The Doctor and Clara travel to a 1970's English mansion house which is seemingly haunted by a ghost.
This starts out like a horror movie, albeit with higher production values, it sets off very quickly and very spooky. The second half reminds a bit of Shrooms, for anyone that's seen it, kind of trippy, lots of tress, shadowy figure etc.
I've been aware of writer Neil Cross since his work Luther which was fantastic, he's a great writer, despite the little slip that was 'The Rings of Akhaten.' I think 'Hide' shows a lot of very good elements.
I particularly enjoyed Jessica Raine's performance as Emma Grayling, she's a brilliant actress, she looked the part and was very convincing in the role too.
Clara is developing really well as a character, she is very likable and poses some interesting questions to the Doctor.
All of the elements needed for a good ghost story are here, candelabras, shadows, creeks, ghosts etc and that's why I feel the first half of the story works way better then the second half. The second half is very much more on the ordinary scale, the ending again is rather shoddily contrived and let's it down again. There was potential for this to have been a masterpiece, the flaws stop it being so. It is still unique, original and fun. 7/10