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People choose the paths that gain them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That’s a law of nature, and you defied it. That’s why I hired you. You could have married rich, could have been a model, you could have just shown up and people would have given you stuff. Lots of stuff, but you didn’t, you worked your stunning little ass off. Gorgeous women do not go to medical school. Unless they’re as damaged as they are beautiful.

You are damaged, aren’t you?

You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn’t perfect. That’s why you married a man who was dying of cancer. You don’t love, you need. And now that your husband is dead, you’re looking for your new charity case. That’s why you’re going out with me. I’m twice your age, I’m not great looking, I’m not charming, I’m not even nice. What I am is what you need.

I’m damaged.

Doctor Who series 8 ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ recap

…so is Capaldi’s Doctor going to be the one who’ll finally pay the price… and might the cost be losing Clara?

Whatever the outcome, I’m glad their journey’s not at its end yet, because Capaldi and Coleman remain an utterly magnetic coupling on-screen. That beach scene – and the final TARDIS sequence – are magic.

Doctor Who series 8 ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ recap