Ashildr: The Immortal Girl | The Woman Who Lived | Doctor Who 

She took the whole "not today" thing to seriously

800 years and burned out, huh. Somewhere, Rory 'The Centurion' Williams gives a sarcastic look to the camera.

“A medieval woman helped end the Hundred Years’ war” Her Stark is showing

The moment you realise that the first spin-off of Game of Thrones is already there. Arya decided to sail west, she made it to Europe and met a gent traveling in the blue box.

Ashildr should've been a companion, I absolutely loved her

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="110">1:50</a> - I love this bit. I can't remember another immortal character with this very realistic limitation.

It would have been nice if she and Jack met, they could be immortal friends together. Keep each other grounded and "human" in a way.

Here's a question: the Doctor is over two thousand years old and he seems to remember every aspect of his life. Do Time Lords just have a greater memory capacity than humans?

I personally think that Ashidlr/Me had one of the best character arcs of all. Considering she only appeared in like four episodes the progression was really well executed

"What ever ship you sail in, take me with you." "How did you know i have a ship?" I have the feeling that Ashildr was in contact with the Time Lords even then.

One of the UK's finest veteran actors and one of it's youngest. Maisie Williams did this while on break from "Game of Thrones" and did it very well. Her future is quite bright. Long live Me.

She lost three children to plague, she kept that in So what on earth was so bad she tore it out?

I don't know why maisie williams got so much hate for ashlr/me, i thought she was very good

I always was a bit bothered that the Doctor didn't make a focused effort to help her; instead leaving her to travel through humanity's history the long way 'round. I held out hope he'd take her to some place in the future to be fitted with some minor cybernetic augmentation for her memory. Even if it could simply double or triple her memory banks, it would be a quality of life improvement and her personal development might be positively effected if she can actually remember meaningful emotional events.

I can just imagine Steven Moffat rubbing his hands together thinking "yes the the doctor and another immortal talking about how hellish being alive forever is" all joking aside this is actually one of Moffat's best pieces of dialog like think about it 2 immortals both having nothing left to do and being so fed up with it all just talking about it

From what I can see here, the problem a lot of people have with Ashildr is how simply her immortality came about yet how long it lasted, how inconsistent her character seemed and how pointless her character seemed in the grand scheme of things. I disagree. The Mire chip was expected to last forever barring a huge accident. By the end of The Woman Who Lived, we got that Ashildr was extremely smart. That she had learned which battles to get involved in and who to trust (i.e. next to no one). By Face the Raven we saw that to what lengths she was willing to go to protect her own life and those around her (i.e. forming a contract with a quantum shade in order to deliver unavoidable death to anyone she chose and making a deal with the Time Lords). Ashildr is like a smarter, even more dangerous form of the Tivolians. If necessary, everyone is expendable. Most other races, it can be seen, are warrior races that needlessly endanger their lives which would cancel out any healing factor they may have. Other than that, the Daleks can be blamed for killing everyone else. Her character seemed inconsistent because it was supposed to be. She started out as a proud Viking girl who, even in the face of powers she didn't understand, was not afraid to pick a fight. There was also an element of fear and humility to her where she was willing to admit when she was wrong and when she needed help. This all came from a fear of death and a lack of understanding of the wider universe. The Doctor ultimately took those away from her. Eventually, she was no longer afraid to die and saw everyone else who died as fleeting shadows in her own endless existence, so her pride went up tenfold. She learned to be the best at everything she needed to be so she didn't have to ask anyone for help. And, she didn't have anyone to answer to. She eventually surpassed every authority figure she had ever known in lifespan and skill and she there would never be anyone to tell her she was wrong and get away with it. She had a fleeting compassion for everything around her, even those things she liked. Hers is a case of someone who live longer than she can love. Imagine reaching 80 years old and looking back on your life and realizing how young and stupid you had been and laughing at those memories. Imagine telling your grandkids how you used to to be when you were there age and how much you had changed. Now imagine being 800 years old and looking back on your life and finding a gaping hole. You can't remember a single detail from your childhood and even having your children is a complete blank. Imagine Being over a thousand and forgetting what it was like to be 800 when you tried to remember what it was like being 'young' and coming up blank. Ashildr's character is inconsistent because she can't remember being any other way. It's those small things in our personalities that change as we get older times ten. Her character was certainly not pointless. As one commenter pointed out, she was another result of the Doctor's meddling. The Doctor has always had a problem with authority, even when he himself is the authority (Time Heist). The Tenth Doctor was most notable for trying to break one of his sacred rules and changing a fixed point in time. The thing is, this always worked out for him. The fixed point would correct itself, whatever monstrosity he created would die or he would eventually destroy it (The Metal-crisis Tenth Doctor and the Doctor Donna), or something else would happen that basically leaves the universe unharmed. Ashildr is the exception. She was there to show that the Doctor had gone too far and that some mistakes wouldn't simply go away. She goes on to surpass the Doctor in character development by Hell Bent because, while the Doctor never learns to leave well enough alone, she does. The Doctor even aids in her teaching by letting her know who not to piss off and, I would assume, she took the lesson to heart (for as long as she could remember it anyway). In fact, all of season 9 was about the Doctor facing judgment for his meddling. From rescuing Davros to rescuing Clara, all in the name of, I would call it, selfishness. Ashildr was there at the end of the universe as the one person who could lecture the Doctor. By Hell Bent, the Doctor had lived out over 4.5 billion years, which essentially made everyone around him a child and subject to his whims. Ashildr, on the other hand, had lived... frankly I don't even know but it was way longer than he had, essentially making the Doctor a child to her. The Doctor likes to claim that he is an x year old Time Lord from Gallifrey, but Ashildr can claim that she is an xx year old human from Earth and she has lived, loved and lost more than she or anyone can remember and has absolutely earned the right to be angry at anyone she wants to. While the Doctor zips from one even to another, she has to live those boring parts in the middle and, in a figurative sense, it killed her. The most heartbreaking thing I always saw about her character was that every time she met the Doctor, he would call her by her name and she would be confused. Imagine living to the point where you can't remember your own name. So, yeah. After all that, Ashildr is dangerous but careful which sustains her immortality (sidenote: even though the Time Vortex is what brought back Captain Jack, it was established that he would continue to age as well as his penchant for danger which would ensure that would die sooner or later), she is inconsistent because she can't remember being anyway else and she is the perfect example of the Doctor's meddling getting out of hand.

