Deep Breath ( TV story ) So far this remains the Paternoster Gang ' s final televised appearance . Though they would return in the novel " Silhouette " . The episode also introduced Missy , a character whose motives and true identity would remain a mystery until " Dark Water " , and Courtney Woods , a mischief - making Coal Hill student . It also introduced the Promised Land arc . Following the success of the theatrical simulcast of " The Day of the Doctor " , this premiere episode also received a release in cinema s across the world . It had an extended runtime of seventy six minutes . Beginning with this story , all following Series of " Doctor Who " are now only comprised of twelve episodes and a Christmas special , while Series 1 though Series 7 had 13 episodes . The Doctor wondering about the message his subconscious was trying to tell him by giving him his current face would be something not addressed for the rest of the season . The mystery would be finally be answered in the next series ' s story " The Girl Who Died " . Synopsis . Shortly after his regeneration , the Twelfth Doctor arrives in Victorian London , and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the new man the Doctor has become . All the while , they reunite with the Paternoster Gang to investigate a series of combustions that have been occurring all around the city . Plot . In late Victorian London , a Tyrannosaurus is rampaging in the River Thames , much to the shock of onlookers . When the Paternoster Gang arrive , the inspector is sure Madame Vastra hasn ' t seen anything like this ; however , she comments " not since I was a little girl . " Jenny comments the dinosaur is awfully big , with Vastra correcting her on the common size for dinosaurs and its gender ; the Tyrannosaurus is a female . The inspector wonders how the dinosaur ended up in the Thames , with Vastra explaining it time travelled , much to the disbelief of the inspector . Seeing the dinosaur coughing , Jenny uses a wrist - worn device to examine it ; there is something lodged in its throat . It coughs up the TARDIS , which lands upright on the banks of the river . When the inspector says the dinosaur laid an egg , Vastra rather incredulously , responds by stating , " It dropped a blue box marked " police " from its mouth . . . your grasp of biology troubles me " . She then gives him a bagful of sonic lantern s , explaining to put them in 20 foot intervals ; the devices will emit a signal that will convince the Tyrannosaurus to remain in place . With the dinosaur confined to the Thames , London will be safe from any casualties from the dinosaur trying to hunt the locals for food ; it will also prevent any property damage aside from the bridges . The group descends to the bank . Vastra nods to Strax to investigate the TARDIS . Strax knocks on the TARDIS door , demanding the occupants come out and surrender to the glory of the Sontaran Empire . The freshly regenerated Doctor opens the door , shushing Strax and shutting the door . Confused , Strax asks for the Doctor . The Doctor opens the door again , letting smoke out ; he begins questioning if Strax is one of the seven dwarfs , much to Strax ' s own confusion . The Doctor appears to be suffering from post - regeneration confusion . The Doctor and a disheveled frizzy - haired Clara leave the TARDIS , and the Doctor explains a dinosaur was chasing him , but he thinks he escaped . Seeing Vastra and Jenny , the Doctor calls them " The Green One and the Not Green One " before stating he mustn ' t prejudge as he could be wrong . Clara tries calming the Doctor , who mistakes her for Handles ; he wonders if she regenerated from that robot head before stating Clara ' s let herself go . Hearing the dinosaur roar , the Doctor yells for it to shut up ; he yells in shock at them having a dinosaur as well . Listening to it , the Doctor tells Vastra to turn down the sonic lanterns , as they are giving the dinosaur a headache . Strax questions how the Doctor knew , to which the Doctor calls him Clara and announces his ability to talk to dinosaurs . Clara points out the Doctor ' s mistake ; he defends it by stating they are similar in height . The Doctor says everything is going dark and wobbly from his point of view , asking them to stop . Clara tells him that it ' s not them doing that ; it ' s him . The Doctor decides to pay no mind to his condition , telling everyone to " take five " . He collapses , unconscious , with Jenny asking who he is and where the Doctor is . Clara identifies the new Doctor as the same man . Vastra comments , " Here we go again . . . " Back at Vastra ' s house , the Doctor is conscious again and dressed in a Victorian nightshirt , but hyperactive ; he demands to know " who invented this room " , since he ' s never used a bedroom before , and having an entire room to be unconscious in seems pointless as you ' re missing the room . After claiming that a nearby mirror is " absolutely furious " , he becomes annoyed about the accent Jenny and Clara speak with , as his accent is now Scottish ; he thinks they ' ve developed faults . Vastra , however , talks " properly " by adopting