11. Is Danny Pink Dead?
Yup. Afraid so. Samuel Anderson made a surprise return in Last Christmas but it's worth pointing out that he didn't really come back at all. He was a fragment of Clara's dream which was probably a way of her subconscious telling her that it was time to let go. She would only be able to move on if she heard the words from Danny so she dreamt that he was telling her which is both romantic and mind boggling in equal measure. Isn't the mind a miraculous thing? As with most things in Doctor Who, you could read into it a little further, of course, and realise that the whole scenario actually says quite a lot about how Clara must think of herself. In her dream Danny revealed that he only died to save her and the rest of the world just "got lucky". That probably isn't completely true but Clara's been through a lot so let's just 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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