"Doctor. You take ordinary people and you fashion them into weapons." But Ashildr is already superb

“How many people have you killed?” *Recalls Season 1-8*

A girl has no name

I loved their deep conversations throughout this series. Especially hell bent one, they were some amazing conversations

I would watch the heck out of an Ashildr series! Imagine the stories that could be told about her.

Me is so misunderstood. I don’t blame her for anything she’s done if anything I blame the doctor. He made someone immortal then left her to figure out the world herself and when she asked if she could come with him because humans life span are to short. He rejected her even tho he knows exactly how she feels. He didn’t want to take responsibility he didn’t want to live with someone who could possibly out live him and be stuck with one person forever someone smarter than him who won’t look to him in a sort of god complex. She’s lived so long emotions began fading that’s not ok.

I liked the nod to classic Who with the mention of the Terileptil responsible for the great fire of London

*Does anyone else want to see Ashildr get her own show and watch her journey through the ages/ eternity*

"I took part in a decisive battle. A woman helped to end the 100 years war". Yes. Joan of Ark at Orleans and Patay. Agincourt took place 40 years before the end of 100 years war, it actually prolonged the war by the unexpected defeat of French army against invaders. The English were finally kicked out and started a 30 years civil war (two roses war). The civil war was ended thanks to the expeditionary corps sent by Anne de Beaujeu, French regent, another decisive woman. Agincourt was by no way decisive, except in english primary school history books.

The way the scene shifts from light humor of recounting fabulous adventures, to the darkness of immortality "They just blow away in the moment" 😥

Imagine knowing you will outlive everyone you know and love. That’s bad enough but know you won’t even remember them, that in a thousand years they won’t even be a name to you. A strange form of torture.

"I'm The Doctor, I'm a Time lord from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterborus. I'm 903 years old. I'm the man WHO's going 2 save your lives and the lives of all 6 billion people on the planet below. Is there a problem with that???? NO. In that case.......ALONS..Y......" The Doctor in 'Voyage of the Damned' Dec 2007 =))

to be honest, he had no reason to not take her with him, she would have been a companion he did not have to leave behind because she "grows old" or should "live her normal human life" He could have taken her forever with him, as it would have been the only place for her to be "normal"

"6 arrows a minute" English longbowmen = 12 arrows a minute

A girl is an amazing actress

"You'll have to remind me: what's sorrow like? It all just runs out . . . I'm just what's left." That's a cold, heartbreaking line. "How do you know I have a ship?" Where you expecting her to assume you walked? A being who could restructure time and space on a whim and walk through the centuries would hardly have needed to put a piece of technology in her to save her life. It's perfectly reasonable for her to assume you use some sort of conveyance to travel with, and ship would be the logical term. That suspicion was oddly placed in the scene.

