[RiderSkyward]

Apologies for the essay, I'm supposed to be writing one on the roles of gender in Science fiction novels but this seemed more fun and once I started I just went on =p

I like Clara... okay no, I just like looking at Miss Coleman. Ugh.. okay, I did like Clara in her first couple of appearances. She was clever, funny and challenged the doctor (whilst also being a challenge for the doctor, eg. what she is/how she exists) Since her true introduction though she's slowly faded into the background, might have a decent line every now and then but that's about it.

The focus on her book in the first few episodes made it feel like she was going to be this awesome explorer or something with some dreams and ambition, but thats all been dropped and she seems to have an identity crisis with each new writer.

Just my two cents...

Latest episode was strange. I was really enjoying it , oddly enough, until the Doctor showed up. I think him being out of the game a bit longer would have helped, the bizarre old timey flashback/re-telling of the last 20 minutes but with the Doctor and Clara was, well bizarre and incredibly off putting. Mr Sweet was just ridiculous although I do think Diana Rigg still managed to play a fabulously batty villain that was just pure evil.

The ending seemed a little forced/out of the blue. I just hope Clara questions the existence of victorian london her.. doubtful but we'll see. So I currently can't decide if I liked it or not...

Lastly, I've probably not watched enough 'Who' but the 'this series will focus on this plot, but only for the first and last episodes with brief mentions in between' type of progression/arc is getting annoying. I know it'll probably get explained eventually, but everything else just feels like complete filler.