CHAPTER 5

I do not own Doctor Who, Torchwood, or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I am making no profit off of this.

SAY HELLO TO THE NEW BOSS

"Now I finally know exactly why the Doctor left Gallifrey, Mary. Except for Flavia and maybe one or two others everyone on the High Council is either a complete idiot, a power hungry backstabber . . . or both! Give me the Doctor any day. Even at his worst, he's nowhere near as bad as that lot. I swear I expect half of them to end up dead any day now and the other half to have guilty looks on their faces afterwards," Clara said with a deep sigh.

"It seems that power corrupts even in the most highly advanced societies. It almost feels good to know that humanity isn't the only group in the universe that never learns its lessons. Nothing ever really changes no matter how far away you go in time and space does it? If there's one thing that I've learned from traveling with the Doctor, it's that people really are all the same everywhere regardless of how they appear on the outside," Mary Shelley (yes, that Mary Shelley) said with a thoughtful look on her face.

"Yeah, you would say that wouldn't you, Mrs. Frankenstein?" Clara said with a frown.

"I'm sorry, dear. My mind automatically goes to thoughts of philosophy as is my natural inclination when all that you really want is someone to talk to about your day. Don't let it bother you, Clara. If I know you, you'll have them all just as thoroughly trained to obey you without question as the children in your English class are in no time. In fact, I bet you'll have a far easier time of it since from what I've seen of them your children are far more intelligent," Mary said with a wicked smile.

Clara laughed for the first time that day as she said, "You know they still ask about you after I brought you to school last month and let you give them that lecture about Frankenstein. They said that you did such a good job of 'playing' Mary Shelley that they almost believed that you were her even that kid in the back who just kept arguing with you about what the main theme was of your own book! Yeah, you're probably right, Mary. I'm sure it won't be half as hard as trying to keep Courtney Woods under control . . . if I can keep myself from strangling them all first. That's a very big if though."

She had just come from her daily meeting with the High Council that was just one of her many duties as the newly elected Lady President of Gallifrey. To say that they had gotten on her nerves with their constant squabbling with one another and their obvious attempts to pursue their own agendas at any cost was an understatement.

She hadn't been lying to Mary in the slightest about how angry that she had felt earlier. It had taken every bit of her willpower to keep herself from punching the entire lot of them.

It was like night and day to go from that poisonous atmosphere to visiting Mary back on Earth instead. Mary was currently staying with Clara and her sister Cassiopeia in their home these days while she traveled with the Doctor. She always made her feel better no matter how upset that she was just by being there.

"Clara? What is it?" Mary asked with concern as Clara suddenly looked away from her with a guilty expression.

"It's nothing. I promise," Clara said dismissively.

"Don't lie. I know you far too well, Clara. Something's bothering you. It's Danny isn't it?" Mary asked as she forced Clara to look at her by gently moving her face towards her.

"Yeah," Clara admitted with a sad look.

"You really should try talking with him again. I know that you miss him. You haven't been the same since you broke up with him," Mary said in an earnest tone.

"You were there, Mary. You heard what he said. It's never going to work out now. He practically demanded that I quit having anything to do with the Doctor and Rose whatsoever. He basically made me choose between him and my family. Rose is practically my mother after all. My family will always come first in that kind of situation, Mary. Always," Clara said in a stubborn voice.

Clara quietly ignored her other reason for not wanting to go back to Danny. She had started to think of Mary as being far more than just a friend ever since Rose's enemy Erebus manipulated her mind to make her think that Mary was her girlfriend. It had all been a part of his sick attempt to get her to forget all about Danny by replacing him with Mary in her memories because he had stolen Danny's body for a while in order to escape his prison in the Void. The funny thing was that it still seemed to be working even after her mind had been restored back to normal. She had grown more and more distant from Danny ever since then.

Mary was now the one that she always wanted to talk to about her problems when before it had always been Danny. Mary was the one who she wanted to be with more and more these days instead of Danny.

Erebus it seemed had tapped into feelings that were already there in the first place and now that he had the genie was finally out of the bottle at last. She highly doubted that it would ever return there either.

She really didn't want it to if she was being honest with herself.

That thought was what had made her feel incredibly guilty just now because she knew that it wasn't just her argument with Danny that had made them split up. She just liked to believe that it was.

