神秘博士 第八季

在reddit回答过一次的问题，我觉得差不多算我对第八季的观感，贴过来记录下

When I read comments defending Clara by calling her an “independent and strong woman with equal importance as the Doctor”, I feel like what these people are defending is theideaof Clara, not her actual execution on screen.

The classic "tell with no show" writing style of Moffat sets the audience up with what Clara should be, can be, and wants to be. However, the actual episode-to-episode plot, dialogue, and dynamic with the Doctor sabotage Moffat's plan and turn the audience against Clara, because we do not find that intended connection or relation by watching the show ourselves.

We are constantly forced by the writers to applaud for her independency or strong character, while all she does is manipulating, abusing, and lying. It's like the writers give Clara a giant label read as "GOOD", then do whatever they want with her because she carries that label with her everywhere and is hence excused from whatever problem she causes.

As a companion, she is supposed to stand for humanity and morality, making the alien Doctor more sympathetic and kind. A character can totally do that while still having her own strong personality. A perfect example is Donna. Donna also disagrees with 10th constantly, but still can be gentle or firm in her own way to persuade and educate him. Clara does not have that likable quality to her, and most of the time her approach of choice is to slap, scold, or yell at the Doctor to get what she wants.

What is more awful is that it works.

The 12th Doctor tolerates her, even indulges her. No matter how problematic, selfish or stubborn Clara is, the Doctor does not clap back. He can be very cruel or indifferent in flashing moments when he faces the fragility of the human kind, but he is always vulnerable and compliant in front of Clara and all of her lies.

I think people also dislike Clara for what she does to the Doctor, or what she fails to offer him. She does not make 12th a better Doctor or a better man. People claim that she is the Doctor's equal. While in fact Clara thinks she is above him. She makes him suffer and it is horrifying to see how much he seems to enjoy the suffering. I feel bad for 12th and Peter Capaldi because they deserve a better companion. They deserve a better friendship. And better writing.

The relationship with Danny Pink is another example of "tell with no show". Clara quickly blurts out "because I love him!!" early in s8, when all we have seen from previous episodes so far are their unpleasant first date and awkward conversations at school. There is absolutely no chemistry between the actors and the dialogue is frustratingly bland. We are supposed to understand how much Clara loves this man who lacks personality and character. We are told to root for them by the writers who throw in a lot of "I love you"s throughout the season without showing how that love grows, flourishes, and matures.

Again, the ideaof Clara finding a new love interest and having a life outside the Tardis is a good story arc, but fails tremendously for the way it is actually carried out.

When you ask why people dislike Clara, they pull out receipts from various episodes in different seasons where her action, decision or exact lines show how annoying or un-enjoyable she is. When people defender her, the reasons are more likely to be "she's independent and strong", "she's a woman", "you don't like her because she's important". -- No, people dislike her because she is actuallynot likable. Not all of us can like a character for who she is supposed to be.

Also, I personally dislike her because I see how much potential she has and how that potential gets wasted, episode by episode, till she is no longer recognizable. I do not hate her. I just feel disappointed with her. And the creator of her as well. Clara reminds me of all the flaws of Moffat's writing during his era. All of his incoherenceand the tendency to come up with a fantastic idea only to drag it for way too long till the sparkle dies.

In a metaphorical sense, the vessel of Clara as a character is beautiful and promising, but there is nothing exciting or intriguing inside.

I dislike her the most when I am actually watching the show. When I'm away from the screen, my memory blurs a bit and I find her less frustrating. Over time, theidea of her has gradually replaced what she is really like in my head. But I re-watched some episodes this week and then saw this thread. I realize that she never grew on me. I simply forgot her flaws because there were too many and thinking about them is very unpleasant.

