[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

I am 12 minutes into the Cybermen episode, and I want the two kids to die. Seriously, they are everything that is wrong with companions. Is the only reason they are in the episode, to balance out how smart Clara is in comparison? It's working, but the fact is the two kids are brain dead.

And I have seen the chess scene. It is true; the boy must be in the chess club of a school for mentally retarded children. Or maybe the script writer thinks all kids are dumb?

EDIT: saw the whole thing. All things considered it wasn't a bad episode. I just feel the children are an artificial insertion and don't really have any purpose in the plot. Interesting that we found out Clara is a Companion only on a part-time basis, and that she goes home after each adventure.