10 Things You Didn't Know About Jenna-Louise Coleman

6. ...But She Almost Wasn't!

Don't cry, Clara! Jenna is now well and truly on track to claim the coveted title of being NuWho's longest serving companion but she came very close to missing out on the prestigious prize when she originally planned to leave at the end of the last series. Clara Oswald was originally going to bow out after the heartbreaking events of the Series 8 finale, Death in Heaven (and, let's be honest, none of us would've really blamed her!), but Jenna asked if she could stick around for one more episode when she read her preliminary inclusion in the Christmas Special. And then she asked to stay for Series 9, too. Honestly, Jenna. Make your mind up, will you?! So, if you wondered why Clara was constantly to-ing and fro-ing about life aboard the TARDIS during Series 8 (and then why they bothered including that random scene in Last Christmas featuring her as an old woman... to then reveal it as yet another dream sequence!), then it's probably because her real life alter ego was to-ing and fro-ing, too. It looks like she's made her mind up now, though (for the time being, at least!), so Clara Oswald lives to fight another day. Hurrah!