Doctor Who: Vincent & The Doctor Review (4.5/5)

Historical episodes, in my opinion, have never fared brilliantly in new "Who", but "Vincent & The Doctor" proves the exception to the rule, wowing with its stunning locales and heartwarming- yet tragic- story. Viewers saw the Doctor and Amy travel to a modern-day art gallery (with the latter having no recollection of Rory's death), and realising something was up with one of Van Gogh's paintings, forcing the time duo to travel back in time and fight an invisible menace, and while this may seem sub-standard fare for Who, the incredible acting boasted by Tony Curran (Gogh) and Bill Nighy (a likeably comedic curator) set this episode above its predecessors. Links to the finale seemed few and minute inbetween (bar the fact a Gogh painting will alert the Doctor to something...), but as a stand-alone tale "Vincent & The Doctor" managed to get the emotions flailing, and still prove that both Matt Smith and Karen Gillian are the perfect combination of Doctor and companion, with Smith's climactic "the bad things don't always outweigh the good things" speech well establishing his right to portray the Time Lord evermore!