10 Doctor Who Bloopers You Need To See

3. Clara Forgets To Die

Doctor Who Face the Raven blooper
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As previously mentioned, the last few years of Doctor Who have been disappointingly light on bloopers, with none of the gag reels that were a staple of the first few years of the 2005 revival.

But again, there are a couple of great ones that have been released, like this brilliant blunder from the Series 9 episode Face the Raven, which involves a living, breathing raven, and Jenna Coleman forgetting what to do.

As explained by Coleman, Doctor Who actors usually have to react to events and creatures that aren't actually there during filming. But in this case, they had a real bird to perform the stunt wherein Clara Oswald is killed, and falls to the floor.

But because Coleman was so focused on hitting her mark for the bird to fly towards, she completely forgot to react. In her own words, she "forgot to die."

One can imagine that trying to stay focused on your performance while a real raven is flying straight for you is a difficult thing to do, and that's exactly what Coleman discovered.

On the plus side, this screw-up did give us the glorious clip of Peter Capaldi flapping like a bird behind his co-star. Look at him go! Capaldi is such a good actor that he could've probably played the raven as well.

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