It's not really fair to judge the opera episode by itself. If you haven't picked up the basics of the Stabbish language from watching previous seasons, and the prequel movies, and reading the tie-in books, and doing the tie-in worksheets, I mean REALLY doing them all so you internalize the stabgrammar, you'll miss all the nuances.
Dr. Bob Nicholson is a wonderful historian of Victoriana — with a special focus on the printed material of the era. I’ve enjoyed following his work for some time!
In this video for Wired, he does a lovely job answering reader questions about Victorian England.
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