"Listen" does seem to be setting us up for the idea that "Time Lord" is a conferred rank—or, perhaps, that that's one of the things "Time Lord" means. I think there's long been an idea that the species are 'Gallfreyan', but only a select elite are 'Time Lords'?
That could be the lead-up to the idea that a human could study at the Academy and become either a Time Lord or the functional equal of a Time Lord. This idea tripped me up when I first came across it, but thanks to Clara I've embraced it! :)
But if that's where we're going, I don't think that Clara's story can really stop there. Well Gallifrey would have to return first. And I don't think that's on the cards for the next fifty years or so. (And as a_phoenixdragon says, there'd only be problems...) Unless Clara has secretly been Romana this whole time (FOBWATCH!!!) and steps in to set things to order.
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I think there's long been an idea that the species are 'Gallfreyan', but only a select elite are 'Time Lords'?
That could be the lead-up to the idea that a human could study at the Academy and become either a Time Lord or the functional equal of a Time Lord.
This idea tripped me up when I first came across it, but thanks to Clara I've embraced it! :)
But if that's where we're going, I don't think that Clara's story can really stop there.
Well Gallifrey would have to return first. And I don't think that's on the cards for the next fifty years or so. (And as a_phoenixdragon says, there'd only be problems...) Unless Clara has secretly been Romana this whole time (FOBWATCH!!!) and steps in to set things to order.