"To be fair, Clara, you actually did die as a result of becoming the President thanks to the Brethren's attack on you at the coronation. His worst fear happened right in front of his eyes and that was nothing that he could do about it. Nothing at all. Once you were brought back to life again naturally he would want you to give up the type of dangerous lifestyle that had directly led to what could have been a far more permanent demise," Mary said in a haunted voice.

"That's beside the point. Ordinary life is just as dangerous when you think about it. As I pointed out to him, either of us could wind up dead just walking across the street. Just being ordinary is no guarantee of safety. He just wouldn't listen though. Oh, no!" Clara said as she started to become furious all over again.

She wondered how much of that had to do with the fact that she could see the pain in Mary's eyes from having been there to witness Clara's death for herself. She hadn't demanded that Clara live a normal life like Danny had but she could tell that Mary was still just as worried for her and probably secretly agreed with him on the subject.

She didn't know if she was talking about Danny or Mary when she said, "Maybe it's just as well no matter how much it hurts. Maybe I should be alone. At least that way I won't have anyone constantly worrying about me. Danny just wanted a normal ordinary girlfriend who lived a simple ordinary life, Mary. That was never going to be me though. I can't change who I am. I won't, Mary. Not for anyone or any reason. If that makes me selfish, I can't help it. I just . . . I'd never be happy anywhere else but where I am right here and now in this moment. I'll even put up with the Council in order to keep this life exactly as it is."

"I know," Mary said as she gave her a small smile and touched her face.

"And that doesn't bother you?" Clara asked curiously.

Mary's smile quickly faded as she said, "Of course it does. I have no right to tell you how to live your life though. I'd be an enormous hypocrite if I did actually. I never once listened to anyone else in my own life and always did what I knew in my heart was right for me regardless of the cost. I can do no less than afford you the same luxury in your own life can I? Even if I am just as worried about you as Danny is."

"Thank you," Clara said with a pleased smile as she kissed her cheek and hugged her tightly in gratitude.

After holding onto Mary just a bit too long, she finally pulled away and quickly made a joke to hide her feelings as she said, "You know I actually found myself missing Courtney in that Council meeting today. That's when I knew that things were bad."

"That's probably because you've barely had time to do anything else but deal with the Council since you took over that job. You still haven't helped that other unfortunate Clara get rid of her new powers or sent Jenna back home yet. You also didn't send little Abigail and her mother back home yet either come to think of it. They are all still staying at the House of Lungbarrow aren't they?" Mary asked.

"That's not my fault. I literally haven't had the time to deal with any of that which is really ironic considering I have regular access to a time machine. The Doctor and Rose have been much too busy with their own troubles lately to do it either though. The orientation period for the Presidency is murder, Mary. This is the first free moment I've had in days," Clara admitted.

"And your first thought of what to do with that moment was to come and see me?" Mary asked with a smile.

"Well, it was kind of a no brainer," Clara said with a chuckle.

Mary laughed as she said, "As grateful as I am for that, I still feel as if you should help the others first. I think that they've all waited long enough to go back home, don't you?"

Clara nodded as she said, "Don't worry, Writer Girl. I'm getting to it. I just wanted you to know that I was alright first."

"Thank you. I really do appreciate that, Clara. I have to admit that I was wondering what was happening to you," Mary admitted with a soft smile.

"I was wondering the same thing about you really," Clara said.

"Oh, I'm alright. I'm slowly catching up with this modern world of yours and learning all about it. I've . . . Well, I hate to admit it but I've been watching a lot of television lately. It's an incredible device but I'm afraid that the content of its broadcasts leaves much to be desired. Perhaps I only feel that way after watching what Cassiopeia called a 'movie' of Frankenstein though. They changed so much about it that it was barely the same story. I suppose the basic theme was still there but it was so different. They even seemed to confuse the monster with his creator by giving them both the same name. Then I watched another movie of it and it was even worse. Does no one care about accuracy in your movie studios?" Mary complained.

Clara laughed as she said, "Not usually. You should be grateful that it isn't far worse though. At least they haven't had the monster fight any zombies yet in a movie. I bet poor Jane would have a fit if she saw that latest movie of Pride and Prejudice. I didn't think it was so bad though but maybe it was because I was too busy watching to see if the Doctor fell over in any of his scenes. I was so sure that he would at least once."

"The Doctor? I didn't know that he was an actor," Mary asked in surprise.