在看第八季的时候，我时常想，这一季Clara和12的关系，是否算是魔法特对RTD的一种回应，或者说，报复。

同样都是博士重生、女伴留下，Rose接受从九到十的转变只需要一个圣诞特辑；Clara却再也没从11给的“不可思议女孩”的梦里走出来。

回顾前情，11C像童话，用短短半季的时间梦幻般的相识，相伴……直到季末，童话爱情殉在Trenzalore那百年漫长的时光中，可Clara依然两次回去找11，看着他垂老的容颜，坚定的陪在他身边。“这是我的博士”——Clara看着老头子11的眼神是温暖的，依恋的。她不害怕11变老，她害怕的是11的离去。

然而命运无情，11还是走了，重生了。

我认为Clara对12的不接受，并非完全是因为他的老态。Clara是聪明的，她知道时间领主的重生规律，她已在时间流里见过无数博士的面孔。可头脑的聪明，并不代表感情的睿智。她无法接受12，因为她会永远记得，让她不惜生命去拯救的、让她勇敢跳进时间流里的，是11。

头脑在告诉自己，眼前的男人依旧是博士。

心在告诉自己，不一样了。

第八季从始至终，都是Clara在试图从博士身边抽离、疏远、和分割的过程（诚然她并没有成功）。s7b中浪漫活泼的爱情童话已亡，现在留在Tardis里的，是一个睿智而冷酷，慈悲但淡然的12。一个不再伪装成年轻人，不再热衷融入人类的时间领主。Clara选择留下，是因为那通11特地挽留她的电话，也因为她本身对宇宙冒险确实热爱。

可当12如《诺丁山》般告白说：“You just can’t see me...please see me”的时候，我心里在想：she can’t. She just can’t anymore.

更大的悲剧是，he still sees her as the same.

相比较于Clara贯穿全季的若即若离，博士表现得太害怕失去她了。

害怕到重生前也要亲自打电话挽留，害怕到包容她越来越固执的control freak行为，害怕到不介意她打自己，不介意她骂自己，害怕到无所谓她的背叛，害怕到纵容她的谎言，害怕到为了她不断打破自己的底线和规则。

都说博士重生时会有些雏鸟情结，对第一个见到的女孩（Rose/Amy）有特殊的依赖。可是Clara并不只是12的“最初”，她也是11的“最后”。她是11留给12的礼物。只是11并不知道，当他消失，不可思议的女孩也跟着消失了。留下的，是一个不再谜团满身的普通人类女孩，一个不再欢喜雀跃的跟随他冒险的，平凡到让人失望的姑娘。

人们总爱批评RTD时期博士和女伴之间的浪漫关系太三俗，比如10R的缠绵狗血，或者Martha的委屈单恋。可是在我看来，九和十在爱情里始终都是冷静的，他们从不给人假的希望，只是坚定的爱着Rose，但也并未为她刻意压抑或改变自己。同时他们有足够的自信，因为Rose也在全身心的爱着博士。——可以说，RTD笔下，永远都是姑娘在跟随和付出，博士在领导和拯救，两厢情愿，皆大欢喜。

而在魔法特笔下，12为了Clara，变成了她身后的一缕星尘，一面魔镜。他追着Clara想让她再看看自己，他不断试探Clara的心意，他退缩，他嫉妒，他痛苦，他放手。明明12应该比九、十、11更加沧桑，对人类的态度越发冷淡，神性比起人性也更多……

但一遇到Clara，他就又变成了一副失智模样，任由她胡闹，任听她批评。他心底知道Clara早就过了崇拜自己的时期，所以他反过来去歌颂、夸奖她。

就好像他需要Clara在他身边，他不能没有Clara。

为什么呢？——可怕的是，没有为什么。

爱情里没有逻辑胜得过感情。作为观众，我们都看得到Clara的缺点，也对她逐渐产生了反感。不管是和Pink仓促草率的恋情，还是掌掴博士、大骂博士、试图离开博士、威胁博士……Clara比前面几任旅伴都更“越界”。

试想，如果换成九、十或者11，Clara敢用Tardis的钥匙，在火山岩浆边威胁博士去救一个死人吗？她能成功吗？她会从这几任口中得到近乎癫狂的回答吗——

“You betrayed me. You betrayed our trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything that I’ve ever stood for. You let me down! ...Why? Do you think that I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?”

