It seems, in my humble opinion, to be going back to its roots. I've watched Doctor Who since "An Unearthly Child" and back then it was partly intended to be educational and so was a mix of drama, science and history. This blended actual events with the storyline and reminded me of those early episodes with William Hartnell's Doctor explaining things to Ian & Barbara. As this was set in the time I was born, it's an era I have a bit of an interest in and as I'm also a bus driver those parts of the story were naturally of interest. I thought they blended the history and the fictional components quite well. There were, for me, a few loose ends but this early in the series I'd expect that.