"He isn't but he went undercover as one in order to find the actual zombies that had infiltrated the set. Don't ask. This was back when he was still Fez Boy but I was traveling with him even then. Of course he couldn't be bothered to get me a part in the movie though. I would have even played a zombie if I had to," Clara complained.

"Knowing you the part would have wound up being as the zombies' queen," Mary said with a chuckle.

"Naturally. Always aim high I say," Clara said as she laughed along with her.

Mary now looked at her almost reluctantly as she said, "Anyway I'm fine, Clara. Go help the others and then we can watch more terrible versions of Frankenstein together on television later."

"It's a deal," Clara said happily as she kissed her forehead.

Then she suddenly left in a burst of silver energy as she used her Vortex abilities to return back to Gallifrey. Mary couldn't help but sigh sadly as soon as she did so. Sometime they really did have to talk about how they felt about one another in the wake of what Erebus had done to them. Unfortunately it probably wouldn't be any time soon.

Clara decided to pay a visit to her echo and little Abigail first in order to send them home so they were her first stop once she returned to Gallifrey. As soon as she arrived in their room however, she really wished that she hadn't.

"Clara," Clara's echo said in shock as Clara arrived right in the middle of a passionate kiss between her and Danny.

"Clara, I . . ." Danny said in a guilty voice as he quickly jumped away from Clara's echo.

"I thought you went home. I guess no one had the time to take you back either though," Clara said in a numb voice.

"I wanted to make sure that Abigail was alright so I asked the Matriarch to bring me here instead of sending me back to Earth. Then I spent the last few days with her mother and . . . we started to get to know one another. One thing led to another and . . ." Danny said in a deeply embarrassed voice.

"No, it's alright. We broke up so you're free to see whoever you want. It looks like you definitely have a certain type though don't you? I guess you found a way to keep me after all didn't you? I have to admit that she's perfect for you, Danny. She's just like me but with none of the baggage. She'll be exactly what you wanted," Clara said as she began to cry.

"Clara, I'm sorry. I never wanted . . ." Danny said in a devastated voice as he immediately put his arms around her to comfort her.

". . . to hurt me. Yes, I know, Danny. I know. You're a good man. You wanted to break it to me gently only I had my usual sense of rotten timing," Clara said in an emotional voice as she desperately struggled to hold back any further tears.

"Clara, I'm so sorry. I won't . . . I won't go through with it. I promise. I never should have in the first place especially after everything that you've done for me and Abigail," Clara's echo said in a voice filled with shame.

"No, don't do that. Not because of me. I'm alright. I promise," Clara said in a strong voice as she suddenly pulled away from Danny.

"Clara, are you sure?" Danny asked in an uncertain voice.

"Yeah, of course I am. I'm fine, Danny. I just came here to take the other Clara and Abigail back home. That is if they still want to go there," Clara said in as cheerful a tone as she could manage.

Clara's echo now looked at her nervously as she said, "About that . . . I'd prefer it if you took me and Abigail back to Danny's time . . . but only if that's going to be alright with you of course."

"It's just fine and so am I. I promise. I'll even ask Torchwood to set up new identities for you and Abigail so that you can start up a life in the Twenty First Century. I'm sure you'll both get used to it there in no time with Danny's help," Clara said as she somehow kept a completely neutral expression despite the agony burning through her heart at that moment.

Danny couldn't help but wonder if he was making a mistake because he knew Clara well enough by this point to know that she was in deep pain despite all of her pleas to the contrary. Being with the other Clara just felt right however. What his possible future daughter told him about his future could easily fit her just as well as it did the original after all couldn't it? All that she had told him was that he would wind up with Clara but she had never said which one.

Maybe she couldn't say because of the risk of altering the future . . . or maybe he was altering it himself. He just didn't know anymore.

All he knew for certain was that he couldn't stand to watch the original Clara endanger her life anymore and that he honestly did love the other Clara as well. That would have to do for now he supposed.

"Well, I guess there's no time like the present to get started on that new life of yours, right? I'll send you there right away," Clara said to her echo as she snapped her fingers.

Both Clara's echo and Danny were immediately sent back to the Torchwood of Clara's time. She was sure Jack was already unconsciously hitting on her echo by this point if she knew him. Even though he was married now, it still hadn't completely turned off Jack's natural instincts.

"Clara? Where did Mum and Danny go?" Abigail asked as she suddenly came into the room.

