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Tonight's episode of Doctor Who had me wondering when the British learned to be creepy. Usually we see their attempt at being scary or creepy, but they never actually get there. Mostly they just end up with ridiculous episodes that obviously failed at being scary. Tonight's episode, Hide, wasn't quite as much of a failure.

While the episode did get a little hoaky at times (especially the end) I think it is safe to say that it did a fair job of being some what creepy. There were ominous unidentifiable thumping noises, ghosts, weird clicking deformed monsters with crazy sinister laughs, and random unexpected viewings of the creepy creatures behind characters and down dark hallways. Not bad Britain, not bad.

The episode also did a good job of bringing back a few things from the older seasons. The mentioning of The Doctor's coat rack was a nice shout out back to the old series. A very practical piece of furniture that the more modern Doctor seems to have overlooked.

There was also another ghost busters reference, which brings back fond memories of 10 and Rose from back in the 2nd season (post 2005), The Doctor put on his orange space suit once again(reminiscent of 10- Water On Mars and the Satan Pit), and he once again reminded us all that he does not view humanity as small or insignificant, but rather as amazing and unsolvable and incredible. The cloister bell sounded, 11 said Geronimo, and The Doctor talked to the T.A.R.D.I.S like a beloved - yet somewhat misbehaved child. All of these things took what could have been a very out-there, strange episode and brought it a bit closer to home for the long time fans of the show.

The biggest shout out to the fans though, was the sighting of the T.A.R.D.I.S' swimming pool in the sneak peek for next weeks episode.

Clearly we are going to get to see more of the inside of the mysterious blue box, but nothing could have been more exciting than seeing the swimming pool (except perhaps the library?). I personally cannot wait. Even if the episode is lame and nothing else happens worthy of note, getting to see even a glimpse of the long mentioned but never seen pool will make the episode great.