"I'm Scottish, I can complain about things." Part lament, part adventure, the plot of the season-eight opener matters less than establishing that in Peter Capaldi, the Tardis — and the series — is in great hands. Though the writers may be a little too apologetic about the changes they have brought to the relationship between the regenerated Time Lord and his companion, Clara (Jenna Coleman), the chemistry crackles as they fight cyborgs in Victorian London. While she can't get used to his all-too-obviously advanced years, the Doctor only initially has trouble adjusting his 2,000-year-old self to his new form — once he gets used to it, he is delighted. As he says himself: Who frowned me this face?"
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