Clara Oswald and Danny Pink’s relationship timeline was a huge aspect of Doctor Who’s season 8 as it showed how damaging and difficult it can be for the Doctor’s companions to balance their two lives. Clara Oswald first entered the show in season 7, episode 6, "Bells of Saint John", where the Eleventh Doctor was obsessed with her seemingly impossible existence. When the Great Intelligence threatened to destroy the Doctor in season 7, episode 13 "The Name Of The Doctor", she successfully spread multiple versions of herself through his timestream to save him. From there, the two developed an extremely close bond that continued even after the Doctor’s regeneration into a new body.

Clara had a great relationship with the Doctor throughout her time on the show, but it never progressed any further than friendship despite there initially being hints that it could have developed into something more. Eventually, Clara fell...