Well another week, another new Dr Who episode and another Dud. I truly think that Steven Moffat has run out of story ideas. "Thin Ice" was just another remake of previous Dr Who episodes, but set in a different time period. "The Beast Below" and even "Kill the Moon" have included the same basic story idea. I think Stevan Moffat's biggest flaw is that he only focuses on the season long story, instead of individual episodes. This season has been bad so far. There's no other way to put it. We need some fresh ideas for the show and I hope we get those with a new producer next year.
There were few redeeming qualities of "Thin Ice". The one thing I did really enjoy was the idea of slavery and race when traveling back in time. I can't remember Dr Who ever really tackling that subject before. When Martha Jones went back in time with the Doctor, no one gave her a second look. We all know that the world's history has not been kind to different races, religions and sexuality and it was good to see Dr Who actually bring that up in this episode. The other good thing about this episode was the mystery of the Vault. What's in there? One thing that Moffat is good at it is centering an entire season around one story.So overall, I give "Thin Ice" a 1.5 Tardis's out of 5. At least he preview of "Knock Knock" looks good.