a Scottish accent which pleases the Doctor ; she tricks him into pyschic linking with her , bouncing back an image of perfect sleep into his mind . Putting the Doctor back to bed , Clara wonders how to change him back ; Vastra leaves the room , asking Jenny to fetch her veil . Clara explains to Jenny how confused she is about the Doctor ' s new incarnation : he ' s old and grey , even through it ' s a new body . When questioned how she ' d react if Vastra was different , Jenny points out that Vastra isn ' t even human and that she loves her anyway before leaving . Watching over the Doctor , Clara hears the dinosaur wailing . The Doctor mumbles in his sleep , seemingly translating its roars into a lament for its lost world , ending with , " Can ' t see me . Doesn ' t see me , " which Clara believes refers to the dinosaur ( which she thinks is odd given the size of it ) . Strax comes in and escorts Clara to Madame Vastra , who asked to have a word with her . Outside on the street , people are still looking at the giant dinosaur . A man called Alf guesses the Tyrannosaurus is part of a government plan , in conversation with his wife . Alf then says to a mysterious man there is something wrong with the dinosaur ' s neck , that makes it look unreal . The man replies that Alf has good eyes , and he needs them as a gift to replace his bad eyes . He reveals the other side of his face — it looks like a clockwork robot — and then proceeds to remove Alf ' s eyes . In Vastra ' s study , she questions Clara about how she and the Doctor came to be in Victorian London after Trenzalore . When Clara says that the Doctor is gone , Vastra corrects her by stating he renewed himself ; this amuses Clara , who finds it ironic as the Doctor ' s new form is aged . Vastra goes on to state that the Doctor wears a face as she wears a veil , and that is to be accepted ; she wears a veil to hide her face as a judgement on the hearts of others . The conversation escalates as Clara thinks Vastra is judging her , but Vastra retorts by implying that " Clara " is judging the Doctor because he is no longer the handsome young man she met . Clara explodes , insisting that she is not so shallow that the previous Doctor ' s looks are what made her travel with him . Jenny applauds , surprising Vastra ; Vastra laughs that she wondered what Clara would be like when angered . Vastra explains that the Doctor needs all of them — especially Clara — as anchors to find himself again . When Clara realises that Vastra has removed her veil , she wonders when that happened ; " When you stopped seeing it " . Upstairs , the Doctor wakes up smelling something . After sniffing about on the floor , he finds a piece of chalk . He writes Gallifreyan calculations with the chalk around the whole room , including on the walls and floor . Hearing the dinosaur roar , the Doctor heads to the door ; however , he finds it " boring ; not me " . He then proceeds to climb out of the window ( " Me ! ! " ) and on to the roof ; he shouts across London at the dinosaur , apologising for getting his time machine stuck in its throat . However , just as he vows to get it home safely , the dinosaur spontaneously bursts into flames and collapses , to his horror . Inside the house , Vastra and the others hear the dinosaur wail in agony , and call for Strax to prepare the carriage . Outside , the Doctor jumps off the roof and lands in a tree . Falling from the tree and getting stuck on a branch , he stops a horse and carriage and asks that he will need to relieve him of his " pet " , much to the driver ' s confusion . The Doctor replies that he was talking to the horse . Jumping onto the horse , he uses the sonic screwdriver to cut the ropes linking the horse to the carriage . As the Doctor struggles to properly control the horse ( and also fails to tell his " new hands " apart ) , the Paternoster Gang and Clara unknowingly follow him . The Doctor arrives at the bridge and quietly observes as the dinosaur burns in the flames ; he is horrified by it ' s death as he dragged it here to this time . The Paternoster Gang arrives , with Clara questioning the Doctor ' s sudden appearance here ; Vastra explains the Doctor goes wherever there is trouble . They continue to watch the flames wonder who would do such a thing . The Doctor says that ' s not the " real " question , nor is " how " . The question is : " Have there been any similar murders ? " Vastra admits there have been similar ones . The Doctor then asks if humans are watching the dinosaur ' s corpse burn , then who would be calmly walking by : he points to the mechanical man who stole Alf ' s eyes , who is ignoring these strange events completely . The Doctor jumps into the Thames . Clara worries that he ' ll drown , but Vastra explains that the Doctor has taken up the case — the only way to find him again is to do the same . Clara washes up the next morning , taking notice of Strax ' s voice out the window ; he is threatening workmen to be careful with unloading the TARDIS . Greeting Clara , Strax explains the Doctor will always come looking for his time machine , and " By bringing it here , he will be lured