Comments on: Clara’s final farewell – share your predictions!

By: Kaz

Kaz — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:11:14 +0000

I hate to see Clara go, but she lasted 2 episodes longer than Rose. Since we are getting rid of Clara maybe we will get a new doctor. I really don’t like this doctor. I would actually rather keep clara and send this doctor to regenerate into someone better. Wouldn’t it be cool if the Doctor could regenerate back to one of his former selves (David Tennent), That would be awesome!!!!!!!

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:37:58 +0000

I loved Clara, and I’m so sad to see her go! I think that Ashildr will be the next assistant, as she keeps popping up! I thought that Clara’s farewell was a disappointment, though, as I don’t think that Rigsy is important enough for Clara to give her life for him.

By: jodi

jodi — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:58:27 +0000

i will miss clara. i think she has been a wonderful companion-w/the exception of when she was so mean in that zygon story a few wks ago-turning that poor man into a zygon… anyway. i think the story face the raven was great. well written. omg i cried. noooooooooooooooooooo! but alas. i guess she has to go. =,(

By: Sarah Ansley

Sarah Ansley — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 17:18:54 +0000

I don’t think Clare ever got out of the dalek in the second episode. The Doctor said sorry to her when she asked him to remove the mind link and it sounded more like a ’sorry, but…’ Than a ’sorry I got you into this’. We never saw him remove the link and ever since he has talked to Clare as if it some point in her future she has died.

By: TARDIS Blue Scott

TARDIS Blue Scott — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:52:14 +0000

For me, the question was never IF Clara would die in the act of saving someone else (The Doctor, Rigsy, the world, etc.), it was how and when. After all, she was “born to save…”

But my bigger question regarding Series 9 has been one of whether or not the half-dozen or so “loose ends” in Clara’s story line would be meaningfully addressed. Here are four of them:

- Missy’s motive for playing matchmaker to The Doctor/Clara;
- Orson Pink, anyone? (or, as I now call him, Orphan Pink);
- How did Clara really survive (or did she?) entering The Doctor’s time stream? Cue River?
- the two hearts on 4-yr-old Clara’s T-shirt when she meets The Doctor for the first time (Rings Of Akhaten), meaning what?

So far, we are 0-for-6, so I’m not holding my breath.

And that really bothers me. Many of us have made a big emotional investment in Clara, and I feel the payoff for watching her (likely) tragic ending should be some sort of closure. For me, it’s about tying off those loose ends. That way, Clara’s story is complete, and we can move on to the next companion’s story.

But now, I feel like the closure I’m looking for probably won’t happen. If so, Clara’s story will never feel complete to me, and I know I’m not alone with this feeling.

So then how DO you say goodbye? How do you trust the storytellers (the writers) with your hopes for the next companion when they come along? Why invest emotionally in a story line when it could be discarded without explanation by next episode? And most importantly, why keep watching?

I honestly don’t know.

By: Gambit

Gambit — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:58:57 +0000

She’ll sacrifice the doctor the way the doctor would sacrifice a companion to save the world. We’ve see all season how Clara has been acting like the doctor, this will be the pay off where she does what he would normally do.

By: The 13th Doctor

The 13th Doctor — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 19:41:27 +0000

Personally, I think Clara’s character development has been the best of any companion since the show came back. A strong minded female lead who is portrayed brilliantly by Jenna. This series has been so good.
Having said that, now is the perfect time for Jenna to leave, on a high.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:41:34 +0000

She is going to sacrifice herself to save the doctor and die in the process. After that she’ll die. The doctor will be upset. Remember the pictures of Clara at the diner for the finale that were leaked? I bet that’s actually an echo of Clara from when she jumped into the doctor’s time stream and that will be the last he ever sees of her (even if it is as an echo).

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:05:53 +0000

@Steve Of course, thats your choice. I personally loved all seasons that Moffat directed and all of the companions. But I respect your choice.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 06:14:14 +0000

@Erika No one is mad at Jenna Coleman, it is Clara no one likes. Her character is unique in Doctor Who - boorish, a bully, nasty! Doctor Who needs a change in leadership, until Moffatt goes Doctor Who will not get any better!