Today, November 23rd, is Doctor Who’s 52nd birthday and Clara Oswald’s 29th so we’ll be celebrating by reblogging all of your fantastic birthday posts throughout the day!
There was an exchange written (but cut for time) where the Doctor ordered Ashildr not to wipe Rigsy’s memory so that he could take care of [Clara’s] body and tell her family and honor her always. As we see from the post-credits scene, Me let him keep his memories of trap street.
Sarah Dollard on a cut scene from Face the Raven (x)
I can’t stop thinking about Clara’s family. What happened to her dad? Her gran? Why didn’t Clara mention them when she knew she was gonna die? That bugs me.
Did Rigsy have to move Clara’s body out of the street? I hope he didn’t have to. No, that would be a logistical impossibility, surely. They must have found some other way of moving her. Did her body get left in her flat for her family or coworkers or neighbours to find? Is she going to get a funeral? Will she be buried next to her mother, next to Danny maybe?
What possible explanation could be given for her death? Rigsy was the last human being she was seen with, and….yeah, no, that way lies unbelievable awfulness. Did Clara leave instructions in the TARDIS, maybe, about what to do in the event of her death? It sounds like the sort of thing she would do. So who carried them out? Who informed Clara’s family? What reason did they give for the sudden death of a healthy young woman – undetected medical condition? Accident? Suicide? Is Rigsy out there somewhere yearning to tell the real story of how his friend died but knowing he can’t?
How’s Courtney doing? Who will take the Year 7s for Taikwondo now? Does Jane Austen ever discover the fate of her one-time-girlfriend from the future? I just have so many questions. I hope the show answers even a couple of them.
