Discussion History Creator / StevenMoffat

And in the case of Clara: ugh, here goes. Wanting to travel but stuck looking after her late mum\\\'s children, having to deal with being a \\\"control freak\\\" while with the Doctor, philosophies that the Doctor sees everyone as \\\"ghosts\\\", actually agrees to the \\\"don\\\'t wander off\\\" sentiment that Nine complained about in \\\"The Empty Child\\\" and Ten in \\\"The Girl in the Fireplace\\\", instead of just being along for the ride she has her responsibilities with the Maitlands and only travels on Wednesdays, her relationship with the TARDIS warms over the course of the series (to the point she can do the click thing by \\\"Name\\\"), shows a lot of caring for children like Merry (possibly as a result of her job as nanny and later teacher), in constrast to Amy being a bit bewildered by a crying child in \\\"The Beast Below\\\".

Nope, no traits at all. Undeveloped. Just a cypher. Indistinguishable from Amy. Just a plot device. And the Doctor seeing her as a mystery to solve definitely \\\'\\\'wasn\\\'t\\\'\\\' portrayed negatively by the writers.

And in terms of \\\'\\\'focusing\\\'\\\' on Clara fancying the Doctor? Not really. It\\\'s understated, beneath the surface, and I\\\'m not even sure if it\\\'s directly acknowledged until the truth field makes her admit that. Plus, she said something along the lines of she ran off with the Doctor because she was attracted to him, but that definitely could have changed to \\\"it would be weird now if I was close to him\\\" by \\\"Journey\\\" and \\\"Nightmare in Silver\\\".