It was nicely worded. There, the show used the Jean Grey trope (psychic overwhelmed by mental noise); with the shape-shifter, the Rogue trope (can't touch other people).

I've made a huge mistake.

Well that was a freebie.

I assume they, too, were meant as candidates/red herrings for The Architect's identity. Was not expecting their resurrections, though, or even their initial deaths.

Now if he starts calling out the stars as he sees them ("Star! Star!"), I would worry about the next word. Think of the children!

Naturally the mate-as-goal has been done before…

The pun built into the name was pretty clever.

Illusion, Michael.

No touching!

The storm and the reason for not using the TARDIS, I thought, ended up making good sense. (in combination with the planted briefcase goodies)

Capaldi grabbed his shoulder after that last hug with the shape-shifter. Maybe, despite the cure, she will take his shape later!

"I was hoping for minimalist but I think I came out with magician."

Words with built-in punctuation are annoying. My eyes kept telling me your first sentence was "However will E!" and I had to start over two or three times. Awkward. (That's a regular "awkward" with a regular sentence period—this is exhausting!)

You have laid it out very well here. Come to think of it, even a small *comedic* beat might have worked there—funny at least for us, though not for the characters. I'm visualizing their collective attempt at passing a glass of water from one set of hands to the other with no touching, while at the same time trying to…

I guess the answer is "Here."

Stephen "Avatar" Lang, unrecognizable!

aka Trixie from Deadwood :)

Amputations do not faze The Mustache. "I still got one good arm to hold you with."

…with attached Christmas lights. And the number for 911, whatever that may be.

::stares down the bed at his feet::