r/doctorwho • u/BigTourist3 • 5d ago

Currently doing a rewatch of 11 and Clara’s run together and I noticed something Discussion

Clara’s first line is “what chapter are you on” And when the kid responds “chapter 10” she says “oh you’ll love 11, 11s the best” which I think is a clever nod to his current regeneration, and I also never noticed that the painting in the beginning was of Clara

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u/GenericRedditor7 4d ago

Moffat did that a lot lol, remember “11s hour is over now, now the clock strikes 12?” Or something like that in 11s last episode?

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u/mightylordredbeard 4d ago

I missed that completely until my most recent, current rewatch. When it finally clicked for me I was “ohhh shit!”

Reasons like that is why Moffat is my favorite show runner. RTD is okay, but I really didn’t get the excitement when he was revealed to be coming back. For me personally Moffat writes the best long term Who. Like that scene where Amy has to keep her eyes closed in the forrest and The Doctor comes back and says “you have to start trusting me..” then it’s revealed like so many episodes later that it was The Doctor from the future?

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u/GenericRedditor7 4d ago

Yeah RTDs idea of an overarching plot is mentioning things in the finale like once an episode or even less (Bad wolf, Susan twist, prime minister Saxon, the stars are going out), Moffat does actual plots for better or worse

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u/NotMalaysiaRichard 4d ago

Yes, like how Oswin is introduced in the Asylum of the Daleks and then Victoria Clara, then Companion Clara and then the reveal in the Name of the Doctor.