We’ve been curious about whether or not Jenna Coleman was going to leave at the end of the Christmas special this year, but now we have our answer. Mild spoilers ahead.
If you caught the end of the Doctor Who Christmas Special today you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about. And if not, let this serve as another reminder that spoilers are sometimes just impossible to avoid when reporting the news that comes from Stephen Moffat and crew.
Jenna Coleman will be staying through Doctor Who series 9, Moffat announced at a press event earlier last week. The reveal was embargoed until today. This makes Clara the longest running companion the show has had since the reboot in 2005.
“There was a certain amount of to-ing and fro-ing, wasn’t there Jenna?” Moffat asked Coleman at the event. “I always think I’m quite good at winding up people on this but Jenna completely outplayed me when she said in an interview ‘I’m not telling you if I’m staying or going because it’s just more exciting.’ And it occurred to us all that we don’t start shooting until January so we could actually keep it a secret.”
Speaking about staying on for the rest of the series, Coleman is clearly excited. “It’s wonderful – a whole other series of stories with the Doctor. I couldn’t walk away with the story being unresolved, there’s so much more to do and I think [Clara and the Doctor] have finally just reached a point where they really understand each other.
“The arrival of the 12th Doctor has just dropped this bombshell and allowed the dynamic to totally, totally change so I think, just when Clara was feeling more comfortable in the relationship, it’s suddenly thrown something totally new up and I think the comeuppance of that and the story that we got to tell over the season has been thrilling.”
Of course, everyone watching the episode was surprised. Doctor Who went even so far as to show an aged Clara 62 years after she’d last seen the Doctor, but at the very end it was revealed that she, too, was a dream.
Are you excited to see Clara on ‘Doctor Who’ next year?
The Doctor and Clara will be back next year with an episode titled “The Magician’s Apprentice,” although no release date has been announced.
Are you looking forward to series 9, or were you looking forward to a new companion?
Source: Radio Times
We want to hear your thoughts on this topic!
Write a comment below or submit an article to Hypable.