Seemingly hell bent on destruction and reclaiming his home planet, the Doctor sets off the alarm bells all over Gallifrey by returning the long way around to his old home, going straight for the drafty barn where so much of his past took place. Silent in the face of certain death, the Doctor waits for the evil Lord Rassilon to arrive with his armed soldiers. Drawing a line in the sand, the Doctor makes his stand, silent, alone and determined to make Rassilon leave his planet. Of course it's his planet, he's the man who ended the Time War and saved Gallifrey. One by one the guards throw down their weapons and cross the line, joining the Doctor and placing the might of Gallifrey at his back.
That little battle effortlessly won, the Doctor returns to the city and uses a Time Lord extraction chamber to pull Clara from her past, freezing her in a half life between heart beats and trying to whisk her away to the far end of the universe in the hopes of breaking the connection and bringing her completely back to life. But death can't be so easily tricked and the Doctor decides the only way is to wipe Clara's memories of him to save her and give her one last chance. There's a catch though; Clara is just as smart as he is and tampers with the device. Now it's a game of chance to see who loses their memory.
My overall conclusions on the ninth season is that it was pretty unimpressive. I loved having the Doctor go all rock n' roll bad boy on everyone with his sonic sunglasses and his electric guitar. Clara was just really annoying the whole time but peaked up a little as Bonnie with the rocket launcher. She had a death wish throughout the season that was finally, happily fulfilled and then she was brought back to life! Sure that made all the fans happy and admittedly, I'm curious to see a Clara/Ashildr spin off with maybe Jack Harkness, Vastra and the others featured, but she should have stayed dead. And Ashildr was an odd character; I didn't really like her all that much. The whole conclusion of the big bad Hybrid was a huge disappointment. It's seriously the Doctor and Clara? Really? And what happened to Missy? I know she's in the Christmas special, but with all the hints of evil stalking them, a Hybrid and Missy back with the Daleks going, "I have an idea," you'd think she'd come back with a bang. Really rather disappointing with that. But the Doctor's new sonic screwdriver should be fun, and the Christmas special with River will be really fun. I hope he sticks with the rock n' roll thing.
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