Is Clara a Dalek?

She is the sole survivor of the starship Alaska, which crashed on the Asylum, a prison planet for insane Daleks. Oswin then learns from the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) that she has been converted from human into a Dalek and has coped by retreating into a fantasy of her own intact survival.

Why is Clara the impossible girl?

According to the Doctor, she was "impossible" due to their meetings previously in his personal timeline, with two such encounters where he saw her die.

What episode does Clara become a Dalek?

"Asylum of the Daleks" is the first episode of the seventh series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC One on 1 September 2012.

Is Clara a Time Lord?

It's in that repair we discover something even more amazing about Clara: she's a Time Lord. Think about it. Clara is there on Gallifrey to persuade the first Doctor to take the TARDIS with the wonky steering. It has been stated that only Time Lords are allowed on Gallifrey.

Who became a Dalek?

It was done about 20 years earlier by Paul Cornell in Metamorphosis. The usage is remarkably the same in that Doctor Who Yearbook comic, except that it's the Seventh Doctor who is turning into a Dalek and saying "eggs".

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How is Clara still alive?

Clara was forced to face the Raven, killed by the touch of a Quantum Shade. However, death would not be the end for the impossible girl, and using Time Lord technology, the Doctor was able to extract Clara a second before her death, between one heartbeat and the next.

Why does the Doctor forget Clara?

But at the end of the ninth season, Peter Capaldi's Doctor lost his memories of Clara. It was moving, wibbly wobbly, and weird. Since Clara died a bunch of times before in different lives, erasing her from the Doctor's memory seemed like the only way to really write her out.

Is Amy Pond Clara's Nan?

No they didn't have the same ring on. SO, no Clara's Granny is not Amy Pond. There are also various other reasons, like the fact that Amy and Rory's son's last name was Williams, not Oswald OR Ravenwood.

Why is River Song a Time Lord?

In "A Good Man Goes to War", it is revealed that River is Amy and Rory's daughter Melody (Harrison and Maddison Mortimer), who was conceived in the TARDIS while it was in the Time Vortex and consequently carries Time Lord DNA.

How many regenerations does River Song have?

Assuming they did not, it would appear that Melody Pond/River Song gave up TEN incarnations (9 regenerations) to save The Doctor. First Regeneration - while homeless, young Melody Pond apparently succumbed to hunger & illness, undergoing her first regeneration in the episode "Day of the Moon".

Is Oswin Oswald a Dalek?

Oswin Oswald (Immortals) was a junior entertainment manager for Starship Alaska, part of the Starship liners that left Earth to search for new places to live. The Starship crashed in the Dalek Asylum where Oswin was converted into a Dalek.

Who is the longest companion of the Doctor?

We've had a lifetime of Clara Oswald — several, in fact — as Clara is the longest-serving companion the series has had since its 2005 revival.

Does the Doctor Love Clara?

Both of them had ties to each other since their childhoods ⁠— thanks to time travel ⁠— and their relationship blossomed as she was the companion of his eleventh and twelfth incarnations. Soon enough, it became clear that Clara and the Doctor were most definitely in love with each other, despite not becoming lovers.

Are Clara and Oswin the same person?

Seeing her full name on her tombstone and finally recognising her voice, the Doctor realises she is the same woman as Oswin from the Dalek Asylum, whom he had never seen in her human form.

Does Clara remember the Doctor's name?

In Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Clara learnt the Doctor's name from the Time War Book - but thanks to the time reset she forgot it. Then along came The Name of the Doctor, in which Clara starts remembering those un-happened events, including the Doctor's amazement at her multiple incarnations.

Who is the companion after Clara?

Marsay played Shona in the 2014 Christmas special 'Last Christmas' in what was supposed to be Jenna Coleman's final episode as Clara. When Coleman did eventually leave the show one year later, she was replaced by Pearl Mackie's companion Bill Potts.

Are Weeping Angels Time Lords?

The Weeping Angels being disgraced Time Lords creates a classic Doctor Who time travel paradox - the Time Lord punishment was inspired by the Weeping Angels, but the Weeping Angels were created by the Time Lords' punishment.

Why is River Song backwards?

River Song's Timeline isn't backwards (and neither is the Doctors). Their individual timelines move forward from birth to death (in the loosest sense of the word) but as time travellers they are free to visit any time and space in any order.

Who are River Song's parents?

River Song (born as Melody Pond) is the daughter of Amy Pond and Rory Williams, the wife and occasional companion of The Doctor and a recurring guest character in Doctor Who.

What did the Doctor whisper to River?

On The Wedding of River Song he whispers, "Look into my eye." and then lies and says that he just told her his name. That's when River realized that what he whispered to her when they first met was his name.

What are female time Lords called?

As last year's Christmas Special revealed, Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker has taken on the role of the Thirteenth Doctor – and we couldn't be more excited for her adventures starting later this year. But some fans slightly baulked at a female Time Lord, or Time Lady if you will.

Why is the doctors name a secret?

Long story short: the Doctor lies. Recently, fans have hypothesized that the reason why the Doctor never speaks their own name is for their own safety. And the hypothesis also suggests that the only occasion for which a Time Lord would reveal their name is at the moment of their final death.

What is the Doctor's real name?

John Smith. The Doctor's most common alias (apart from the Doctor, obviously), this is his standard pseudonym on Earth.

Does Clara ever come back?

Thanks to The Doctor, Clara came back for the season finale before dying for good. Except, once again, she didn't. Clara's story ends with the former companion vorp-ing into the unknown with Ashildr in their American Diner TARDIS. Clara's gradual journey to the grave begins simply enough.