - talk the monster to death. Meanwhile in the basement of the university, it's clear that someone or something is being kept in the vault.
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