The concept of changing sex is not exactly an unknown on Doctor Who. The Master became Missy, short for Mistress, because that title obviously fit better after her regeneration. We know that the Doctor is likely to become a female in the future, at least according to Steven Moffat. However, the idea that a companion could change sex would be completely bizarre.

Yet, such a thing has happened. In one of the scenes being filmed for the new season of Doctor Who, Clara Oswald is riding a motorcycle. However, instead of it being Jenna Coleman, it is really her stunt double. That stunt double just so happens to be male. That’s not your companion Doctor, that’s a man, man!

It does seem to be completely bizarre to picture Clara becoming a male. After all, without the marvels of modern sex reassignment surgery, such things just do not happen to humans. A person cannot just wake up one day, decide that they want to be change their sex, and have it happen instantly. That’s just impossible, right?

Well, let us not forget that Clara Oswald is the Impossible Girl. She is the one who is everywhere in the Doctor’s timeline, having thrown herself into it. Clara, at this point, has a greater ability to survive, in some incarnation or another, than Keith Richards. And he’s going to survive any potential nuclear holocausts that may arise, along with cockroaches and Twinkies. That is a future about which I just do not want to think.

So, if Clara is truly the Impossible Girl, then why can she not do other impossible things? Perhaps her ability to enter the Doctor’s time stream means that she is, in some way, partially a Time Lord. If so, maybe Clara has channeled that ability to regenerate. The Master became Missy, so why not have Clara become Clarence?

Or it could just be a hilariously bad job in terms of locating a stunt double that looks like Jenna Coleman. However, that would be boringly logical (i.e. not conducive to writing silly articles). Instead, let us just assume that Clara Oswald has regenerated, and will be known as Clarence for the foreseeable future.