"I sent them both back home. I'll send you too in a minute so don't worry. I just wanted to make sure that you were doing okay first and to say good bye. I haven't really had the time to talk to you at all lately and I'm really sorry about that," Clara said meaning it.

"It's alright, Aunt Clara. Mum told me that you were busy. Besides I got to really know Danny and he seems like a great guy. I think he'd . . . Well, he'd make someone a great dad someday," Abigail said.

"Yeah, he would wouldn't he? Maybe even a little girl just like you," Clara said as she realized that Abigail had no idea that Danny and her mother were in a relationship.

"I wish. It would be nice to have a father. I never knew mine. He died when I was still a baby," Abigail said sadly.

"Don't worry, Abby. I'm sure that you'll get a dad someday," Clara said.

"Do you really think so?" Abigail said in a hopeful voice.

"Yep. I can practically guarantee it, sweetie," Clara said as she hugged Abigail tightly while finally coming to terms with what had just happened.

This was all for the best. She knew that now.

"You know my grandmother is named Abigail. It's odd that the other me should call you that of all names. I guess it just shows that some of my memories survived inside of her after all somehow. Why not? She's definitely got my taste so of course she'd still have a bit of me inside of her somewhere," Clara said with a sad smile.

"Are you okay?" Abigail asked with concern.

"I'm fine," Clara reassured her as she hugged her once more.

"Do you want to talk about it? I'd love to listen and help you as much as I can," Abigail offered in a heartfelt tone.

Clara smiled at her gratefully as she said, "Thank you for the offer, sweetie, but I'm fine. I appreciate the offer though. I really do."

"I always want us to be close, Aunt Clara. You saved my life and I'll never forget that. Ever," Abigail said in an emotional voice as she kissed her cheek.

Clara smiled and wondered if this was what the Matriarch had almost given away in her little slipup about Abigail earlier. Maybe Abigail became just like a niece to her in the years to come. She wouldn't mind that at all if it was true because she already thought very highly of her and she could tell that Abigail felt the same way about her.

"We'll always be close, Abigail. I swear it. I'll come by and see you just as soon as I can in your new life," Clara said meaning it.

"New life?" Abigail asked in confusion.

"You'll find out soon enough, sweetie. I'll just let your mum tell you all about it in a minute. Good bye," Clara said as she snapped her fingers.

"Good bye," Abigail said with a warm smile just before she was sent away.

Clara actually smiled a genuine smile now because she felt a little better about everything even if it did still hurt to think about Danny with someone else. It actually seemed to make her life much clearer in a way. Or at least it would once she figured out how she felt about Mary anyway.

She quickly pushed such thoughts aside however as she teleported to Jenna's room next.

"Ah, I was wondering when you'd finally get around to me. Finally come to take me home at last?" Jenna said with a welcoming smile as soon as she saw her.

"Yeah, if that's what you want. You probably should do it now though while you still can because who knows when I'll have a free moment again anytime soon. I'm just warning you," Clara advised.

Jenna nodded as she said, "It's been really surreal getting to live in the universe of my old show but I've enjoyed every moment of it. I just spent the last few days touring Gallifrey and seeing all of the sights. I bet Peter would be dying of envy . . . if I could actually tell him anything about this that is. I'm sure he would never believe it though. He'd probably think that I was just pranking him. I even met the Doctor's mother. I thought she'd be just as weird as he is, but she was actually pretty normal."

"Don't ask me what happened. Maybe his father was the weird one in the family and he took after him," Clara with a giggle.

"Maybe," Jenna said in a reluctant tone.

"You don't really want to go back do you?" Clara suddenly realized.

"Not just yet. I do want to go back eventually of course, but there's still so much that I'd actually like to see first. I want to see more planets and aliens and . . ." Jenna said in an excited voice.

"You're hooked," Clara said with a grin.

"Of course I am. Isn't that how it happened to you?" Jenna asked.

"Yeah, but sometimes I almost wish that it hadn't," Clara said in a faraway tone.

"Danny left you didn't he?" Jenna asked in a sympathetic tone.

Clara looked at her in surprise as Jenna added, "It was kind of obvious that it was about to happen based on what I know of the show and what you told me about you and him. Besides I saw you and Mary together."

Clara's eyes bulged at that point which made Jenna laugh as she said, "It's pretty obvious to anyone who's really been watching the two of you. Only the Doctor would miss it I bet."

