On a high after their latest adventure, Clara gleefully prances around the TARDIS control room while the Doctor looks on. But their momentary elation is short lived; the phone rings and good old Rigsby from the Boneless adventure is on the other end with a peculiar problem. He has a tattoo that is counting down and he never got a tattoo. Intrigued, the Doctor examines him and takes Rigsby into the TARDIS for further research, asking him to bring his daughter and then changing his mind because the Doctor would get "distracted." I thought that was the best line!
Piecing together Rigsby's story of what happened and making an aerial map of London, the team splits up and begins searching for a mysterious alleyway hidden from normal people by a clever perception filter. When they find it, they encounter a whole colony of strange aliens governed brutally but fairly by the immortal Ashildr. Convinced that Rigsby had killed an alien woman, Ashildr set a shade on him that will kill him when the last minute ticks down. Knowing that he has a family to care for and trying to be overly clever like the Doctor, Clara secretly takes the mark from Rigsby to save his life. But when the mystery unravels, revealing a trap for the Doctor instead of a simple murder mystery, Clara learns that she has doomed herself.
While not nearly as heartbreakingly sad as when Ten lost Rose, Clara is the first companion in the reboot to die and it was still pretty sad. I would've liked it if she'd said her old line of "Run, you clever boy, and remember me." That would've fit pretty well. I think killing her off was long overdue and the only logical thing to be done with poor Clara's character. She really didn't have much left to live for since Danny Pink is dead.
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