Huh? I'm a loyal Doctor Who fan who faithfully watched every show ever since it premiered in 2005 as New Who. (I only started watching in 2016, but believe me, through the magic of livestreaming, I've seen every New Who show and many of them twice and the best ones three times.)
This was... bad.
The hotel owner made me cringe. Some American shows have really poorly developed characters, but I never thought... this would happen on Doctor Who. Wow. Seriously.
The spiders were boring. Where's the outer space? Time travel? Science fiction? This could have easily been a poorly developed one-time show if you took out the familiar characters and presented it as an adventure show. This reminded me NOTHING of what Doctor Who is all about. Where's the exploration? The journey through the stars? No magic here.
I agree with several reviewers that Jodie uses the sonic screwdriver too dramatically. I wouldn't be surprised if newly filmed episodes after this date drastically cut back on these scenes. On top of that, Jodie doesn't FEEL like Doctor Who. Doctor Who is supposed to be over 1,000 years old. Jodie feels too fresh, too wondrous. Yes nice to see but not fitting the character. Even though Matt Smith looked very young, and often acted immature, he still managed to convey a tired wisdom at times and regret of his millennia of small defeats and losses.
I just felt... no Doctor Who magic here.
Don't get me wrong. The first episode for Jodie was okay, very contrived (climbing a crane? whoopee). The second episode was pretty good actually, more of the far out flavour of Doctor Who. The third episode really missed a lot of time travel / space themes and became a history lesson (like Timeless, which does it far better) but at least it was nice and warm in its own way.
Until this... atrocity. I really hope it improves. I'm starting to wonder if they cast the right woman. Would have loved Missy actress to be Doctor Who if she had never appeared in Doctor Who. Now there's a woman who can make a villain drop dead with a bat of her lashes!