5. She Dreams Of Living In A Big House
Just where this big house has come from is one of the biggest mysteries of Last Christmas but let's just roll with it. When viewers were reunited with Clara at the beginning of the episode she was in a new abode which made complete sense within the confines of her dream. It's not hard to believe that she would fantasise she lived in a family house, especially as she's still grieving over the loss of Danny. The life she'd never have and all that. If that was the case, why was she still in it when she woke up at the end and not back in the flat she's been living in the rest of the time? There's no way she could afford this crib all by herself and it looked like she was living there alone, too. It could've been her Dad's place but then why would she have assumed it was him ringing the doorbell? Unless it is her Dad's house in the real world, which is why she was spending Christmas there, but in her dream it was where she and Danny called home. Dreams are an amalgamation of people and places from our real lives, after all. So, who lives in a house like this? Nobody knows for sure and the Doctor didn't seem to question it so let's move on.
Dan Butler
Doctor Who Editor
Dan Butler is the Doctor Who Editor at WhatCulture.com. When he isn't writing his own articles or editing other people's, he can be found trawling the internet for gifs of Steven Moffat laughing. Contact him via dan.butler@whatculture.co.uk.
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