from the dangers of London to this place of safety , and we will melt him with acid . " Clara retorts " OK , that last part ? " Strax apologises for his verbal fumble , citing it ' s an old habit . Clara asks for " The Times " to be sent up to her . Strax promptly throws the paper up to Clara , striking her in the face and knocking her down . Now in a Victorian dress , Clara makes her way downstairs and meets Jenny , who warns her not to disturb Vastra as she is investigating other cases — including having a child poisoner for dinner ( literally ) , so she had best stay out of the larder ( it will get noisy later ) . Knowing that Clara is still worried about the Doctor , Jenny explains that they have the Paternoster Irregulars out in force to track him down . Clara encounters Strax once again , who offers her water . Clara at first accepts , but then declines when Strax gives her the bucket of water he has been using to mop the floor ( and had previously bathed in ) . Strax then gives Clara a medical examination , finding her spleen to be in enviable great condition . He moves on to her head , stating she ' s 27 years old ( and is silenced about her life expectancy , though not before indicating her prognosis for a long life is excellent ) and tries figuring out the image he ' s seeing in her subconscious . Strax explains Clara may end up serving with him , as London has many dangerous thugs who could kill the Doctor in his current state . In a dirty alley somewhere , the Doctor examines his new face in a small mirror and rummages through debris . As an old man stumbles by , the Doctor is confused over why he now has this face . Ranting and belligerent , he asks the man ' s input on why he gave himself this face , noting it ' s familiar to him ; it ' s like his subconscious is trying to tell him something , but the Doctor can ' t figure it out . The Doctor asks the frightened man if he has seen his face before . Intimidated by it , he says he doesn ' t like the Doctor ' s face — the Doctor ' s not too fond of it either , due to a new , potent set of " attack eyebrows " that seem like they want to cede from the rest of his face and " set up their own independent state of eyebrows " . Playing along with the Doctor ' s madness , the old man agrees he has mighty eyebrows . The Doctor then notes that he has a Scottish accent , which the man confirms ; he is delighted by this and excitedly rants on that he can now complain about things , before demanding the man ' s coat . The man whimpers in fear , until the Doctor brings up a newspaper , showing the article " Fourth Case of Spontaneous Combustion " . The man wonders what " devilment " it is ; the Doctor doesn ' t know , but says he ' d probably blame the English . In Vastra ' s study , she is busy in front of a board , with Jenny posing for her in her underthings . Vastra goes on to explain about spontaneous combustion , confirming Jenny ' s question if it ' s similar to " love at first sight " . Jenny tells Vastra she doesn ' t need to flirt with her ; they ' re already married . Vastra turns the board , revealing a map and the locations of the incidents ; Jenny is not too amused that her wife had her posing for no good reason . Vastra tries passing it off as just a whim . Clara barges in , which Vastra mistakes as Clara wanting to take Jenny ' s place posing . However , Clara shows her the adverts ; there ' s a notice in the paper addressed to the " Impossible Girl " — the Doctor ' s nickname for her - saying to meet " on the other side " . Vastra calls for Strax to bring tea , as this is going to take some time to figure out . The four of them examine the entire paper , finding nothing else of importance except the message . They begin guessing what the message means : the other side of London , or the other side of regeneration after he ' s recovered ? However , Clara states that the Doctor isn ' t complicated , and " frankly doesn ' t have the attention span " for puzzles ( especially now ) . Deciding to keep the meaning of the phrase dead simple , Clara checks the other side of the same page , finding Mancini ' s Family Restaurant is the meeting place the Doctor has chosen . Clara arrives at the restaurant and notices an unpleasant smell . She is soon joined by the Doctor , now wearing the tramp ' s coat ; he traded his favourite watch for it . She is horrified to hear that as it was a beautiful watch . The Doctor tries to laugh to lighten the mood , but Clara is angry with him ; she asks what kind of person would put a cryptic message in the paper instead of sending a note to someone they ' ve known a long time . The Doctor says it would be an egomaniac needy - game player , to which Clara says is something that hasn ' t changed ; however , the Doctor says he doesn ' t want " her " to change and doesn ' t mind playing her games , having figured out the puzzle . They argue over if the message is " for " or " from " the Impossible Girl , before realising " neither " of them placed the ad ; however , Clara then realises the Doctor insulted her . While Clara is upset , the Doctor is more interested in their surroundings . He makes