Doctor/Clara Oswald

Doctor/Clara Oswald is the usually het pairing of The Doctor and Clara Oswald from Doctor Who fandom. Clara is most commonly paired with the Twelfth Doctor, but there is also a reasonable fandom for Eleven/Clara. Recently a small number of femslash works have paired Clara with the Thirteenth Doctor. All other Doctor/Clara pairings are rare.
==Fandom==
===Pairing Names===
* Eleven/Clara is known as Whoufflé, due to Oswin baking a soufflé in her first appearance.
* Twelve/Clara is known as Whouffaldi, which smooshes Whoufflé and Capaldi.
* Thirteen/Clara is sometimes called Soufflaker, which smooshes soufflé and Whittaker.
* Ten/Clara is sometimes called Allonswin
Although it is also not uncommon to have the ship or tag to just be the Doctor's number and Clara's name smushed together as well, for example: Twelveclara 
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
* Hurt/Comfort: it seems like Hurt Clara might be slightly more popular, although there is also a large amount of Hurt Doctor fanworks. There is also many fics where they are both hurt, usually going through something traumatic together, and taking comfort from each other.
* Canon Divergence AU: where to diverge varies, but diverging just before or just after the events at the end of series 9 is common, usually with Clara continuing to travel with the Doctor. Having Clara continue to travel with the Doctor, either full or part-time, often means she meets other companions, like Bill Potts or Thirteen's "fam".
* Human AU: there is a small number of fanworks where The Doctor is human and not a Time Lord, and they meet under other circumstances. The Doctor is often given the name John Smith in these stories, his common human alias in canon, although some fans will get creative and create a completely different human name for him.
* Missy: many Twelve/Clara fanworks often feature Missy as well. What role Missy takes varies, from antagonist to ally to rival for the Doctor's affections.
=== Challenges ===
* Whouffaldi Week (2016-2017) (Twelve/Clara)
== Controversies ==
=== Twelve/Clara ===
There was some discourse around the shipping of Twelve/Clara because of the large age gap between the actors. This seemed to take the form of some fans not understanding the ship's appeal or being unhappy that others were having fun shipping the pair. An example of some of this discourse is seen here:
==Example Fanworks==
=== Fanart ===
==== Eleven/Clara ====
* by TheWinterLight
==== Twelve/Clara ====
* Doctor Who: Pretty Woman by PsycoMurderEffect (2015)
* by rosenkranz-does-things (2024)
* by rumple04 (2024)
* by thehermitsacedia (2024)
==== Thirteen/Clara ====
* by minar-artwork (2018)
=== FanFiction ===
==== Eleven/Clara ====
* all i need is a bitter song by honeynoir (bracelets) 
==== Twelve/Clara ====
* When Affections and Time Collide by heintz571
* Spun by capildissexy
* To Tell the Truth by TheScholarlyStrumpet (equipoise) 
* With-holding by thesilverarrow 
* The Wedding Tree by antennapedia 
==== Thirteen/Clara ====
* Do I Not See You by D_Veleniet 
=== Fanmixes ===
==== Eleven/Clara ====
* by jennalouisecoleman (2013)
* by jakebugs-blog (2014)
===Graphics and Gif Sets===
==== Doctor/Clara ====
* gif set by the-maidofmischief (Ten, Eleven, and Twelve/Clara) (2023)
* gif set by lonelygodinthetardis (Ten, Eleven, and Twelve/Clara) (2025)
==== Eleven/Clara ====
* gif set by jazyjazban (2013)
* gif set by jenna-colemanx (2013)
====Twelve/Clara====
* graphics by clarade-lune (2014)
* graphics by takkamek (2015)
* gif set by andfangs (2024)
=== Vids ===
==== Twelve/Clara ====
* Twelve & Clara | Lost on you by TM - Twilight Moods (2023)
==== Thirteen/Clara ====
* Thirteenth Doctor & Clara Oswald X Chappell Roan by timeandspacenovelist (2024)
====Ten/Clara==== 
*❖ Clara & Ten | Salvation (AU) by Maddy Winkel (2020)
===Zines===
*The Hybrid (Clara/Twelve)
=== Meta===
* by merryghoul (2016)
* by antennapedia (2015)
== Example Art Gallery ==
File:Diving back into my whouffle era.png|alt=illustration of Eleven and Clara standing arm in arm and looking at each other|Diving back into my whouffle era by lilbeanz-wibblywobbly (2022), here with the Eleventh Doctor 
==Archives and Communities==
*The Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald works on Ao3
**Twelfth Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald
**Eleventh Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald
**Thirteenth Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald
== References==
Category:Femslash Pairings
Category:Het Pairings
Category:Doctor Who Relationships