看似最年长的12，看似理智到近乎残忍的12，说着最疯的台词，忍受着一段无法挽回却最深刻的感情，爱着一个“最不可思议”、“最完美”的人。

这份不可思议和完美，是博士自己对Clara无法放手的执念和厚厚的滤镜。从11时期开始，他就不断重复的那几句：my Clara, my impossible girl, perfect for me。

全宇宙、全世界和所有DW的观众都可以放手，博士不能。他陷得太深了，爱得太久了。哪怕这种爱，早已不是11C时期那些放肆的拥抱和亲吻，哪怕Clara不再以那样悸动的眼神看他。12不在乎，反正只要人还在，陪伴还在，就算是爱。

他爱的那么多，Clara给的又那么少，他无法奢求回到从前。甚至，12自己先斩断了这个可能——“Clara, I’m not your boyfriend.” 重生后先给自己发个好人卡，以免日后尴尬。

12C的感情，前所未有的复杂，纠结，迷离而苦涩。也可以说是不健康的，totally toxic。但12甘之如殆，愿打愿挨，我们作为观众就只好无能狂怒。事实证明，我们能接受一个新的博士，能接受皮卡叔的年龄，能接受12的古怪和孤僻，但我们很少人能接受12对Clara病态的执著和容忍。

如果说人们对于RTD的诟病在于俗气的感情线，其实魔法特的感情描写也并没有高明到哪里去。只是第八季里，这些零碎的片段被隐藏在冒险故事的乱相之后，也被魔法特的其它臭毛病分走了注意力。

如果将12、Clara和Pink的戏份集中剪出来回顾，就能看出三个人之间的dynamic其实非常有毒，充满了谎言，怀疑，嫉妒和背叛。

这样的关系，在此之前几季从未出现过。不管是Micky还是Rory，起码对博士在日后都产生了友情和尊重。然而Pink对博士的态度自始至终是恶劣而偏激的。

Pink这个角色，我认为有存在的价值，但编剧的水平太差，写得太扁平，太没有魅力，太呆板，太蠢，太自负，再加上演员本身的演技着实一般，和皮卡叔对戏接不住，甚至和Clara的演员也毫无化学反应，于是从writing和acting两个方面都造成了Pink的失败。（大多数12C爱好者大概只把Pink当工具人，而不嗑12C的观众也会被他恶心到忍不住嗑口12C算了）

再回想，如果Pink真的被写得很完美——有血有肉，聪明幽默，有担当有勇气，又帅气逼人，就像后期的Rory，那Clara估计早就下了船去和人家美美过平凡人生了（或者很好的兼顾两边的生活）。而观众们也会在欢声笑语里祝福Clara。

但偏偏，Pink是个很糟糕的角色，偏偏，12无法对Clara向11对Amy那样真心祝福。

说到底，第八季的僵局，第八季的崩坏和败笔，都源于12和Clara不对等的关系。

很多人比喻11C为新婚蜜月，而12C为老夫老妻，也有人说12C是分居待离婚。这些看法和形容都很准确。两个人一整季不断的推拉，不仅没帮助双方成长，反而在季末走向了另一种悲凉。可以说这是RTD时期不曾有的，充满了灰暗和负面情绪的爱。

到底谁才是童话的信徒？

也许，设计让小十复刻自己的替身给Rose以求心爱的女人有个圆满结局的RTD，才是真的天真地在相信爱情，相信happy ending的童话。

而将不可思议的Clara送给博士，让他们短暂相爱，再让这份爱迅速毁于重生，扭曲为另一种无法放手的共存关系，还要拍整整八、九两季来描绘这种关系的魔法特，才是真的残忍。

他对观众，对我，都真的残忍。

遗憾，皮卡叔的12，曾有机会像孤帆阅尽又心境高远的鹰，在宇宙中尽情翱翔盘旋。他也许会遇到友好的、聪明的旅伴，但他永远不会因任何旅伴而丢失双翼。

可惜，这只鹰爪上用链条系着沉重的铁块，上面坐着一个不断拉拽链条的女孩。他带着她在宇宙中飞，守护着他许给自己、许给她的爱的承诺。

他认为自己没有了她就无法继续飞行。

而我从来没有让他清醒的权利。

为什么总是这么喜欢指责博士🙄到底有什么理由觉得博士欠下她的了，又要谈恋爱又要波澜壮阔的旅行，还要双向隐瞒。而且难道不是过马路还打电话，这老哥才上马路撞死了，威胁博士要融化钥匙算怎么回事，博士把秘密都告诉她了结果被背叛……博士是自大没错，但是你要是这么讨厌他想要平静的生活那就在火车之后再也别回到塔亭斯啊……