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Clara Oswald is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She was created by series producer Steven Moffat and portrayed by Jenna Coleman . Clara was introduced in the seventh series as a new travelling companion of the series protagonist, the Doctor , in his eleventh and twelfth incarnations.
Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986) is an English actress. She began her television career by playing Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2009, followed by a recurring role in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009).
Jenna Coleman plays Clara Oswald, the sixth companion since the show was re-launched. The seventh series marked Matt Smith's third and final full series as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor. Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, who portray Amy Pond and Rory Williams respectively, departed the programme in the fifth episode. [12]
An off-screen romance between the celebrated author and Clara Oswald is implied in two episodes. In The Magician's Apprentice, Clara states that Austen "is a phenomenal kisser." In episode Face the Raven, Oswald says to her friend Rigsy, "Sometimes Jane Austen and I prank each other. She's the worst, I love her.
Jenna-Louise Coleman was announced as a new companion, Clara Oswald, to succeed Gillan and Darvill. [52] Coleman made an unannounced guest appearance (as Oswin Oswald) in the series opener, "Asylum of the Daleks", [53] before joining the main cast from "The Snowmen". [54] [55] Alex Kingston continued to recur in the series. [56]
The Eleventh Doctor, having seen Clara die twice before, decides to learn more about his new companion and travels into her past to observe her. He finds that her parents met by a chance encounter caused by a gust of wind blowing a leaf into her father's face and discovers that her mother died while Clara was a teenager.
When Clara repeats a phrase that previous versions of Clara have said, the Doctor realises who she is. He sets off to meet her. Arriving in present-day London, the Doctor finds Clara's mind being "uploaded" via a mobile robotic server disguised as a young girl using the Wi-Fi. The Doctor halts the upload and successfully reverses it, sending a ...
The episode includes a cameo appearance by Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, as the Doctor's memories of Clara, lost during "Hell Bent", are restored. The scene was the last to be filmed for the episode and while Coleman was willing to come back to film, timing between the filming of this special and her work in Victoria was difficult to arrange.