The thing that's bothering me about it is how completely and utterly it failed the Bechdel test. I mean, there was barely anything for any woman to do, except be a) absent mother, b) bossy wife who gets punished by being turned into a doll or c) nagging old biddy.
Why can't you write women, Mr Gatiss? (Or Rory, for that matter?)
Still, the Doctor had some great lines.