You weren't far wrong at all! (and hey, as we know Moffat is the trollingest troll to ever troll, so you could still be right!) Oh he lies through HIS TEETH. But for now I shall accept his word. ;)
I think it's really interesting that Moffat says Clara is the one companion of recent times who really doesn't feel like she fits into the world she lives in - I would have said that applies much more to Amy. I think there is a distinction to be made here... (Because I thought that too.) The Doctor & Amy were pretty co-dependent. 'Grew up together' as it were. He broke her and messed up her life and tried to put her back together and so forth. But in the end, if she had to make a choice she always chose Rory.
Clara, as he points out, loves Danny but still keep running away with the Doctor. (Of course the Doctor is also a jerk towards Danny.) BUT. What was my point again? Yes, Clara just has a normal life, uninfluenced by the Doctor, yet she becomes addicted to the lifestyle. As Moffat says, not because she loves the Doctor (Rose), and not because she craves validation (Donna, in great part)... She wants to run the show, as it were. Maybe that's why she keeps getting mirrored - she's no ones sidekick. (Thinking out loud here.) She becomes the Doctor, but it comes pretty naturally to her. Whether that's the Doctor corruptive influence, or her natural instinct... Well. But look at the echoes. They're desperate to get away.
OK, must run. And need to collect my thoughts into something coherent. ;)
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Oh he lies through HIS TEETH. But for now I shall accept his word. ;)
I think it's really interesting that Moffat says Clara is the one companion of recent times who really doesn't feel like she fits into the world she lives in - I would have said that applies much more to Amy.
I think there is a distinction to be made here... (Because I thought that too.) The Doctor & Amy were pretty co-dependent. 'Grew up together' as it were. He broke her and messed up her life and tried to put her back together and so forth. But in the end, if she had to make a choice she always chose Rory.
Clara, as he points out, loves Danny but still keep running away with the Doctor. (Of course the Doctor is also a jerk towards Danny.) BUT. What was my point again? Yes, Clara just has a normal life, uninfluenced by the Doctor, yet she becomes addicted to the lifestyle. As Moffat says, not because she loves the Doctor (Rose), and not because she craves validation (Donna, in great part)... She wants to run the show, as it were. Maybe that's why she keeps getting mirrored - she's no ones sidekick. (Thinking out loud here.) She becomes the Doctor, but it comes pretty naturally to her. Whether that's the Doctor corruptive influence, or her natural instinct... Well. But look at the echoes. They're desperate to get away.
OK, must run. And need to collect my thoughts into something coherent. ;)