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Episode 11, Utopia, introduced us back to the long awaited return of Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who, and it was great to see him back. When the Doctor returns to the rift in Wales to refuel the TARDIS's energy supplies, Jack spots him and runs after him and holds onto the TARDIS just as it dematerialises, which causes them to travel toward the end of the universe. Once they land the Doctor, Martha and Jack are reunited but the Doctor isn't too happy to see Jack (for morality and (im)mortality reasons as its soon revealed). But they have bigger problems as humans being hunted by strange scavanger like beings who are cannibals and looks to wipe out the remaining normal humans. Also the Doctor meets up with a Professor Yana (Derek Jacobi) who is trying to reach Utopia the last home for the human race. And there's something not quite right with the Professor.

This episode marking the return of Jack, definitely has its moments but I felt the episode did kind of fall flat on its face somewhat. The background story didn't really grip me and I felt the Futurekind (the cannibal baddies) were a bit lame. Nonetheless Derek Jacobi was quite entertaining and his somewhat startling revelation at the end of the story makes up for any of paucity that went before. The banter between Jack and the Doctor of course provided the main highlights, at any rate its good to see him back in the TARDIS saddle for now. Sadly though they weren't quite able to relive the glory days of the new Series 1 when Jack blended effortlessly into the crew.

Anyway the cliffhanger of the episode leaves open the possibilities for ending of the season as being a very interesting one. But I must admit this season despite several very enjoyable episodes has been a bit hollow and lacking in any good substance and I haven't found myself being glued to the screen with it as much as I have in the past. Regardless of that I will carry on watching it.