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{{Infobox Individual
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|image             = Ellie Oswald young.jpg
|image       = Ellie Oswald young.jpg
|species           = Human
|species     = Human
|affiliation       =
|affiliation =
|origin           = [[Blackpool]], [[England]]
|origin     = [[Blackpool]], [[England]]
|spouse           = Dave Oswald
|birth date  = [[11 September]] [[1960]]
|child             = Clara Oswald
|death date  = [[5 March]] [[2005]] (aged 44)
|in-law           = Clara Oswald's gran
|spouse     = Dave Oswald
|first             = The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)
|child       = Clara Oswald
|appearances       = [[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)|Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest]]''
|in-law     = Clara Oswald's gran
|actor             = Nicola Sian
|first       = The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)
|clip = {{uc:Doctor Who}} Origins of Clara "The Rings of Akhaten" {{uc:BBC America}}
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)}}}}
}}{{you may|Clara Oswin Oswald's mother|n1=the mother of the Victorian incarnation of Clara Oswald}}
|actor       = Nicola Sian
'''Elena Alison "Ellie" Oswald''' (née '''Ravenwood''') was [[Birth|born]] on [[11 September]] [[1960]] and [[Death|died]] on [[5 March]] [[2005]]. Ellie was the [[mother]] of [[Clara Oswald]] and the [[wife]] of [[Dave Oswald]]. She frequently exclaimed, "Oh my [[star]]s!", a phrase that carried on to her [[daughter]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')
|clip       = {{uc:Doctor Who}} Origins of Clara "The Rings of Akhaten" {{uc:BBC America}}
}}
{{you may|Clara Oswin Oswald's mother|n1=the mother of the Victorian incarnation of Clara Oswald}}
'''Elena Alison Oswald''' (née '''Ravenwood'''), also known as '''Ellie''', was [[Birth|born]] on [[11 September]] [[1960]] and [[Death|died]] on [[5 March]] [[2005]]. Ellie was the [[mother]] of [[Clara Oswald]] and the [[wife]] of [[Dave Oswald]]. She frequently exclaimed, "Oh my [[star]]s!", a phrase that carried on to her [[daughter]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}})


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
She first met Dave in [[1981]], when she saved him from being hit by a [[car]] after a large [[Clara's leaf|leaf]] blew into his [[face]]. The leaf grew to be a symbol of their chance meeting and their ensuing [[life]] together. They later [[marriage|married]]. When Ellie was [[26 (number)|26]], she gave birth to her daughter, Clara, their only [[child]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'') who was born on [[23 November]] [[1986]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
She first met Dave in [[1981]], when she saved him from being hit by a [[car]] after a large [[Clara's leaf|leaf]] blew into his [[face]]. The leaf grew to be a symbol of their chance meeting and their ensuing [[life]] together. They later [[marriage|married]]. When Ellie was [[26 (number)|26]], she gave birth to her daughter, Clara, their only [[child]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}) who was born on [[23 November]] [[1986]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}})


Ellie owned a [[book]] called ''[[101 Places to See]]'', which she gave to Clara when she was 9.
Ellie owned a [[book]] called ''[[101 Places to See]]'', which she gave to Clara when she was 9.


[[File:Ellie Oswald older.jpg|thumb|left|Ellie talking to the Doctor ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')]]
[[File:Ellie Oswald older.jpg|thumb|left|Ellie talking to the Doctor ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}})]]
At least twice she encountered the [[Eleventh Doctor]], both times while taking Clara to the [[park]]. The first time, from her perspective, the Doctor was hit by the ball while the Oswalds were playing [[football]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'') From the Doctor's perspective, he had previously seen her while he was talking with a young [[girl]] (unbeknownst to him, Clara) on the swings. When Clara ran to rejoin her mother, Ellie told her off for speaking to strangers. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]]'')
At least twice she encountered the [[Eleventh Doctor]], both times while taking Clara to the [[park]]. The first time, from her perspective, the Doctor was hit by the ball while the Oswalds were playing [[football]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}) From the Doctor's perspective, he had previously seen her while he was talking with a young [[girl]] (unbeknownst to him, Clara) on the swings. When Clara ran to rejoin her mother, Ellie told her off for speaking to strangers. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)}})


[[File:Ellie Oswald grave.jpg|right|thumb|Ellie Oswald's [[Tombstone|gravestone]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')]]
Ellie died at the [[age]] of [[44 (number)|44]] on [[5 March]] [[2005]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}) the day of the [[Operation Mannequin|Nestene invasion of Earth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, {{cs|Aliens of London}}, et al.)
Ellie died on [[5 March]] [[2005]] at the [[age]] of [[44 (number)|44]]. As Clara and Dave [[Mourning|mourned]] her loss at her [[Tombstone|grave]] [[Graveyard|site]], the Doctor, [[Investigation|investigating]] the [[history]] of his mysterious new [[companion]], quietly observed them. He did not interrupt their visit, staying hidden behind an old [[tree]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')


