Also, the women have an interesting relationship, both having been with the Doctor throughout time in some sense, although Clara's would technically be longer standing. After that trance conference call with Clara, she's now mentally connected with the companion and therefore assures us that Clara is alive after she enters the timeline. But her presence in this episode is more than just grounding for the mythology and an obvious way to tug on our heartstrings. River Song Depsite the built-in bittersweetness that comes with River, we always welcome her because she makes the Doctor (and us) feel deeply, and yes, laugh. Therefore, at least one version of Clara has had previous dealings with the time and space travel device, which explains why the TARDIS already has an opinion of her. The TARDIS "What kind of idiot would try to steal a faulty TARDIS?" We love that following Clara means that we get to see that fateful moment in Gallifrey long ago when the Doctor decides to steal one TARDIS before she persuades him to take the quirky one we know and love today. Great homage, use of archival footage and a reason to put Clara in lots of snazzy period outfits.įrom The Originals to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Check out all the new fall shows Our fave? Seven ( Sylvester McCoy) hanging by his question mark umbrella. Therefore, we still don't know his name, which we didn't really expect to learn, did we? On a more fun note, thanks to Clara's adventures through time saving the Doctor, we do get to see him in each of most of his incarnations, which was a nifty jaunt through Doctor Who's 50-year history. Nope, it's his dead but database-saved wife River Song ( Alex Kingston) who says it when we can't hear. The Doctor and his true name Yes, the Doctor's true name is uttered in order to open his tomb (which is the TARDIS in the future), but he's not the one to divulge it. This explains her Souffle Girl incarnation in the future, Victorian barmaid-governess Clara, their deaths in the process of saving the Doctor and even the saying, "Run, you clever boy, and remember me!" It's also why she's the ultimate companion: She's been with the Doctor throughout time, watching out for him. "There's only one thing I remember: I have to save the Doctor," she says in the show's opening. This means that present-day Clara has now been shattered into a million Clara fragments throughout time. It's quite a lot to digest, so let's break it down:Ĭlara Oswin Oswald When an enemy jumps into the Doctor's timeline to try and destroy him by rewriting history, Clara makes the ultimate sacrifice by following suit. It's through this physical manifestation of his timeline that the impossible becomes possible: Clara is everywhere and every when. There, he finds this glowing, spinning sort of lightning-helix thing that he calls the "tracks of his tears," aka the pathways he's cut through time - past, present and future. To save his kidnapped friends, the Doctor ( Matt Smith) is forced to go to the one place a Time Lord shouldn't: his tomb, which happens to be on the planet Trenzalore. Jenna-Louise Coleman teases Doctor Who's 50th anniversary But we did get an introduction to a very special person who will figure into the 50th anniversary special! And as for the secret teased in the episode's title, "The Name of the Doctor"? Well, let's just say this show isn't going to change its name anytime soon. Saturday's finale explained the season-long mystery of the Impossible Girl, aka Clara ( Jenna-Louise Coleman). One mystery down, and an infinite number more to go on Doctor Who.
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