>>This is *exactly* what Ten and Eleven do in The Day of the Doctor. They love and accept the War Doctor - stop running from what they did, stop denying it, and instead embrace it

Which I think they could not do without Clara and Rose doing it first. They basically all Care Bear Stare him into not blowing up Gallifrey, it's great.

>>Clara: What you’ve always done. Be a Doctor! ... You told be the name you chose was a promise. What was the promise?

I like how Clara talks to him like a student. ''Do you remember what we learned? Come on, you can do it.''