I'm assuming this is because Clara has seen the Doctor's past incarnations, and so it seems strange that she's so shaken up by regeneration, yes? I thought the same thing but have come to terms with it. Thing is, Clara did say in Day of the Doctor that her memories of her visit to the Doctor's time stream were fuzzy. Also, we don't know how much contact she actually had with any of the past Doctors, probably not enough to get an impression of their personalities. Also I can especially understand her having trouble adjusting to Smith turning into Capaldi -- there is a huge difference between them, especially in personality.

Also, it's a bit like it is for us as viewers. We are all fully aware of all the past Doctors, but we still sometimes have trouble adjusting to a new Doctor, because a new Doctor replaces the one that we've gotten used to seeing regularly, and usually grown to like or even love. We know we will see the new Doctor regularly (assuming we keep viewing). If there are past Doctors we don't like much, that doesn't matter. But when a new Doctor comes along, if we're not sure about him, that's more worrying. I love Capaldi's Doctor -- as a character, but I'm not sure I'd love him so much if he was real, and I was travelling with him. He'd be hard work. So from Clara's perspective, I do understand her having difficulty adjusting.

Quite. Clara adored and loved 11. He was her Doctor and she's mourning him. The adjustment is understandable. She's met other Doctor's before but she's always had her one to go back to. It's a hard situation for her because she clearly is still caring for the Doctor in his new form but if she could choose to have 11 back during this episode then she wouldn't hesitate. And tbh I don't blame her. 11 would be the far nicer man to be around!

So far I find Capaldi's Doctor interesting but I don't actually like him. He's obviously influenced by Moffat's Sherlock writing and I don't really like that character either. From a critical point of view I'm finding him interesting to watch and of course Capaldi is as good as ever but I'm not particularly attached to him and I wouldn't be affected emotionally if he had left after the end of this series. The smidgen of actual vulnerability he showed at the end with wanting Clara to like him was the only time I felt anything towards his character. Otherwise the writing was clever and the acting good but emotionally he left me cold. I'm hoping they thaw him a lot as the series goes on!

See, I hope they don't thaw him too much. I don't want to be emotionally affected by the Doctor on that level - he's far more entertaining when he's aloof, inscrutable and alien. But, then, I like Moffat's Sherlock too, I'm just quite fascinated by that kind of character: They're exciting because they're unpredictable, they're hilarious because they say and do such enormously inappropriate things and they're admirable (to me) because they see through all of society's more nonsensical assumptions.

To me, the Doctor should always be an unconventional hero in every way possible -- not a ladies man, not an action hero, and not even particularly nice a lot of the time. But always the cleverest man on the planet. I think I'm going to enjoy Capaldi's reign immensely

It's clearly a matter of personal taste - which is of course fine - but I really don't like that kind of character. I just think they're an arse who doesn't deserve the attention they get from others Essentially if he was to regenerate I wouldn't feel anything for him. I wouldn't care and I'm not sure that's what you want in a good main character. I can see why Jenna is getting such praise because she's carrying all the emotional acting weight in the episodes now. I haven't seen all of episode 2 yet but his killing of that guy (Ros) was particularly disappointing. Obviously he had understandable reasons but the fact he doesn't seem to care is sad - I always loved the idea that whilst he was so 'big' he cared about the individuals. Remorse might come up before the end but as a moment I found it very disappointing.

He didn't kill him though. As he said, the guy was dead already, he just took advantage of the situation to track where the remains would go. This to me is one of the types of things people hold up as an example of the show getting "darker" that I strongly dispute, as The Doctor has shown a similar lack of compassion many times in the past, when the story/situation called for it.

I see what you mean but it trod a fine line. The trick and the total lack of remorse wasn't the character I'd liked. The three most recent Doctor's really cared when they couldn't save someone in such circumstances. The fact 12 didn't seem bothered was disappointing to me. Some will obviously love it and think it gives the character an edge. I'm kind of bored of those types of characters in fiction.