Doctor Who Season 10: 6 Big Questions We're Asking After 'The Pilot'
5. Will The Doctor Remember Clara?
Impossible girl, Clara Oswald, was one of the more divisive
of Doctor Who companions, with many finding her character too extraordinary.
But those looking forward to seeing a Clara free Twelfth Doctor might just have
cause for concern. She may have been wiped from his memory in series nine
finale Hell Bent, but she was still in his thoughts, if only in the form of a
tune he couldn’t get out of his head.
Murray Gold’s melodic Clara’s Theme makes a surprise but fitting return in The Pilot when Bill Potts challenges the Doctor to consider what it would feel like to have somebody wipe his memories. The pain of not remembering Clara is still a raw one for the Doctor and leads to Bill’s reprieve.
Eagle eyed viewers will have noticed that her theme song is not the only Clara reference in the series opener. The Doctor’s study is decked out like a museum of artefacts from his past adventures, from sonic screwdrivers to the photographs of River Song and Susan. But ominously, hidden among them is a statue of a raven, calling to mind Clara’s fate in Face the Raven.
With this being the final leg in the Twelfth Doctor’s journey, is he set to regenerate with those memories restored, perhaps even with a Jenna Coleman cameo? Way back in June last year, Capaldi let slip that Clara might not have successfully wiped his mind, then stopping mid-sentence to avoid giving away a spoiler for series ten.