Doctor Who: 10 Times The Doctor Gave Zero F*cks About His Companions

8. Refusing To Help Clara Save The Earth

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In Kill The Moon, it's revealed that the moon is an egg (because reasons) and this gives Clara - along with a school girl called Courtney and an astronaut called Lundvik - a difficult choice to make: do they let the egg hatch, which could have catastrophic ramifications for the Earth and its people? Or do they blow up the creature inside the egg, removing this possible threat from the equation?

There are pros and cons either way, but normally, the Doctor would be around to advise with a tough decision like this. But not in this case - oh no. In this case, he buggers off and leaves the three women to sort it out on their own.

Cruelly telling Clara that "it's time to take the stabilisers off your bike", the Doctor says that he isn't even sorry about abandoning her, leaving Clara shocked, stunned, and angry. Can't really blame her, to be honest: has the Doctor forgotten about all the other times he's interfered with Earth history and saved the planet from certain doom?

Of course, everything works out fine in the end, but for a moment, the Doctor acted rather coldly... just so he could make a point that he didn't really need to make.

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