Hell Bent (TV story): Difference between revisions

|featuring      = [[Ashildr|Me]], [[Ohila]]

It was the final regular appearance of [[Jenna Coleman]] as [[Clara Oswald]]. Although Clara met her demise in ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'', the [[Twelfth Doctor]] arranged for her to be extracted from time using Time Lord technology; Clara would remain conscious of everything happening around her, leaving her alive but no longer affected by physical qualities such as breathing, heartbeat or even ageing.  

It featured the return of the [[Time Lords]], who were last seen in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', and had given the [[Eleventh Doctor]] new [[regeneration]]s off screen in ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. Among them was [[Rassilon]], now in a new incarnation after his previous body was last seen being attacked by {{Simm}} in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Rassilon was banished from [[Gallifrey]], along with the [[High Council]], after losing the allegiance of his race for his cruelty to the Doctor and his role as one of the driving forces of the [[Last Great Time War]]. He was also deposed as [[Lord President]], with the Doctor briefly assuming it in his place. Also returning was [[the General]], who regenerated and was revealed to be a usually-female Time Lady who had assumed a male incarnation, marking the first instance of an on-screen regeneration where a Time Lord changed genders, as well as being a rare on-screen instance of a Time Lord also changing skin colour.

[[Ohila]] and the [[Sisterhood of Karn]] also reappeared, wherein Ohila was hinted to have a greater personal history with the Doctor that may have gone back to his earlier days. [[Ashildr|Me]], also known as Ashildr, made another appearance as well, having persisted to the final moments of time. She eventually ended up in possession of [[Clara's TARDIS|a TARDIS]] which the Doctor stole, and began travelling with Clara, who was not ready to return to Gallifrey and face her end.  

''Hell Bent'' ended up being full circle for both the Doctor and Clara. For the Doctor, he was once again running away in his TARDIS. For Clara, she was now time-travelling again, aboard a stolen TARDIS with an original [[TARDIS control room|control room]] layout similar to the one which the [[First Doctor]] stole, with Ashildr, another long-lived being, as her companion. They were unable to get the [[chameleon circuit]] on this TARDIS working properly, leaving its exterior stuck in the form of an [[American]] diner which the Doctor had visited in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''. The story also saw the return of the [[sonic screwdriver]], a brand new model to replace the model seen between ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' and its retirement in ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' / ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]''.