NOW WE KNOW WHY THE DOCTOR SAID SEE ME, JUST SEE ME IN THE FIRST EPISODE. HE SEES HER AS BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER HER OUTWARD APPEARANCE. AND HE WANTED HER TO SEE HIM AS HE REALLY IS.

doctor-bowie: EXACTLY! ALL THE FEELS. ALL OF THE FEEEELLLLLSSS… SERIOUSLY, SO MANY MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE SCREAMED WHOUFFALDI 

twelveclara: also the most interesting and touching thing to me is that the doctor’s been constantly commenting on clara’s appearance/age throughout the previous season when she very obviously looked no different, but the second she actually does he can’t tell. he literally has no idea. and it makes me think that it’s not her age …

It’s wonderful – a whole other series of stories with the Doctor. I couldn’t walk away with the story being unresolved, there’s so much more to do and I think [Clara and the Doctor] have finally just reached a point where they really understand each other. The arrival of the 12th Doctor has just dropped …