I don\'t see how listing her accomplishments constitutes a character study. You haven\'t really explained what it is about her that made these things possible or what she actually added from a narrative perspective. In universe accomplishments are meaningless without the context behind them. A potted plant could potentially have achieved all the same things but it won\'t make a good character. You\'ve basically just said you like Clara because she\'s in Doctor Who.
(I'm Khlav Kalash): I don't like Clara, I despise her. The entire review is in Sarcasm Mode. I had complained about her in Wallbangers and in YMMV as a Mary Sue, but since Wallbangers no longer exist and examples of Mary Sue are no longer allowed, doing a review is the only way I have left of complaining about her in this webpage. The Sarcasm Mode is due to being frustrated about it.
When the Darth Wiki was truly Darth: http://web.archive.org/web/20151224131522/http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DarthWiki/WallBanger
I was puzzled at first when reading this. Then around the second paragraph I realized the Sarcasm Mode.
Just curious, why did your alias change?
Yup. They probably shouldn\'t have deleted Wall Bangers. And yes, Clara is... good, but she should not be omnipresent...
To Theokal 3: Because I kept forgetting my passwords. Now I\'ll only use this account, because I\'ll never have that problem with it.
When the Darth Wiki was truly Darth: http://web.archive.org/web/20151224131522/http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DarthWiki/WallBanger
I wasn\'t aware Wall Bangers had been deleted. When did that happen?
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Clara Oswin Oswald: A Character Study (Spoilers!)
Clara Oswin Oswald is one of the best characters in Doctor Who, and in the entirety of fiction. Yes, she has detractors, but that's why envy is one of the seven cardinal sins. Someone slandered her in the Wallbangers section, but Wallbangers no longer exist. Someone considered her a Mary Sue, but Mary Sues no longer exist. Justice has been made.
Let me sing the praises of a normal schoolteacher who somehow became the fifth most important person (after the Doctor, Rassilon, Omega and Davros) in the Whoniverse's history. In fact, she ended up becoming The Woman Behind the Doctor for 1) correcting the Doctor's entire timeline when the Great Intelligence tried to undo it (to the point of being the one who suggested the First Doctor which TARDIS he should pick), 2) convincing the Doctors to save rather than destroy Gallifrey in the Time War (because three different Doctors couldn't think about it without the help of our paragon of goodness and wisdom), 3) begging the Time Lords for more regenerations for the Doctor making Twelfth Doctor's very existence possible and 4) inspiring the Doctor when he was just a scared Gallifreyan child. Oh, and maybe (we hope) 5) being the Hybrid whose legend made the Doctor leave Gallifrey in the first place. Surely without our beloved Clara's help the Doctor would have become nothing better than another corrupt Celestial Intervention Agency member, if that! Naturally, her relationship with the Twelfth Doctor is the most intense Doctor-Companion relationship ever; the Doctor ends up giving himself amnesia because he was simply unable to let her go. How could he? He owes everything to her! Eat your heart out, Rose Tyler!
Bring Clara back, please. The Doctor needs her. We need her. In fact, "Doctor Who" became an Artifact Title; it should be changed to "The Adventures of Clara and her Doctor". She deserves nothing less.