Clara look at the diners and notice how they are mechanically cutting food and bringing silverware to their mouths — but not actually eating anything . The Doctor then uses a hair from his head , prompting her to laugh that if he ' s having a cull , it ' s not the only grey hair he has . He then pulls out Clara ' s hair , telling her that she would have wanted it killed anyway for being out of place . He drops it , deducing that the air flow in the restaurant is only coming from them because the other diners are not breathing . The two stand up to leave , only for every diner in unison to rise and block them off , forcing them to sit again . A waiter comes over , and the Doctor asks for a children ' s menu . Instead , the waiter scans the Doctor with an advanced gadget and recites various body parts such as spleen , liver and kidneys . Clara wonders why such things would be on the menu , but the Doctor informs her " they " are the menu . He reaches up to remove the waiter ' s face , revealing a mechanical form underneath . He presses the face to Clara ' s own to show her — to her horror — it ' s an actual human face . The robot tells them that the restaurant does have a children ' s menu before locking them into their chairs as the booth lowers itself into a tunnel . The Doctor tells Clara the efficiency is admirable ; Clara disagrees . Finding themselves in a chamber below the restaurant , the Doctor says it functions as a larder ; it ' s cheaper to keep them alive until they ' re needed for parts . The Doctor plans to drop the sonic screwdriver onto the floor and have Clara pick it up with her feet , then toss it to him . As Clara tries reaching the sonic , the Doctor mutters he misses Amy ( who had longer legs ) . Clara grabs the sonic , tossing a bit too low ; however , it does land in the Doctor ' s lap . Sore in more than one sense , the Doctor frees them , with Clara asking why the sonic screwdriver wasn ' t voice - activated before realising he forgot it was . They make their way to a chamber and find the Half - Faced Man from before sitting in a chair . Around him are pods containing other droids , all dressed and resembling real Londoners . Examining the Half - Faced Man , the Doctor realises it ' s recharging and this is not a typical cyborg — but a robot who adds human flesh to himself . The restaurant is their way of capturing random humans to harvest their flesh and organs for themselves , since they require a constant supply of spares to replace their rotting organic parts . The cases of " spontaneous combustion " are their way of killing the victims quickly to hide the evidence of mutilation , including the dinosaur . The Droid begins to awaken and the Doctor and Clara start to run . A door slides closed between them , Clara begging the Doctor to let her in but the Doctor shocks her by saying it ' s better they ' re not both captured and leaves her behind . Clara remembers the Doctor saying that the robots don ' t breathe and holds her breath as she tries to walk to the exit . She nearly makes it but eventually is forced to take a breath and passes out , remembering taunts from her unruly pupils in the past . She had made the mistake of using the biggest threat she could make ( expelling them ) first , leaving nothing else to scare the children with . The students proceeded to laugh at her . Waking up , Clara is confronted by the Half - Faced Man , who demands to know where the Doctor is . Knowing it ' s logical , Clara states she will not talk and killing her will have the same result — loss of information . Clara offers it a deal : a question for a question . She asks why it killed the dinosaur and is told it was to harvest its optic nerve . Clara realises the Half - Faced Man was specific , knowing exactly what a dinosaur ' s organs were like , and asks how old it is . The Half - Faced Man states they have been working for millions of years to rebuild themselves over and over , all in search of the " Promised Land . " It threatens to kill Clara but she remains strong and defiant despite her obvious fear ; it then decides torture would be an effective way of getting information from her . When it asks once more where the Doctor is , Clara replies that if the Doctor is still the Doctor , he will be right behind her and extends her hand behind her . She whispers for him to be there and suddenly , one of the robots grabs her hand . He pulls her back before peeling off his mask to reveal himself as the Doctor in a new suit who thanks the " Rubbish robots from the dawn of time " for " all the gratuitous information . " He places his sonic screwdriver into the charger , warning the Half - Faced Man he will blow the entire room if he sees one thing he doesn ' t like " and that includes karaoke and mimes , so take no chances . " Clara is still upset over being left behind as the Doctor states he ' s not really sorry about that . The Half - Faced Man asks why they are there and the Doctor replies because of the ad in the paper . The cyborg ' s confusion makes the Doctor and Clara realise he " didn ' t " place the ad , with the Doctor hugely embarrassed at his blunder and