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To get my stance out straight away on the matter: No. In today’s article we’ll be addressing why I believe these calls are slightly unjustified and that the extent of her role in the show is possibly more familiar than it seems.

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Sadly, with this influx of attention and improvement there entails a risk that such investment on Clara’s part might take away significance from her many predecessors as well as taking focus off the Doctor himself in his own titular series.Ĭomplaints from certain members of the fandom echo the idea that not only is Clara’s role in the grand narrative of Doctor Who trumping the companions of yesterday’s, but also that the show seems so “overly focused” on Clara that it in essence feels like a series of “Clara Who” rather than Doctor Who. Series 8 of Doctor Who has undoubtedly seen an immense level of development and increased presence in the characterisation and writing of Clara Oswald. It's perhaps implied in this scene that Clara was responsible for the rescue.Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on WhatsApp Share on E-mailĬonnor Johnston addresses claims regarding Clara’s “overly significant” role on the show. Finally, Clara is looking over Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor while he is trapped inside Gallifrey's Matrix data network in " Arc of Infinity." In this episode, the Doctor is executed but saved by being transferred to the Matrix (not that one).

Once again, this scene is taken from " The Five Doctors," but the background is altered from an English field to, seemingly, the U.S. With most of Patrick Troughton's adventures filmed in black and white, this footage is new.

This blends directly into another chance meeting, this time with the Second Doctor, recognizable by his mammoth fur coat.

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This isn't taken directly from the Doctor Who TV movie, and since the scene comes straight from the previous one (with Clara in the same outfit), is "The Name of the Doctor" implying Eight's involvement in "The Five Doctors"?

An extremely short shot highlights the Eighth Doctor rushing past Clara.

The villain in this multi-Doctor story is none other than megalomaniac Time Lord, Borusa. This scene is taken from " The Five Doctors," one of Doctor Who's most famous episodes and a landmark episode in which its no surprise Clara would have a hand.

Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor is seen driving his famous car, Bessie right past Clara.

Glitz helped the Doctor down in this episode, but perhaps Clara showed him the way?

Clara seemingly helps the Seventh Doctor in " Dragonfire." Sylvester McCoy is left hanging from a crevice by his umbrella.

There are many ways in which Clara could've helped in this episode, and if the Sontaran mission had succeeded, the whole fabric of Doctor Who would've changed.

The moment where Clara is seen stalking the Fourth Doctor is taken from " The Invasion of Time," in which Tom Baker's character helps fend off a Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey.

This clip is not taken from one of Doctor Who's 1980s adventures.

Clara is seen searching for the Sixth Doctor, as played by Colin Baker, in the TARDIS.

Watching over David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in " Silence In The Library"/"Forest Of The Dead." It's possible that Clara guided River Song into sacrificing herself so that the Doctor could live, or maybe she simply saved him from being eaten by the Vashta Nerada.Although this interaction is constructed anew, it does incorporate altered footage from William Hartnell story, " The Aztecs." "The Name of the Doctor" includes a scene in which Clara advises the very first Doctor to pick a different TARDIS.