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{{rename|[[Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John)]] — I know that, technically, it should be [[Clara Oswald (The Snowmen)]], but that's Victorian Clara}}
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|image = Oswin human.jpg
|name              = Clara Oswald
|alias = Soufflé Girl
|aka              = The Woman Twice Dead
|species         = Human<!--do not change this; you'll break the template-->
|image             = Clara Oswald Bells St John.jpg
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|species           = Human
|origin         =  
|affiliation       = The [[Eleventh Doctor]] [[Maitland Family]]
|only            = Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)
|origin           = [[Earth]]                         
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|first            = The Snowmen (TV story)
|actor           = Jenna-Louise Coleman
|appearances       = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]''}}
|other actor     = [[Nicholas Pegg]]
|actor             = Jenna-Louise Coleman
|voice actor     = Nicholas Briggs
|other actor       =
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'''Oswin Oswald''' was a [[human]] serving as a [[Junior Entertainment Manager]] onboard the [[starliner]] ''[[Alaska (spaceship)|Alaska]]'' when it crashed into the [[Dalek Asylum]].  
'''Clara Oswald''' was a [[companion]] of the [[Eleventh Doctor]].


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] later stated that she was "the same woman" as [[Clara Oswald]], and went searching for more, such as [[Clara (The Snowmen)|Clara]] and [[Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel)|Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]]'')
She appeared to be a version of the woman whom the [[Eleventh Doctor]] believed to be one and the same, along with [[Clara Oswin Oswald]], [[Oswin Oswald]] and [[Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel)|Clara Oswald]].


== Biogaphy ==
She was a fan of the [[book]] ''[[Summer Falls]]'', written by [[Amelia Williams]], of which Chapter 11 was her favourite. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John]]'')
Oswin once claimed that the first boy she ever fancied was called Rory, but quickly admitted that "actually, she was called [[Nina (Asylum of the Daleks)|Nina]]. I was going through a phase."


At some point in her life, she joined the ''Alaska'' crew as Junior Entertainment Manager to see the universe.
==Biography==
At some point in her life, she and [[Clara's Friend|her friend]] visited a [[graveyard]], where she walked by the [[tombstone]] of [[19th century]] [[Clara Oswald]] and ironically stated, "I don't believe in [[ghost]]s." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')


When the ''Alaska'' crashed on the Dalek Asylum, Oswin escaped down a shaft into the lower levels of the Asylum, where she was found and captured by the [[Dalek]] inmates. Unlike the other crew members of the ''Alaska'', who were partially converted by the [[nanogene|nanocloud]] into [[Dalek puppet]]s, Oswin was fully converted due to her exceptionally high intelligence, something they valued over exterminating her. Due to the horror of what had happened to her, Oswin created a dream world for her human mind to dwell in to forget the truth. Under this life, Oswin assumed that she was surviving on [[soufflé]]s in the ''Alaska''. She also hacked into the Asylum's fully-automated systems, heavily damaging it and reducing it to a ruin.
Clara originally planned to travel after attending [[university]], spending the week before leaving with family friends. During this week, however, their mother died, and she decided to stay in order to be a [[nanny]] for the [[child]]ren, [[Artie Maitland|Artie]] and [[Angie Maitland]]. Despite this she still intended to travel at some point, and kept the book which was her inspiration, ''[[101 Places to See]]''.


[[File:Oswin becomes a Dalek Asylum of the Daleks.jpg|thumb|left|Oswin undergoing [[Dalek]] conversion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')]]
She owned a [[laptop]] but, as she did not have any [[computer]] skills, [[telephone|phone]]d a technical support line given to her by "[[a woman in the shop]]" who described it as the best "in the [[universe]]", which was in fact the number to the phone on the front of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. She created a mnemonic device, "Run you clever boy and remember," to help her recall her [[Wi-Fi]] password, but later clicked on the [[Great Intelligence]]'s Wi-Fi connection when the [[Eleventh Doctor]] caused her to mistype it.