"The Doctor will probably think I'm still with Danny for a couple of months to come no matter how many times I tell him otherwise," Clara agreed with a small smile.

"Are you okay?" Jenna asked.

"No . . . but I think I will be," Clara said as she found to her surprise that she couldn't lie to her.

Jenna nodded with a pleased look on her face as she said, "So is it alright if I stay a little longer then?"

"You don't have to ask my permission. If you want to stay, stay. I'm just warning you that you might not get to go anywhere fun for a while yet. We're all pretty busy right now especially me. I so hope that Jenny takes back this job soon or I may just go completely bananas and wind up like Missy," Clara said with a groan.

"I hope you'd have much better fashion sense if you do. At least wear Governess Clara's outfit or better yet Oswin's if you do decide to go evil, okay?" Jenna said with a smirk.

"You actually think I'm kidding don't you, Actor Girl. I really wish I were. I would so love a little diversion from the Council right now," Clara said with a wistful expression.

"Maybe the other Clara can give you one. You still haven't fixed her just yet. She's very worried about it you know? She just keeps talking to me about it because I think she's worried that she's the one who's going to go bananas again. I really think that she'll be fine but she won't listen. She's not going to be happy until she's completely normal again. Or at least as normal as any Clara could ever possibly be anyway," Jenna said with a wry grin.

"Very funny," Clara said with a fake frown that quickly turned into a smile.

"So do you have any ideas of how you could take her powers away?" Jenna asked hopefully.

Clara shrugged as she admitted, "Not a one. That's really not my area. Maybe Cassiopeia could help her though. She's been in the Vortex business longer than anyone except Rose so maybe she could take her powers away. I just haven't had the time to ask her yet. I was going to ask her when I went back home just now but she wasn't there. Mary was the only one there. I have no idea where she is."

"Do you have any way of finding her?" Jenna asked.

Clara shook her head as she said, "Nope. Sorry. I'm sure I'll think of something though. Maybe I could take her to see the Grace. I think I know how to get to where they live."

"That sounds very reassuring," Jenna said with a wince.

"Oi! Don't start up with the criticisms again. We were getting along so well," Clara said with a chuckle.

"Got to keep you on your toes though don't I? I can't let things get too boring," Jenna said with a mischievous smile.

"Right now boring would almost be a good thing. Anything would be better than having to go back before those nitwits on the High Council," Clara complained.

Suddenly they heard a loud scream from somewhere nearby as a voice shouted, "No! I won't let this happen again! No!"

"It's the psycho Clara," Clara said in alarm.

"Would you please stop calling her that? She's not a psycho, Clara. That's really rude you know? You're starting to pick up the Doctor's bad habits," Jenna said in a disapproving tone.

"Just shut up and run, Actor Girl. We have to get to her before it's too late," Clara said impatiently as she teleported away.

"You could have at least taken me along with you!" Jenna protested as she started to race out of her room.

"Oh, good. You're still here. I was hoping that you wouldn't be gone yet," A familiar voice said behind her making her instantly stop in her tracks.

"You!" Jenna said in a shocked voice.

"Yep, it's me. You're a regular master of the obvious aren't you?" The new arrival said in amusement.

That was when Clara came back through the door and stared at their new arrival in complete bewilderment as she too said, "You!"

"Yeah, me. No, sorry. That's Ashy's name so I can't take that one because I'm sure she's probably got it copyrighted somewhere by now as old as she is. So why don't you just call me Clara instead. Not that that's not going to get confusing too of course with there being two of us around," The woman that Clara instantly recognized as the Clara of Missy's universe said with a chuckle.

"Try dealing with millions of echoes called that sometime. Look. I don't want to be rude here despite what Jenna thinks about me but . . . aren't you dead? And what's with the waitress outfit?" Clara asked as she gave Jenna a questioning look.

"You never did tell her the whole story about what happened to me did you?" Clara Prime asked Jenna.

"I never had the time. Things happen fast in this universe," Jenna admitted with a shrug.

"So what did I miss? I mean what else could have happened anyway? You died and then you got better and decided to open up a restaurant?" Clara joked.

"Something like that. I'll explain later. We have to catch up with the other Clara first before it's too late," Clara Prime said in an anxious voice.

"What did happen to her? You never did say," Jenna asked Clara.

"I don't know. She's just gone. I have no idea where she is. I can't even track her with my powers. They are pretty limited though since I'm still not that well trained in using them yet," Clara admitted.

