It is Clive, however, that left a mark on countless fans around the world.
Where Rose and Mickey carry over intoDavid Tennant’sDoctor Whoera, Clive wasn’t so fortunate.
Played by Mark Benton, Clive is introduced as something of an audience surrogate.
He is aslearned about The Doctor as long-time fans of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s eras are.
Clive knew thatwherever The Doctor went, death and destruction tended to follow.
Those words were meant to reflect the danger Rose was in by teaming up with The Doctor.
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Ultimately, however, it was Clive himself that served as proof of that fact.
The devastating moment helped to solidify season 1 as one ofDoctor Who’s best seasonsdue to being utterly gasp-worthy.
Early on, it punctuated the fact that no supporting character was safe.
Clive was the first of many.
Where minor characters from the original run could be thinly drawn, RTD imbued many with humanity and pathos.
There was Lynda Moss inDoctor Whoseason 1, episode 12, “Bad Wolf.”
There was Astrid in the Christmas special “Voyage of the Damned.”
And there was the tragically nameless Hostess inDoctor Whoseason 4, episode 10, “Midnight.”
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