We're only five episodes into the first series of Class, but Patrick Ness has hinted on Twitter that a second series is on the way.

A Twitter user last night asked Ness if there is "any sign of a second serving" of Class, probably not expecting a definitive answer on the future of the show.



But Ness did make a subtle hint about a second series, 'favouriting' (or 'liking') the tweet.




Ness interacted with the tweet with his offical and verified account.


The asker noticed the favourite and asked if he should "take that favourite as a yes?" Ness did not reply.




Although it's far from confirmation, Ness has at least hinted that a second series isn't far away. Watch this space... and remember, you heard it here first!

Remember that episode when the Daleks went around pretending to be servants for humans, delivering refreshments and saying "I obey!" while the newly-regenerated Doctor tried to convince the locals that the Daleks were evil and dangerous?

No, not 'Victory of the Daleks' from 2010 - I'm talking about another episode.

'The Power of the Daleks' was shown in selected Australian cinemas this weekend, and I'm glad to say I've just returned from a screening of the 1966 story.

In case you missed it, Power of the Daleks - a missing episode and Patrick Troughton's first as the Doctor - has been animated with a remastered version of the original audio for cinema screenings and a DVD release.

Firstly, it's a good and entertaining story. I know this because I managed to sit through all 161 minutes without falling asleep. That's a pretty good test.

The cartoon nature of the visuals took me a few minutes to get accustomed to, but for the most part the animation was very good. One of the only errors in the animation was a shirt pocket that quite obviously floated in the air for a few seconds before returning to the shirt it belonged to. Apart from this, the visuals were effective and really captured the physical appearance and body language of the characters - particularly the Doctor.

Of course, the original audio is behind it - and at times I did wish I could see the live action version. Robert James sounds like he had an incredible performance as Lesterson, particularly towards the end of the story. The animation captured it well, but I think the original would've been better in that area.

Additionally, Patrick Troughton also sounds like he made a good Doctor Who debut. The Second Doctor behaved in this episode like he did in any other, and apart from being a bit quiet early on, the regeneration didn't seem to affect him much.

Now... regeneration. This is the appeal of this episode for most. Which is sad, because this story is too good to be defined by the regeneration - or "renewal" as it was referred to then.

What I liked about this as a regeneration story was how quickly it moved on from the regeneration. In fact, by the end of it I'd forgotten the Doctor had regenerated at all. There is no long-lasting identity crisis that we're now used to from episodes such as 'The Twin Dilemma', 'Time and the Rani', 'The Christmas Invasion' and 'Deep Breath'. While the regeneration was addressed to a satisfactory level, they didn't dwell on it and make the Daleks a secondary storyline - indeed, the opposite.

The Doctor claims that regeneration is "part of the TARDIS" - which is not how we would describe it these days, although it's far from being incorrect - the TARDIS does play a part in the regeneration process, or the recovery from it at least. In the TARDIS, the Doctor asks Ben to hold up a mirror, which shows the Second Doctor's face in the reflection, then the First Doctor's, then the Second's again - a clever way to simply explain to the viewers what's just happened.

Ben and Polly talk in the opening parts of the episode like the voices inside the head of the viewer watching the episode for the first time in 1966. Polly feels that this new man is the Doctor - although she's not confident - while Ben is in denial that it could be, and it takes him a while to change his mind. They echo the thoughts of the viewers who had never seen the Doctor regenerate before.

All in all, it was an excellent episode. Patrick Troughton and his cartoon body were comical when the script intended it, and deadly serious when the story required. The plot was engaging for all six parts, and visually it couldn't have been much better.

Well done to everyone involved, from the people who first brought the story to our screens 50 years ago to the people who helped bring it back again. On behalf of the viewers, thank you!

9/10