Who: Cold Blood Retrospective (R: 3.5/5)

Unlike The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood has one major part going for it that prevents it becoming another lowlight for Series 5; Rory's death is emotional, played out brilliantly by Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillian as Amy realises her fiancée is about to be consumed by a crack and wiped from her memory, leaving only the Doctor to carry the burden of his memory. However, the Silurians are no more likeable than they were last week, merely providing a stereotypical military threat for our favourite Time Lord to best in a predictable run of events that even the most casual viewer will see coming from a mile off (Negotiations ruined by a death? Check. A legend that will probably never be passed on, leading to another confrontation? Check.), and many of the guest cast such as Nia Roberts border on melodramatic in their portrayals of the human survivors. Were it not for the final scenes, Cold Blood would score just as low as its predecessor, so thank goodness Steven Moffat saw it fit to kill off a main character here or we would be looking into the eyes of a beast.