001 ☆ RE: voice -> video
[ Being escorted to beach is not what Clara was expecting when she stepped out of the TARDIS after the Doctor--her Doctor. Not the one with the suit or the one who fought all those wars. The one she knows. Clara isn't really sure what she was expecting, but it wasn't a beach with snow--hang on, snow?--and a fellow in a robbed outfit talking to her. ]
Sorry. Hang on. I was just somewhere else. Now I'm here. On a beach. With snow. [ The audio is on, but it is obvious that Clara and the person she's talking to don't notice. The man actually speaks in hushed tones that the phone can't pick up. ] Okay. Where's the Doctor? I was just with him--wait. Did you say...?
Yes, my Honored Guest. Mandalus.
[ There's a long silence. Clara feels as if a truck hits her with a sudden wave of memories. Mandalus--that was the place with the war. Wasn't it? She's lived way too many lives and normally memories from them don't even hit her. Except she knows that it wasn't some echo in Mandalus. It was her. Clara Oswald, the Soufflé Girl. If she remembers right? There's no point in actually asking to be sent home or where the Doctor is. She's somewhere else and she'll eventually go home. Just like she did before.
The video clicks on to show a slightly older looking Clara. ]
Hi... there. [ Oh, awkward. ] My name is Clara Oswald and I've been here before. Blimey, that was a long time ago it seems. Almost like lifetimes. [ Haha, in jokes. ] Anyways that isn't important. What's important is that someone tells me what's happened since I was gone. Did we win? Is that snake thing gone? And has the beach always had a ton of snow, or is that new?
[ Clara bites her lip. ] Ellie, Dean, you're still here, yeah? [ Hopefully, oh and-- ] Tony, Donna? Please tell me someone is still here. Someone I knew from before.
[ Then with a hesitant wave, Clara turns off the video and starts to try to wade through the snow. Although she is totally not dressed for snow. ]