=== Legacy ===
=== Legacy ===
Clara later offered her mother's leaf to satiate [[Akhaten]]. She claimed the leaf represented "a whole [[future]] that never happened", talking of all the [[day]]s Ellie never got to live. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')
[[File:Ellie Oswald grave.jpg|right|thumb|Ellie Oswald's [[Tombstone|gravestone]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}})]]
As Clara and Dave [[Mourning|mourned]] her loss at her [[Tombstone|grave]] [[Graveyard|site]], the Doctor, [[Investigation|investigating]] the [[history]] of his mysterious new [[companion]], quietly observed them. He did not interrupt their visit, staying hidden behind an old [[tree]].


As an [[adult]], Clara recalled and tried to emulate her mother's recipe for [[soufflé]]. She recounted her mother's saying: "The soufflé isn't the soufflé, the soufflé is the recipe." Clara remembered her mother as "a great [[woman]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
Clara later offered her mother's leaf to satiate [[Akhaten]]. She claimed the leaf represented "a whole [[future]] that never happened", talking of all the [[day]]s Ellie never got to live. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}})


It was supposed that Ellie, due to being deceased prior to the [[2010s]], was [[Cyber-conversion|converted]] into a [[Cyberman]] when [[Missy]] created an [[army]] of Cybermen from the dead to prove to [[the Doctor]] they had similarities between them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
As an [[adult]], Clara recalled and tried to emulate her mother's recipe for [[soufflé]]. She recounted her mother's saying: "The soufflé isn't the soufflé, the soufflé is the recipe." Clara remembered her mother as "a great [[woman]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
It was supposed that Ellie, due to being deceased prior to the [[2010s]], was [[Cyber-conversion|converted]] into a [[Cyberman]] when [[Missy]] created an [[army]] of Cybermen from the dead to prove to [[the Doctor]] they had similarities between them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}})
* While the circumstances of Ellie's death are never revealed, her death date of [[5 March]] [[2005]] coincides with the events of ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', when the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] faced the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. It is therefore possible that Ellie was killed in the [[Auton]] [[2005 Nestene invasion of Earth|invasion]]. (The episode first aired on [[26 March]] 2005, so this isn't a reference to the broadcast itself.)
 
== Family tree ==
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{{tree | DOW |v| EOW | DOW=[[Dave Oswald]]|EOW=[[Ellie Oswald]]<br />[[1960]]-[[2005]]}}
{{tree | | | |!| | | | | }}
{{tree | | | COW | | | COW=[[Clara Oswald]]<br />b. [[1986]]}}
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Latest revision as of 01:29, 11 May 2024

Elena Alison Oswald (née Ravenwood), also known as Ellie, was born on 11 September 1960 and died on 5 March 2005. Ellie was the mother of Clara Oswald and the wife of Dave Oswald. She frequently exclaimed, "Oh my stars!", a phrase that carried on to her daughter. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

She first met Dave in 1981, when she saved him from being hit by a car after a large leaf blew into his face. The leaf grew to be a symbol of their chance meeting and their ensuing life together. They later married. When Ellie was 26, she gave birth to her daughter, Clara, their only child, (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]) who was born on 23 November 1986. (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"])

Ellie owned a book called 101 Places to See, which she gave to Clara when she was 9.

Ellie talking to the Doctor (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])

At least twice she encountered the Eleventh Doctor, both times while taking Clara to the park. The first time, from her perspective, the Doctor was hit by the ball while the Oswalds were playing football. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]) From the Doctor's perspective, he had previously seen her while he was talking with a young girl (unbeknownst to him, Clara) on the swings. When Clara ran to rejoin her mother, Ellie told her off for speaking to strangers. (WC: The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)"])

Ellie died at the age of 44 on 5 March 2005, (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]) the day of the Nestene invasion of Earth. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"], Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London"], et al.)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ellie Oswald's gravestone (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])

As Clara and Dave mourned her loss at her grave site, the Doctor, investigating the history of his mysterious new companion, quietly observed them. He did not interrupt their visit, staying hidden behind an old tree.

Clara later offered her mother's leaf to satiate Akhaten. She claimed the leaf represented "a whole future that never happened", talking of all the days Ellie never got to live. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])

As an adult, Clara recalled and tried to emulate her mother's recipe for soufflé. She recounted her mother's saying: "The soufflé isn't the soufflé, the soufflé is the recipe." Clara remembered her mother as "a great woman". (TV: The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"])

It was supposed that Ellie, due to being deceased prior to the 2010s, was converted into a Cyberman when Missy created an army of Cybermen from the dead to prove to the Doctor they had similarities between them. (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"])

Family tree[[edit] | [edit source]]