12 Things Doctor Who Has Taught You Better Than Your Parents
6. Some Goodbyes Last Forever
As a wrinkled and decrepit Clara Oswald once said, every Christmas should be treated as last Christmas. Any moment could be someone's last. The Doctor is well aware of this dismal reality after losing so many companions in a tragic clash of fates... and with more still yet to come (looking at you, impossible girl). We sometimes act as though time travel were possible, that time won't be cruel or merciless once it expires, and that the clock can be recalibrated and reset. Time we share with others is taken for granted, and then, all too soon, people are gone, like breath on a mirror. Even the Doctor knows that time travelling has its limits and that some goodbyes are destined to last forever.
Anna is an aspiring writer who has an incurable obsession with Doctor Who. When she is not writing about Doctor Who, she's watching favorite episodes and contemplating what to write next. When she's writing about Doctor Who, she anticipates her reward: watching yet another Doctor Who episode. She also manages to read science fiction (especially Ray Bradbury), recite lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth, and make terrible puns in her free time (she likes to imagine she has great puntential, though)
