Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Even though this may seem to be the most obvious set up for a usual Doctor Who episode I guess there are not many people who can write an episode about dinosaurs on a spaceship with the story making sense and including about as much humour as if it were written by the legendary Douglas Adams. Admittedly, the story has certain flaws: most significantly, I am not sure if I like that the Doctor decides to kill Solomon. Sure, that space-trader is a real baddy, after all he committed genocide to get hold of the Silurans' 'bounty' but does that make his death more acceptable? The obvious answer is yes, even though the Doctor would have been able to come up with a different, less deadly punishment, as that is what he seems to be famous for (e.g. 'Human Nature', 'School Reunion', come on, in 'Daleks in Manhattan' he was even willing to negotiate with the Daleks!)

But otherwise, loved the Dinosaurs, loved Rory's dad, loved the golf balls. And if there wouldn't have been the short scene between Amy and the Doctor ('You'll be there till the end of me. - Or vice versa') this could have been the most enjoyably shallow episode of all time. This way, it is the most enjoyably shallow episode including a short scene which tries to add some depth to it by dealing with the topic which the Doctor has been avoiding ever since a companion set foot into his TARDIS.

So all in all, 'Dinosaurs on a Spaceship' is an episode which promised to be fun, and it seems that was also the thing on which Chibnall was focusing, even though a few historians may be less fond of his answer to the lack of records referring to queen Nefertiti (Nefy's) later years... But never mind the historians.