Face the Raven review
I’m sure that you’ve seen the
episode by now, but just in case you haven’t, don’t read on any further because
this review DOES contain spoilers and I do not want to be responsible for
ruining it for you. If you have watched it, enjoy!
I feel as though there is only
one thing to discuss from Face The Raven, and that is, of course, the death of
Clara Oswald. So, before I offer my thoughts on her final episode, I thought I would
pick my three favourite Clara episodes and explain why I have chosen them.
3 – Deep Breath (Series 8,
Episode 1, 2014)
This episode brought a real test
for the character of Clara, because she had to deal with the newly regenerated
Doctor, and how much he had changed. Much like Rose Tyler in The Christmas
Invasion (2005), Clara found it hard to accept that her Doctor had “gone” and
that he was a different man, and yet the same one she had always known. It was
also a brilliant episode because it showed how the new Doctor and companion
dynamic had changed, as well as how the two characters would have to interact
in a new way and get used to each other again.
2 – Asylum of the Daleks (Series
7, Episode 1, 2012)
I couldn’t talk about the end of
Clara without going back to the very beginning and her shock first appearance three
years ago.
At that point, we knew that Amy and
Rory would be leaving to be replaced by Clara Oswald, but we all got a massive
surprise when she popped up in the first episode of series 7 as “Oswin”, the “soufflé
girl” who had been turned into a Dalek. It proves that although she has been
criticised as a bad companion at times, Clara did come into the show with a
bang. I still love this episode after three years and shows all of the
character’s known traits; being sassy, her toughness and flirting with the
Doctor.
1 – The Zygon Inversion (Series
9, Episode 8, 2015)
This is possibly a controversial
choice, partly because for the majority of this episode, Jenna Coleman wasn’t actually
playing Clara, but the Zygon version called Bonnie. However, it is my favourite
of Clara’s episodes for this reason. Over the three years, we never really
explored Clara’s dark side, so for Jenna Coleman to get to show off her skills
as a darker form of the character was amazing. She delivered a wonderful
performance and this is without a doubt, the peak of her time on the show and
came at the right time.
Now onto the latest episode. So,
after three years and her fair share of Doctors, Clara Oswald has faced the
raven and left this world. It felt like a very fitting thing that she became so
reckless as to think that the Doctor could save her from anything. Over time,
we have seen how she is strong, yet dependant on the Doctor to rescue her when
things go wrong. I guess this was the step too far, resulting in the
comeuppance for her recklessness. Although it is sad, it seems to have been a
very powerful and final ending, which is a perfect way to end this character. It
was a very well-written, heart-breaking and tragic episode which delivered a
great, if somewhat upsetting, exit for Clara Oswald.
Rating for Face The Raven
9/10
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