7. Convincing The Doctors Not To Push The Button
With her 'Impossible Girl' mystery solved, Clara was allowed to flesh out as a character and over the course of her final two episodes with the Eleventh Doctor we saw just that. Having saved all his incarnations it would have been simple enough for her to fade into the background somewhat, travelling with the Doctor but not really helping him. Moffat chose not to do that; in his follow-up adventure, the 50th anniversary special Day Of The Doctor, we saw Clara make another arguably more momentous contribution to the Doctors (plural) and all of Gallifrey. With the War, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors resigned to the fate and ready to push the button, activating the Moment, Clara steps forward and convinces them all to find another way. Just like the Twelfth Doctor, she is the conscience on the Doctor's shoulder and because of her it allows the Doctors to remain heroes.
Baz Greenland
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A writer for Whatculture since May 2013, I also write for TheRichest.com and am the TV editor and writer for Thedigitalfix.com . I wrote two plays for the Greater Manchester Horror Fringe in 2013, the first an adaption of Simon Clark's 'Swallowing A Dirty Seed' and my own original sci-fi horror play 'Centurion', which had an 8/10* review from Starburst magazine! (http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/eventsupcoming-genre-events/6960-event-review-centurion) I also wrote an episode for online comedy series Supermarket Matters in 2012. I aim to achieve my goal for writing for television (and get my novels published) but in the meantime I'll continue to write about those TV shows I love! Follow me on Twitter @BazGreenland and like my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BazGreenlandWriter
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