She's the first companion in the history of the show who met other Doctors before she saw a regeneration, and yet she had one of the worst reactions to her new Doctor.
I didn't realize this, but you are completely correct. How odd.
a_phoenixdragon had an interesting explanation for this in her review: that Eleven's transformation from young man, to old man, to dead man was so quick from Clara's perspective that she sees Capaldi being old and can't shake the feeling that he will be gone in the blink of an eye too.
I've got a feeling this isn't what was actually being written and that its just a regeneration-tropey heavy episode, regardless of how little sense it makes.... but I like the theory, and am using it as my own head canon.
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I didn't realize this, but you are completely correct. How odd.
a_phoenixdragon had an interesting explanation for this in her review: that Eleven's transformation from young man, to old man, to dead man was so quick from Clara's perspective that she sees Capaldi being old and can't shake the feeling that he will be gone in the blink of an eye too.
I've got a feeling this isn't what was actually being written and that its just a regeneration-tropey heavy episode, regardless of how little sense it makes.... but I like the theory, and am using it as my own head canon.