A year later, Oswin aided the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] in finding safe passage through the Dalek Asylum; wiping the memory of [[the Doctor]] from the Daleks' [[Pathweb]] at one point to save him from the Daleks in Intensive Care. The Doctor attempted to rescue her, until he found her and discovered she was a Dalek. The Doctor explained this to Oswin, who first nearly gave in to the Dalek conditioning by attempting to exterminate the Doctor, then broke down over what she had become.
After accessing the Intelligence's Wi-Fi, Miss [[Kizlet]] sent a [[Spoonhead]] to upload her to the data cloud, which disguised itself as [[Little girl (The Bells of Saint John)|the little girl]] on the cover of the book ''Summer Falls''. She was also given computer knowledge and technical skills. Although the Doctor arrived in time to stop Clara from being completely uploaded, she retained the technical knowledge that Miss Kizlet had given her.


[[File:DalekOswyn.jpg|thumb|Oswin fully converted into a Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')]]
[[File:TheBellsOfStJohn.jpg|thumb|left|Clara on a [[motorbike]] with the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'')]]
The Doctor first took her aboard the TARDIS in order to stop a commercial [[aeroplane]] that had been sent to [[kill]] them, and then to have [[breakfast]] the next morning, arriving at the [[South Bank]], whilst Kizlet had to take "the long way round".


Oswin lowered the Asylum's defences so the [[Parliament of the Daleks]] could destroy the planet and asked the Doctor to remember her as the human she once was. She presumably died when the Daleks destroyed the Asylum. When Amy, Rory and the Doctor escaped back to the Parliament, they found out that Oswin had erased the Doctor from the memories of all the Daleks in the Parliament as well as the Dalek inmates in the Asylum. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')
After the Doctor was able to hack into the Intelligence's basic systems, Clara was able to use her new technical skills in order to access his employees webcams and use them to find their social networking profiles which gave their location, [[the Shard]]. As soon as she had figured this out, she was uploaded to the data cloud by a [[Spoonhead]] disguised as the Doctor.


Oswin was identical to [[Clara Oswald]] and [[Clara (The Snowmen)|another girl from the 21st century]]. Although the Doctor had never seen her face, he recognised her voice, her fondness for soufflés, and her dying words, which led him to realise that the two were essentially the same person. This led him to search for potential others. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')
After being downloaded back to her body a second time, Clara confronted the Doctor about what happened to her and they discussed her desire to travel, as well as her responsibilities. The Doctor asked her to travel with him, promising to bring her back without anyone ever knowing she was gone, but she surprised him by refusing to go and telling him to come back the following day, after seven, and ask again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'')


== Personality ==
==Skills==
Oswin possessed a flirtatious and feisty personality, and cheerfully flirted with both the Doctor and Rory. She once asked Rory to take his shirt off for no real reason showing that she considered him to be attractive and teased the Doctor about his chin, nicknaming him "Chinboy". Oswin also implied that she was bisexual, admitting to Rory that she'd once fancied a girl called Nina, although she added that she'd been going through a phase.
After a partial download to the Great Intelligence's net, Clara retained the computer knowledge and skills given to her by Miss Kizlet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'')


Following her conversion, Oswin was unable to accept the horror of what she had become, and managed to convince herself that she was still human. Oswin was extremely strong-willed, and even after her conversion, rejected mental conditioning in favour of retaining her humanity. Notably, she was the only Dalek for whom the [[Eleventh Doctor]] displayed any compassion or pity and also the only known human who was strong enough to resist Dalek mental conditioning. In addition to being very strong-willed, Oswin was also extremely intelligent, but unfortunately it was because of her intelligence that she was turned into a Dalek. She had incredible hacking skills and possessed a knowledge of Daleks and their technology that exceeded even the Doctor's, because she had been converted into a Dalek herself. Oswin was very confident, perhaps slightly overconfident, and was fully aware of her exceptional intelligence, calling herself a genius several times.
==Behind the scenes==
*The BBC website states that "The Doctor met Clara when she was [[Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel)|much younger]]", referring to the events of [[WC]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]].