"Don't worry. Someday you will be. I guarantee it," Clara Prime said with a knowing smile.

"Until then though, I have absolutely no idea how to find the other me unless of course you just happen to have a lead on her," Clara prodded.

"I wouldn't be here if I didn't would I? Ashy and I first came here to this universe while following an old enemy of ours named Missy. Unfortunately we never did find her, but we came just in time to see someone stealing the other Clara away. I really wish we could have stopped him too because I've heard a lot of bad stories about what she did the first time that she flipped her lid. I don't care to see a repeat performance of that live and in person either," Clara Prime said.

"No, believe me. You really, really don't. I was there the first time around and almost didn't live to tell about it," Clara said with a shudder.

"That's why we have to get going as soon as possible while Ashy still has a signal left to trace. If there's anybody that doesn't need to have this psycho Clara working for him, it's the Valeyard," Clara Prime said.

"The Valeyard?" Clara said in alarm.

"That's who Ashy says that he is anyway. I don't know. I've never met him before. What I've heard about him doesn't exactly inspire me with hope though. The real Doctor's bad enough when he goes off the rails. I don't even want to think about a completely evil one," Clara Prime said in a worried voice.

"He must be my universe's Valeyard. Now I know exactly what's going on. He doesn't really want the other Clara's power at all. That's just a nice little side benefit. No, what he wants is her life force so that he can finally be immortal just like he's always wanted to be. We have to stop him before the other Clara finally gets her wish granted. It'll happen alright but in the worst possible way," Clara said in alarm.

"Let's not stand around wasting any more time flapping our jaws then. Both of you grab onto me while I use this little gift I borrowed from Captain Jack Harkness to quickly take us back to my ship," Clara Prime said with a smile as she began entering coordinates into the Vortex Manipulator on her arm.

"Your ship? You got your own ship? Why don't I have a ship? And I just realized that you have your own companion too. You really are just like the Doctor now aren't you? Why can't I be the Doctor?" Clara asked in a clearly jealous tone.

"Oh, it's so much fun to have the shoe on the other foot for a change," Jenna said with a smirk.

The three of them immediately arrived on Clara Prime's TARDIS diner as she said to Clara with an evil smile, "Welcome to my humble abode. Did I mention that it's a TARDIS?"

"Some Claras have all the luck," Clara muttered in a voice with resentment.

"Not really. There is one huge tradeoff. I am technically dead after all. I don't even have a heartbeat," Clara Prime admitted with a forlorn expression.

Clara immediately turned pale as she said, "My own bad jokes are coming back to haunt me. I'm not even sure I want to know how you became a zombie. You don't eat brains though, right?"

"No. Still soufflés. Brains might actually taste a bit better though," Clara Prime joked.

"Believe me. They definitely would. Not that I know that from personal experience of course. Even I never went that far. I just know how terrible the soufflés are because I made the mistake of eating one once. I never regretted being immortal so much in my life," Ashildr said as she finally left the diner's Console Room.

"This is Ashy by the way. She's my partner in crime I guess you could say. Are we still picking up a signal from the Valeyard's TARDIS, Ashildr?" Clara Prime asked.

"So far, yes. He seems to be heading straight towards the planet Chaos, the home of the Grace," Ashildr said with a deeply troubled look.

"He wants revenge. He wants to take them out for trying to stop him from killing me and getting rid of a little competition in the universe ruling department probably wouldn't hurt either if he ever gains the power of the psycho Clara," Clara said in an extremely worried voice.

Jenna loudly cleared her throat as Clara quickly added, 'The other Clara I mean. She's not a psycho. Are you happy now, Actor Girl?"

Jenna smiled from ear to ear as she said in a jubilant voice, "No, but I soon will be. I'm going to the planet of the Grace!"

"I know," Clara said with a knowing smile as Clara Prime started to laugh.

"I used to think that all Claras were mad because of something gone wrong in their genetic code. Now I'm starting to wonder if it's somehow contagious," Ashildr said in disbelief.

"You say that like it's a bad thing," Clara joked as she put an arm around a visibly excited Jenna.

Next: Clara Prime and Ashildr join Clara and Jenna in a quest to save the former psycho Clara from being used as a helpless pawn in the Valeyard's deadly game with the Grace. Will they be able to prevent the Valeyard from gaining her almost limitless power or are they and the Grace all doomed to fall before his unyielding ambition?