Doctor Who -- Jenna Louise Coleman's Character Name UPDATE!!

[kilodalton]

From the wonderful folks at doctorwhospoilers.com, who normally call entire PLOTLINES right, so I'm inclined to trust them ...

[Spoiler (click to open)]
She will be "Clara"

(Source is here, but this is a massive spoiler site with on-set pics so you've been warned!!!)

Oh well D=

Comments

[rosaxx50]

Still morning Susan Tyler tbh. Clara's a nice name though.

Not looking at spoilers.

ETA: How do you make those spoiler tags, by the way?

[kilodalton]

Yeeeeah me too ; ;

You make spoiler tags by writing [lj-spoiler] except with "<" and ">" instead of brackets.

[charlottetrips]

Oh no!!! I just had a thought! What if it Jenna's character is Ten and REINETTE's kid??

Or maybe those period clothes are too far down Reinette's timeline which I am hoping for

[kilodalton]

Moffat said just after it aired in 2006 that the dancing in that ep was G-rated tho (in his MP3 commentary) ... and DWM confirmed this in their retrospective a few months ago.

Thank heavens for small favors @.@ XD

[charlottetrips]

Oh thank goodness! Could NOT have lived with that

[kilodalton]

Here's what he said - so I think we're safe XD

[spikewriter]

It was fun to picture Moffat trolling the fanboys while it lasted. :D

[kilodalton]

Honestly, I'm wondering why he's being so secretive with her name if it's only Clara - which seems pretty meaningless. (Unless 'Clara' is also a swerve - who knows ...)

[spikewriter]

Nah. I think he just knows that the more he goes "SPOILERS! MUST STAY SECRET!" the more they will pant in anticipation.

Say what you will, Moffat understands the mating habits of a fanboy with their favorite show.

[kilodalton]

... boy who cried wolf @.@

[seasight]

Tumblr had a horrifying proposition- that she was River's daughter.

And do you know what? It's stupid enough that I can see Moff doing it.

[kilodalton]

That would be all sorts of awful @.@

And - not that it would stop him of course - that would make no sense. Their timelines are roughly back-to-back, so you think that he'd notice a kid in tow at some point or another. And Moffat doesn't even want to confirm they're officially married per The Brilliant Book (he mused that 'we knew nothing' and asked if it even counted since he was inside a robot replica) - so this would be pretty extreme if he's not even gonna ship it enough to admit to marrying them @.@

[develish1]

their source seems a little more believable than the whole IMDB thing, especially given the on-set pictures he's also tweeted.

Still waiting on something that's actually "official" though, since this seems a pretty innocuous name

Plus we only have her first name, even if it is true, so still lots of room for speculation on what's allegedly so "shocking" about her.

Judging by her clothing in the pics she looks just like any other young 21st Century female character

[kilodalton]

Yeah, I don't get what's so 'shocking' about Clara and why he'd be hiding the name. Unless this is also a swerve XD

[develish1]

With Moff I've come to believe anything is possible, no matter how bizarre or unlikely it may seem, hence the bucket of salt I keep on stand-by, lol.

To be honest, I wouldn't be at all surprised if there actually is nothing at all shocking about her, and THAT was the big ruse.

I'm sure we'll get the full info eventually though, because they can never truly keeps things under wraps, no matter how hard they try.

[kilodalton]

Yeah, I mean the nature of Amy and Rory's departure has already been leaked in full (with video! <3), so yeah I'm sure it will come out eventually (hopefully sooner rather than later).

Damn if we fans don't come up with better ideas than he does, though - case in point, many of the theories about River.

I keep hoping he'll surprise me ... ergo my never-ending disappointment with anything he touches lol. Can I haz sum salt?