Oswin was shown to be selfless, allowing the Doctor to complete his mission of destroying the planet and insisting that he leave her behind and escape with Amy and Rory. She was also a talented actress, being able to pretend convincingly that she was at ease with her situation with cheeky and flirty remarks and was able to change the sound of her voice easily. She also used her flirting to keep Rory cheerful and seemed to provide him with some comfort since he actually asked her to keep flirting with him as reassurance. Despite her relaxed and cheerful demeanour, Oswin did show signs of worry about her situation and admitted that she was anxious to leave. She was also shown to be wary of strangers since she asked the Doctor to come and fetch her, not entirely trusting him not to leave without her; later she  sacrificed herself to lower the shield so the parliament of the daleks could destroy the asylum. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
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* Oswin shares the surname, Oswald, with the man who assassinated [[President of the United States|President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] on [[22 November]] [[1963]], the day before ''[[Doctor Who]]'' premiered with ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. Oswin's shipmate, who survived until he turned into a Dalek puppet, was similarly named [[Harvey (Asylum of the Daleks)|Harvey]].
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Revision as of 16:08, 3 April 2013

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Clara Oswald was a companion of the Eleventh Doctor.

She appeared to be a version of the woman whom the Eleventh Doctor believed to be one and the same, along with Clara Oswin Oswald, Oswin Oswald and Clara Oswald.

She was a fan of the book Summer Falls, written by Amelia Williams, of which Chapter 11 was her favourite. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

Biography

At some point in her life, she and her friend visited a graveyard, where she walked by the tombstone of 19th century Clara Oswald and ironically stated, "I don't believe in ghosts." (TV: The Snowmen)

Clara originally planned to travel after attending university, spending the week before leaving with family friends. During this week, however, their mother died, and she decided to stay in order to be a nanny for the children, Artie and Angie Maitland. Despite this she still intended to travel at some point, and kept the book which was her inspiration, 101 Places to See.

She owned a laptop but, as she did not have any computer skills, phoned a technical support line given to her by "a woman in the shop" who described it as the best "in the universe", which was in fact the number to the phone on the front of the Doctor's TARDIS. She created a mnemonic device, "Run you clever boy and remember," to help her recall her Wi-Fi password, but later clicked on the Great Intelligence's Wi-Fi connection when the Eleventh Doctor caused her to mistype it.

After accessing the Intelligence's Wi-Fi, Miss Kizlet sent a Spoonhead to upload her to the data cloud, which disguised itself as the little girl on the cover of the book Summer Falls. She was also given computer knowledge and technical skills. Although the Doctor arrived in time to stop Clara from being completely uploaded, she retained the technical knowledge that Miss Kizlet had given her.

Clara on a motorbike with the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

The Doctor first took her aboard the TARDIS in order to stop a commercial aeroplane that had been sent to kill them, and then to have breakfast the next morning, arriving at the South Bank, whilst Kizlet had to take "the long way round".

After the Doctor was able to hack into the Intelligence's basic systems, Clara was able to use her new technical skills in order to access his employees webcams and use them to find their social networking profiles which gave their location, the Shard. As soon as she had figured this out, she was uploaded to the data cloud by a Spoonhead disguised as the Doctor.

After being downloaded back to her body a second time, Clara confronted the Doctor about what happened to her and they discussed her desire to travel, as well as her responsibilities. The Doctor asked her to travel with him, promising to bring her back without anyone ever knowing she was gone, but she surprised him by refusing to go and telling him to come back the following day, after seven, and ask again. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

Skills

After a partial download to the Great Intelligence's net, Clara retained the computer knowledge and skills given to her by Miss Kizlet. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

Behind the scenes

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