asking that nobody ever mention that again . The Doctor tells Clara to " say the word " and with reluctance , she touches her brooch , which lights up as they both intone " Geronimo . " From a hole in the ceiling , Vastra and Jenny ( in leather catsuits ) twirl down attached to curtains ; Strax falls after them , ruining the moment . Vastra reports the restaurant has been " disabled with maximum prejudice " and the police summoned ( with Clara asking the Doctor why they never call the police — they should start doing that ! ) . The Half - Faced Man calls in more robots as the Doctor states killing isn ' t their way . Clara protests the restaurant is a slaughterhouse and the Doctor shrugs it ' s no different than any other restaurant . The Half - Faced Man declares again that they are in search of the Promised Land , but the Doctor snaps that after millions of years , " he " should know it doesn ' t exist . The Half - Faced Man makes his way to the booth elevator and rises up with the Doctor hanging on to its bottom while Vastra , Jenny and Strax are left to fight the other robots . The police are in the restaurant , stunned at its mess when the Half - Faced Man arrives and informs them it is closed , showing off his flame - thrower arm as a hint . The police leave , the head detective declaring the restaurant off - limits to anyone before ordering one of the constables to get reinforcements . Back inside , the Doctor is sitting at a table , pouring a drink into a glass , telling the Half - Faced Man he is afraid he is going to have to kill him and offers it a drink first . The Half - Faced Man moves to a control panel with the Doctor following and observing the controls . The Doctor states there is no way to escape , but the Half - Faced Man stating that the escape pod is there . The Doctor insists the pod cannot have enough power but the restaurant shakes . As the police outside stare in shock , the restaurant rises up , lifted by a hot air balloon made of human skin . Below , the rest of the group continues to fight the robots , who keep rising up after stabs and laser blasts . Vastra notes that unlike the robots in the faux restaurant , these were designed for combat , and thbus have weapons . Strax is enraged that these cowards cannot accept death . The Doctor examines a control button that fell off ; this pod belonged to the " SS Marie Antoinette " , sister ship to the " SS Madame de Pompadour " , but despite how familiar it all is , he cannot place it . The Doctor realises the ship fell through time , crashing in England millions of years earlier . The only survivors were the service robots , who began their cycle of repairing themselves over and over again . He tells the Half - Faced Man to look out the window at London , asking his opinion . The Half - Faced man says it is beautiful . The Doctor disagrees , saying it looks tiny and far away from up here . He prefers it down there , where all the lives are big and important . The humans are " never " small to him , and he will fight for them . The Half - Faced Man continues to talk of the need to find " the Promised Land " as the Doctor rails on him for the fact that he ' s rebuilt himself so many times that all trace of his original self has been lost , comparing him to a broom that is broken and rebuilt but still not the same broom . This search was a myth the Half - Faced Man picked up from all the humanity it stuffed inside itself . The Doctor holds up a silver plate to say the Droid does not even know where he got that face from . As the Half - Faced Man stares at his reflection , the Doctor does the same . Opening the doors , the Doctor tells the Half - Faced Man that it has to end , and gestures for him to commit suicide . Angered , the Half - Faced Man attacks the Doctor , but is pinned ; the Doctor tells him that murder is against his basic programming , much like self - destruction is against the robot ' s . The Doctor is not wishing to find a Promised Land , and will go as far as he needs to protect the people of Earth . Seeing it can ' t win , the Half - Faced Man admits that one of them has lied about their basic programming . Below , Clara suggests they hold their breaths , the robots freezing as they do . It ' s too much for Jenny , but Vastra gives her a long kiss to share oxygen . Just as Strax is about to take his own life , all the robots collapse . Above , the Half - Faced Man is shown impaled on the spire of Big Ben as the Doctor looks out , his expression grim . The Gang return to Vastra ' s home to find that the Doctor and the TARDIS have both vanished . Later , Clara ( back in her modern clothing ) asks Vastra if she ' s got a vacancy since it looks like she ' s stuck in Victorian times , but Vastra assures her he ' ll be back ; she even further points out that Clara has changed in preparation for returning home . She ' s proven true as the TARDIS returns , telling Clara " Give him hell ; he ' ll always need it " as she happily runs off . Clara finds the interior changed , with a lighter shade of mood lighting in the time rotor and some furniture about , with the Doctor seated in a chair . The Doctor admits