Doctor Who Spoilers: 10 Story-Line Set-Ups That Will Shape Season 8

By Jack Morrell /

8. The Mysterious €˜Woman In The Shop€™

The modern version of Clara got in touch with the 11th Doctor by randomly calling the number on the TARDIS€™ exterior phone€ which almost no one has. She claimed that €˜the woman in the shop€™ gave it to her, something which the 12th Doctor has already queried. But there€™s something more, based on Deep Breath. Clara responds to a newspaper ad for The Impossible Girl to meet the Doctor at the Half-Face Man€™s restaurant. He turns up thinking that it€™s her advert to him. Who is it who€™s sent the advertisement? As Twelve points out, it€™s someone who clearly wants to keep them together. But who could it be? It€™s obviously someone who knew of the two of them before the Doctor€™s most recent regeneration. Steven Moffat excels at this kind of non-linear fannying about, when it comes to narrative €“ it€™s his stock in trade. Whatever happens, the story of who€™s been pushing Clara towards the Doctor will be a big one come the end of this season.