Talk:Hell Bent (TV story): Difference between revisions

I find the supposition that the Doctor forgetting about Clara to be a punishment, I also argue that at no point is he really going beyond his own morals. To support this I have a few points though I do not remember which episodes they all come from so if those are in error then I'll correct as needed in that regard.

Nine point five: Sort of a continuation of nine, the Doctor knows Clara's sense of adventure, he understands that given the chance she would explore the universe herself, and this is where the loophole comes in and why the doctor has had to in a subtle fashion in giving Clara the gifts he wishes to give and in giving forgiveness to Ashildr.

The Wrap up: Having explained the reasons behind my view, here is my view of how these events truly should be taken. The Doctor knows that Clara has to die there, that it is immutable, for the time being he focuses on getting out of the trap laid before him. Once he gets out and understands who put him there he starts putting together his plan to complete(there is a better word for this but I can't remember it) his Duty of Care to Clara. First he has to find away to get the Time Lords to rescue Clara, pausing her from one heartbeat to the next. This is important because the Doctor knows the Time lock can not be undone by travelling anywhere as otherwise the Raven would chase Clara down, as referenced in Face the Raven "There is no where in Time or Space that you could flee and escape the Raven"(Maybe this should become it's own point above). Having done this and given Clara the Gift of near immortality the next two things he needs to do is get Clara a Tradis of her own and to break her from his side. The first one he does by steal another Tardis which is why he didn't have his brought to Gallifrey as he could have done as the President of Gallifrey. And the Third one is why he asked for the device and did the actions in point 7 and 8. With these actions the Doctor gave Clara the gifts of near immortality and a Tardis as well as forgiveness to Ashildr both by giving her the chance to travel in a Tardis and entrusting Clara's care to her(again maybe should be it's own point, the Doctor could be sure that Ashildr would travel with Clara as Ashildr had expressed a want to travel with the Doctor before). The last bit of this is about how the Doctor isnt truly punished by the the loss of Clara's memories, as mentioned in point 3 it is possible to know someone very well by the void left behind, he would know her story and much of her personality by how the void left by her interacted with him and he would know her face by the waitress, the way the diner disappeared and by the painting on the Tardis, I for one would not bet against the Doctor in terms of being observant enough to see those things and piece together that that was Clara.

:This is indeed a brilliant hypothesis with some convincing points. This is my headcanon now :D. Obviously, if he just explained the loophole to her, she wouldn't have left his side willingly. She's too attached. And even if he hasn't quite realised they are "the hybrid", he realises that traveling with someone so much like him and now effectively immortal would be catastrophic - he previously refused Me as a companion for similar reasons. And with Clara being a "control freak", you can't just tell her to do things - he had to trick her into making the decision to leave him by herself. --[[User:Tevik|Tevik]] [[User talk:Tevik|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:47, June 28, 2016 (UTC)