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It's not the strongest episode, but the scene where Clara walks up the staircase to the TARDIS sitting on a cloud is one of my favorites in the entire show; it feels very magical...

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On the Vastra/Clara/Strax thing were you thinking in the minisode that Vastra had resurrected Strax, and that she had done the same to Clara for the period after she falls out of the sky but before she on screen dies so that she can foreshadow at the Doctor? Was the minisodes stuff up top actually after the main ep when originally sent to your friends - it reads like the comment about Strax just not being dead was in answer to the confusing point in the main

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Nope, it always came first - but it was a separate email, so may read oddly when bundled together

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It's fairly clear from it's behind-the-scenes write-up in DWM etc. that it was heavily restructured in the edit - mainly losing scenes with the kid they'd got to play young Simeon, who originally had a lot more to do. Would be fascinating to read the original script, it's probably much better!

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