Many fans expected Doctor Who ’s current fellow traveler Clara Oswald to leave in the most recent Christmas special , Last Christmas , only for her to sway on hazard with The Doctor into the next Season . But a Modern interview with Steven Moffat confirms that Clara could have been gone even earlier than that .
In an extended interview in Doctor Who Magazine ’s latest effect , Moffat revealed that Jenna Coleman originally design to leave the serial publication in the Season 8 finale , Death In Heaven . Coleman then changed her mind and call for to be written out in the following Christmas special , only to alter her mind again , necessitating a re - write of the ending :
“ I earlier wrote her out in Death in Heaven , ” say Steven . “ That was her last episode . And then she asked me if she could be in Christmas ? So I said , ‘ Okay , I ’ll write you out in Christmas . ’ She come in to the readthrough and did the ‘ save out ’ adaptation – and again changed her judgement . But the verity is I never want her to go . I did n’t really need Death in Heaven to be her last installment . And with Last Christmas , I ’d already written the substitute reading where she stayed , and I preferred that version . For Christmas Day it ’s a bit skillful . candidly , I did n’t need to miss her . She ’s an amazing actress , and she never end working to make Clara unspoiled . I was very happy to go the redundant mile to make trusted we could keep her . ”
The decision for Coleman to stay makes her currently the longest - run companion in the quicken geological era of the show — but considering all the back and forth on her decision to stay at the end of Season 8 , it certainly seems like time of year 9 will be her last .
[ viaRadio Times ]
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