I remember somewhere Moffat saying that he felt the second half of a two-parter should never open exactly where Part One left off. His reasoning is that since it'd been a week since the viewer had last seen our heroes, there should at least be a change of scene -- also that he didn't care for the opening of "The Doctor Dances" for just that reason.
::shrug:: It's clearly one of his personal writing rules.
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::shrug:: It's clearly one of his personal writing rules.