“The Doctor lives his life in darker hues, day upon day, and he will have other names before the end.”

What If Uncle Ben Had Lived? What If Spider-Man Had Rescued Gwen Stacy? Honoring the Marvel Comics series which over the years has taken a look at how a small change can create ripples across the Marvel Universe, we will examine the same idea across movies, television, and more.

In Doctor Who‘s “Face the Raven” Clara Oswald bravely faces death and becomes the first companion in decades to die on-screen. Through struggle and trickery, her fate would be altered after only a couple of episodes and she would return to travel time and space, stuck in the moment prior to her death. But, was that the best option? We’d seen with the death of Adric decades before such a moment could have a profound affect on the next incarnation of The Doctor. Here we ask, what if Clara Oswald had stayed dead and that death led The Doctor down a dark road to become The Valeyard?

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