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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 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 | It featured the return of the [[Time Lord]]s, 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. | ||
The story may have been used to make viewers come to hate the Time Lords for their supreme arrogance just like the Doctor does. They were behind the whole frame job in ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'', to lure the Doctor in and trap him in his confession dial to see if he knew about the Hybrid; due to the unnecessary subterfuge, they were indirectly responsible for killing Clara. | The story may have been used to make viewers come to hate the Time Lords for their supreme arrogance just like the Doctor does. They were behind the whole frame job in ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'', to lure the Doctor in and trap him in his confession dial to see if he knew about the Hybrid; due to the unnecessary subterfuge, they were indirectly responsible for killing Clara. | ||
