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Doctor/Clara - seems too rushed?!
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Before we begin. These are my opinions that I have accumulated myself and have not been influenced by any third-party holders.
Now. Right at the beginning of tonights 'Hide', I felt a little underwhelmed with the show. The reason mainly for me feeling this way was because both Clara and the Doctor appeared straight-away in the middle of their next dilemma. In the past, the Doctor and the companion get some breathing time through the start and end of each episode where they can just chat, build their relationship.etc. I personally enjoy those moments best and more so than the big monsters and tacky CGI graphics. This has not happened so far!
We've been pushed straight into every episode - 'Cold War' (where Clara and the Doctor ended up in a submarine!) and 'Rings of Akhaten'. I would like more development on Clara and I think this is the reason why it's not happening. We're hardly seeing much of her and the Doctor together, aside from their mystery/problem solving.
Could this be the reason many (can't understand why!!) don't like Clara? Perhaps.
Now. Right at the beginning of tonights 'Hide', I felt a little underwhelmed with the show. The reason mainly for me feeling this way was because both Clara and the Doctor appeared straight-away in the middle of their next dilemma. In the past, the Doctor and the companion get some breathing time through the start and end of each episode where they can just chat, build their relationship.etc. I personally enjoy those moments best and more so than the big monsters and tacky CGI graphics. This has not happened so far!
We've been pushed straight into every episode - 'Cold War' (where Clara and the Doctor ended up in a submarine!) and 'Rings of Akhaten'. I would like more development on Clara and I think this is the reason why it's not happening. We're hardly seeing much of her and the Doctor together, aside from their mystery/problem solving.
Could this be the reason many (can't understand why!!) don't like Clara? Perhaps.
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Just look at them both together in the Snowman and Daleks episodes, brilliant.
This is a mystery and one I am very intrigued by.
Nah, it's more about the fact that
Because what getting us through this half a season and the special means that they can't get close? And if that's the case then why the big mystery?
I've edited mine, you'll need to edit yours due to the quote
But in answer to your question think about the relationship they established with Rose and nine. They knew she'd need to carry the audience through the regeneration into ten and if they looked like "a couple" there would be that cheating element.
Except, of course, there was a definite amount of romance with Nine. People were wondering if that would carry on to Ten...
The Doctor is both delighted by and wary of Clara. Moffat and Jenna say she's a bit more guarded with her emotions but deep down she adores him too.
Next week it looks like things come to a head between them and in the two little clips of the Crimson Horror we've seen, they're very touchy and affectionate with each other.
In fact, the scene where the Doctor was explaining to her what was going on with the two monsters had some very deliberate sounding and very interesting parallels...
Yeah that hug bit was hilarious...
Really? I'll have to do some rewatching, I have to confess It's a long long time since I've watched nine at all. May well be the distance was all in my head
But at least I've spared you my hugging = creepy / grooming theories
Yes, I feel the same way, though funnily enough I thought tonight's episode helped build Clara's character.
I get the feeling it's deliberate though - so many references that she shouldn't trust the Doctor; the Doctor clearly frustrated at not knowing who she is. There's a tension, a glass screen if you like, there that none of the other companions have had. Everyone's more guarded than has previously been the case.
Basically upon re-watching that scene, there's some very deliberate parallels with the Doctor and Clara's story which (combined with some of the things Matt, Jenna and Steven said before the series) makes me wonder how this is going to develop.
IIRC The Doctor Dances is particularly prevalent (aside from the whole kiss thing at the end).
So you're saying Rose was a **** ? :D:D
I think it could be, but it could equally go either way. As I said, there were some heavy handed parallels between what the Doctor was saying about the monster's story and how things have unfolded between him and Clara.
"It’s the oldest story in the universe. This one or any other. Boy and girl fall in love, get separated by events; war, politics, accidents in time. She’s thrown out of the hex or he’s thrown into it. Since then they’ve been yearning for each other across time and space, across dimensions. This isn’t a ghost story, it’s a love story."
Then the Doctor realises what he's saying and takes his arm off her. He clearly noticed the parallels too. Obviously in some ways Clara is sort of like a ghost to him which further ties in to the ep.
That may have just been a little bit of fun or it may be leading to things further down the line. Either way, no writer would put something so obvious in by mistake - it was clearly deliberate.
Moffat MAY try to create his own Ten and Rose type thing but far more subtle.
Her secret can't be bad because she's signed through to the end of series 8.
boy-being meets girl-being under a silvery moon which then explodes for no adequately explored reason.
Nah, she'll be around for season 8 to "shepherd" ****** ****** in
Really?! Where have you gotten this from? Or is it only me that doesn't know?
Source?
Just you
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1812201
It was said by Jenna a while ago (Radio Times interview I believe) and is fairly well know. Largely I suspect because she had to sign at least a two year deal when she started.
Matt is signed until 2014. He's in the 50th and Christmas special. Rumours have said he's signed for series 8 but nothing's been announced. Which isn't that surprising since I don't think there's been any official announcements about series 8 yet. Jenna revealed that start filming in September to accommodate Matt's other commitments. I wouldn't be surprised to see him in at least the start of series 8 simply for the fact it seems fairly unlikely they'd do a regeneration story on Christmas Day.
That and the fact that she will be playing
Maybe she's Davros in disguise?
Or she reveals at the end of the current series that she is a Zygon, and that's how we get the Zygons in the Anniversary special.
Just a thought. A good one, I think.
I don't. I just want to know who Clara really is. And why she has been seen by the Doctor, and then died, in two other time zones, Assylum of the Daleks and the Snowmen.