he ' s not sure about the new look himself after Clara says she doesn ' t like it , muttering that he used to have more round things , wondering where they went . The Doctor tells Clara " I ' ve lived for over two thousand years , and not all of then were good . I ' ve made many mistakes , and it ' s about time I did something about it . " He tells her that he is not her boyfriend , which she interprets as her being at fault , until the Doctor addresses that it wasn ' t " her " mistake . The Doctor puts the TARDIS in flight , takes a step back , and partially unbuttons his new suit jacket , exposing a flashy red lining inside to show off his new look to Clara . She grins in approval , and then the Doctor gets right to business , wondering how she got the TARDIS telephone number . Clara asks who put the ad in the paper and the Doctor reminds her of the woman in the shop long ago who gave her the number of a computer help line that instead connected her to the TARDIS . It seems someone wants the two together , and maybe they should find out who . The TARDIS lands , and the Doctor wonders how Clara feels about staying on as that mystery woman seems to want . Clara , still having mixed feelings at this new incarnation of the Doctor , is unsure if she wants to stay his companion , saying that she doesn ' t think she knows him anymore . Her phone begins to ring . The Doctor teasingly suggests she should get that call , because it might be her boyfriend . Staring away from the Doctor , she tells him to shut up because she doesn ' t have a boyfriend . Clara walks out of the TARDIS in modern times to answer the call , and is shocked to hear the voice of the Eleventh Doctor . He explains he ' s calling through time from Trenzalore just minutes before he changed . Clara , remembering how she found the TARDIS telephone dangling off the hook from the call box , begins to tear up from hearing from him again . He says that the man before her is still him — just changed . Holding back her tears , Clara asks him why he would do this . The Eleventh Doctor explains that he ' s phoning her because he thinks this regeneration " is gonna be a whopper " , and that she may be afraid . The new Doctor will be , he says , even more so and needs her help to handle all this . She should not be afraid , for his sake . The Twelfth Doctor , now outside the TARDIS also , asks her who is on the phone . The Eleventh hears and asks her if that ' s the Doctor . The Twelfth Doctor then asks her the same question — " Is that the Doctor ? " When he hears the voice of his future self , the previous Doctor groans over " turning old " , which makes Clara laugh , as she also confirms his hair will be grey as well . He ' s not at all impressed at the discovery that he ' ll have grey hair , noting how young he was in his soon - to - change appearance . The Eleventh Doctor says a final goodbye to Clara before he hangs up . The new Doctor asks Clara if she will do as she was asked on the call , and help him . She says he shouldn ' t have been listening , but he replies that he wasn ' t — that was him on the call . He then bemoans that Clara still can ' t see him , despite still being the same man yet changed . Hurt and upset that she ' s looking right through him but doesn ' t view him as the same person , the Doctor , almost on the verge of tears , begs , " Just see me . " Clara walks up to the Doctor and gives him a good look over , and concentrates on his eyes . She beams , thanking him for phoning from the past . Clara hugs him , to which the Doctor looks a bit confused and wonders where he should put his hands . He says that in his current incarnation , he doesn ' t think hugging is his thing . She ' s unsure he ' s entitled to a vote . Clara offhandedly says they ' re not at her home , and the Doctor apologises . He reveals they ' re in Glasgow , Clara pointing out he ' ll fit in with the accent . They go off in search of chips and coffee . . . with the Doctor revealing Clara will have to pay for them as he has no money . However , she thinks he ' s the fetching sort . Although the Doctor is willing to debate this , Clara still isn ' t sure he should get a vote . They stroll off together in search of coffee , the Doctor still hesitant . Elsewhere , the Half - Faced Man awakens in a beautiful garden , and replaces his top hat on his head . A mysterious woman calls out to him , introducing herself as ; she inquires if the cyborg killed himself or if the Doctor pushed him , since she couldn ' t tell . Missy goes on to claim that the Doctor is her boyfriend , and that she likes his new accent . Over his initial discombobulation , the Half - Faced Man then asks where he is . Missy laughs , asking him where he thinks he is ; she goes on to explain he has finally reached the " Promised Land " , and that it is a paradise . The woman grandly introduces his new home , " Welcome . . . to Heaven " . She chomps her teeth fatuously , then begins prancing and twirling around an ornate fountain with an umbrella in hand . . . Story notes . Filming locations . The Maltings , Pontprennau Mount Stuart Square , Cardiff Queen Street , Cardiff