Meta/theory: And if I grow to be half the man that you are, Clara Oswald, I shall be happy indeed.
I have written other Clara theories. I started out thinking she was the Doctor's granddaughter. I also had lots of thoughts on whether she was a [Gallifreyan] egg or a bird or something. Possibly a TARDIS. (See my Clara Who tag.) This theory, however, has appeared/worked its way to the top of the pile, quite simply by being so gosh darn constant (
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Well, whatever the case, he is a troll. The Top Troll of all time.
I love and despair.
Good job rounding this all into one place. I think my brain has finally thrown up its hands and refused to churn any more over this until we're actually given something concrete.
My problems specifically with Clara actually *being* the Doctor are two-fold:
1) One, they are manifestly different people. Yes, I know fobwatching changes who you are, but we've seen who the Doctor is under fobwatch. The two of them, for all that they share in common and for all that Clara became more and more Doctor-ish, in many ways are coming from different directions and meeting in the middle. The control freak and the man who should never be controlled. These are related but different things.
2) There is so much about Clara's story and Clara's role in the Doctor's life (and just about Moffat's writerly preoccupations) that loses its power if it's not about relating to other people and the power that other people have over your life. Not that Moffat doesn't do some excellent stuff about relating to yourself/the monster inside, etc., etc., but this doesn't feel like that. Heck, the thesis of 'Listen' is basically opposed to this idea: fear can bring us together, fear can bring you home, fear makes companions of us all.
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Those are pretty accurate. Thank you.
1) One, they are manifestly different people.
Yes. No arguing about that.
2) There is so much about Clara's story and Clara's role in the Doctor's life (and just about Moffat's writerly preoccupations) that loses its power if it's not about relating to other people and the power that other people have over your life.
This. Which is why this whole exercise felt like banging my head against a wall. *cries*
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