Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Anchorhead said:

For me, there wasn't enough of the Doctor saying goodbye to Clara or her getting to say goodbye to him. As an actress and definitely as the character, she deserved much more.

Capaldi was a shock. More so than I expected. I hope I'm surprised as the season progresses, but honestly, I feel like this will be a struggle for me.

And I agree about Capaldi feeling like more of a shock than I had imagined, but not in a good way.

Why is Capaldi a shock? We've known for a while that he was going to be the next Doctor.

Like Falcon said, "Unlike the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, he did not genuinely amuse in his opening moments." It was shocking how totally uninteresting an introduction we had to him, like they were trying to stick him in the persona of those other Doctors and it just didn't work. I think it's that things can feel differently than how we imagine them in our heads.