"It's not really their fault," Eight insisted, reaching for her hand and starting to run in the opposite direction from the spiders, although he couldn't help but look back over his shoulder to watch them.

"I rather riled them up it seems and I imagine they're just trying to protect themselves." Although perhaps at this point it had gone from protection to outright hunting, since there were rather a lot of them.

Still, he couldn't deny the flush of delight at running and the excitement that set his hearts beating, and he laughed as he glanced over at his newfound companion. "Sorry, I don't believe I've introduced myself, have I? I'm the Doctor, one of four here I'm afraid, lovely to meet you!"