So what are the thoughts on the last episode of Doctor Who,
"Hide"?
Personally I liked the episode since it was a return to some of the older style Who shows of there only being a few characters and locations. If you count just the humans then there were only five people in the entire episode. Combining a haunted story about a ghost, appearing over the the years on the grounds of an expansive English manor, with some sci-fi toys it was a good reminder that sometimes the best stories are the simple ones.
The characters of Professor Palmer and the empath Emma Grayling were so well played out that the episode could have served as a backdoor pilot for a show featuring the two of them investigating paranormal activities in the 70s'.
I did find one thing though that kept nagging me.
Upon arriving the Doctor already knew who the professor was, who the empath was, and it was stated that the year was 1974. No problems there and the year would go along with the style of clothing and the electronics used. What bugged me was the background of the professor.
In the conversations between the professor and the Doctor the background of professor was that he was a military leader during 'the War' and that he had lost too many good men who were following him. With it being 1974, and the age of the professor being perhaps his late 30's to mid-40's, I was trying to figure out if they meant the Vietnam war, the Korean war or something else. Then I remembered that the Doctor said the professor was a member of the "Baker Street Irregulars". First thought might be a reference to the Sherlock Holmes group of trusted associated but the name was also used during a British war for a group of special operations soldiers and operatives. That war? World War II and the group that the "Baker Street Irregulars" belonged to was disbanded in 1945.
Either the professor was doing a bit of time traveling himself or the timelines did not quite add up.
That aside we got also got a little bit more added to the season story arc of who or what exactly is Clara Oswin.