I was under the impression that Gaiman wrote a scene for this episode, and then Moffat wrote the last episode's "the kids figure it out" scene when they had to drop Gaiman's introduction from the episode.

@avclub-b9a25e422ba96f7572089a00b838c3f8:disqus , she was actively reserved and shaken in that situation, in a manner that other people explicitly weren't.  The scene where the professor tries to comfort her was all about how rattled everything was making her.

@avclub-7399a8aa203c68565ff7196769deadc6:disqus , 
I have a nightmare theory that "Fall of the Eleventh" refers to the Doctor falling in love. It's the sort of horrible wordplay + love conquers all! shenanigans that this show is prone to falling into these days.

YES.  While I am nervous about this storyline, I am automatically on-board for any story that moves in a bold direction.

It was solid writing and excellent character beats!

Ahh, I didn't notice that parallel, and now I like that "couples camp" conceit even more.

Only old school screens do the flickering.

Really?  Three episodes you don't agree with and it undermines the very concept of reviews?

@avclub-b9a25e422ba96f7572089a00b838c3f8:disqus , think about "Journey".   
Clara is being chased through the Tardis by a monster, but she's also stopping to giggle at every fun room she sees, and then actually decides to start reading a cool book that she finds.

@avclub-edb4298fb247e84edd2dd6fe38c9ab78:disqus ,

That's how I took it.  Not that he had Cyberman "in him" technologically, but that it had shaken his brain up a bit.

Cold War showed that she was straight-up scared.

She's the most similar-to-the-Doctor companion that he's ever had, imo.  
That's part of why I'd wager she's not working as well, because she acts a lot like him, and is seemingly motivated by pure curiosity.  That she was laughing at everything she found in the Tardis while also running for her life ("Journey")…

@avclub-6f2918fcd0f193a9e0dcc0337775b148:disqus ,

Clara is fine.  An ill-defined character can always be better defined.

I caught it on Youtube after.  I loved it.  It was super intense Moffatt at his most deliciously overwrought and melodramatic.  I can't wait!

I agree, they were definitely saying "these are effectively a series of bizarre dates", which is something that they should have said far sooner.

A C- is really bad?

I thought it was a good line.  It sort of hinted that being linked to the Cyberiad had left him with some residual uncharacteristic thoughts.

Yes.