Bye bye, Clara!

[denorios]

BBC News: Jenna Coleman 'leaving' Doctor Who
Can't say I'm sorry, if this turns out to be true. It's been rumoured for ages that she's leaving at some point - well, I suppose they've all got to leave eventually! But I've never warmed to Clara in the way I did with Rose or Martha or Amy or Donna

Comments

[rogueslayer452]

I remember being severely disappointed when that was what they were doing with her character instead of what people were hoping for re: her introduction episode with her as the Dalek. I still believe that would've been a more interesting arc for her with the Doctor than anything else. I mean, I thought she was adorable in that episode.

I haven't watched Doctor Who in a while, but I agree with having companions be normal rather than special. Regular people doing extraordinary things and discovering something about themselves that way is better storytelling for the audience to connect with. I often feel like, because the show is supposedly a kid's program, they should have a child be the companion for a while. Have something children would say, "hey, I could be on with adventures with the Doctor, too!" You know? Also switch things up, have there be a male companion.

[denorios]

It would be fun to have a child as a companion, but I don't think they ever will. I think the media attention and hype would be way way too much for any child actor, even the most well-adjusted. And let's face it, in this modern day and age, there would be bound to be people who would question an adult and a child running around together, even if that adult is the Doctor!

But I'd like a male companion. And a male companion who isn't just a Plus One for the primary female companion, like Rory was.

[frelling_tralk]

I think also it would be tough to make work because of the child labour laws, don't they film for up to 12 hours a day for DW? You could make the filming schedule work for the occasional episode, but not for an entire series I don't think

[denorios]

Yeah, child labour laws are pretty strict, and rightly so. I would imagine it would be do-able but they'd have to stretch out the entire filming schedule to accommodate shorter days or be much more rigid and compressed with that child's scenes versus everything else, and I think to be honest it would be too much hassle. And too expensive.

[bearshorty]

I like Clara much more in Season 8. I found Season 7 pretty boring overall and I am not a big fan of 11. So Clara got more interesting to me once the stories started getting more fun.

I didn't really like Amy; she just rubbed me the wrong way. (I loved Rory, on the other hand).

Donna is my favorite companion, no competition. She was amazing.

[denorios]

Donna WAS amazing. I was really skeptical about her at the start, because I was never a big fan of Catherine Tate as a comedian. But Donna just...oh, I loved her. Her ending just broke my heart. I'm still not over Donna. She deserved so much more.

[monkiainen]

I'm not going to be sorry, either, if that's true. I've never warmed to Clara either.

[frelling_tralk]

I like Clara more than you do, but I'm okay with her leaving as I figured it would happen after this series, she's been a companion for a pretty long time now and she was originally set to leave in the Xmas special