A girl is not Ashildr. A girl is no one

Ashildr was an amazing character. I hope they revisit her some day (past in her life or something)

What is a Girl's name??? A Girl is Ashildr from the Viking Era who is 800 Years Old and She is going home.

That was one of the greatest idea. Human memory when you are immortal. The ending of the episode was weak sadly. They could have explored this much more in detail.

So don't forget guys, this incredible, to-the-end-of-the-universe immortality comes at the cheap cheap price of just an alien plaster.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="50">0:50</a> - 6 arrows a minute is something she's proud of? Hell, most bowmen back in the day could do more than double that.

Maise Williams is just amazing; and such young age.

“Only one psychopath per TARDIS, don’t you think”

So that's how Arya survived

OMG Arya Stark can never die confirmed!!!!!

Love you Masie Williams !!

"no, that was the teralyptls" love the classic Who reference

I Loki want to have a spinoff detailing the adventures of Ashildr and Clara.

You have to feel sorry for Ashildr, for all the memories she gains she loses others including the memories of those she's loved, what the looked like, the things they liked and other personality traits, unless she writes it down, but even then the written word isn't perfect and doesn't compare to memory.

Its been years since i saw this and the 6 arrows a minute line still cracks me up

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="68">1:08</a> *escapes death by drowning whilst being tried as a witch* "I'm really good at holding my breath." The Doctor will do the same thing. She'll also say good at escaping chains, but.

This was my introduction to Maisie Williams, so by the time she had her big night with Gendry on GoT, I already had an image of her in my mind that was pretty much this- an adult. (But she seems so much younger on GoT, right? Like, what’s up there?)

Ashildr: Who are you? Arya: A girl, who are you? Ashildr: I'm Me. Who taught you? Arya: Nobody, who taught you? Ashildr: The doctor. Arya: Doctor who?

Why is the "don't forget to click below and subscribe to the official doctor who RU-vid channel" one of my most favourite lines of Capaldi lol

One of my favourite episodes from the revived series.

Jack, Rory, Clara, now Ashildr. Everyone's got an immortal-y gimmick now, eh?

Doctor who- "The woman who lived" Me- so does this mean the doctors name is Voldemort?

Every time she says journals I think of gravity falls.

Maisie is really good at those walking-away scenes with satisfaction

Captain Jack/Face of Boe would've been an interesting story.

I loved masie in this goes to show why the doctor always needs someone or hed go the sameway as she

Miss Williams is a great actor. Watching here 'grow up' on game of throwns was fun, seeing her become a faceless man was awesome. She brought some of that to doctor who, well done little lady.

loved the Terileptils reference nice nod to the 5th doctor story The Visitation nicely done Moffat

Omg I didn't realize they were referencing the story the visitation

Serving the greater story-line or not - leaving her to take the very, very long way around was both cruel and unkind. Not to mention it killed Clara.

Love that little reference to "The Visitation"

Ashildr is one of my favorite characters

It actually sounds like the sort of things Maisie would do if she could travel through time and possess an infinite lifespan.

I kind of felt sorry for her. She was the product of the Doctor meddling where he shouldn't. He wouldn't keep her around because she would remind him of it constantly. But it was not her fault. She never asked for any of it. Her bitchiness is understandable.

Ashildr was definitely one of my favorite characters of season 9

My favorite character on GOT. Where is that little girl that was chasing cats? She has grown into a beautiful young women and excellent actress. Keep working Maisie, I`ll be watching.

Maybe the difference between The Doctor and Ashildr, is that she is an immortal that never time-travelled. Maybe the Tardis or the Time Vortex is why someone like Jack Harkness can remember, and Ashildr cannot.

Whovian since before I can remember ^-^

she played this character very well!! :)

Can you upload the scene that follows where they break into the Fanshawe estate? I like the music scoring where they break in and keep a low profile.

I hope we see more of Her :)

Such an underrated character. Ashildr / Me is one of my favourite characters in DW and I think Maisie did a great job at portraying her.

It just runs out... so true

amazing scene I used so much reference of this episode in my English homework lol

This episode was alright, not good but not bad!

The villain Ashildr, one of the Doctor's greatest mistakes.

She was amazing in this..

She is one of my favourite characters ❤️

Ashildr would have made a better companion the Clara

Omg saying that she’s clever and strong does not mean she’s clever or strong. Oh no now I have become a cynical a hole pointing out bad writing ✍️ well that’s what happens when u just repeat dialogue in a scene over and over again

Doctor is around 2000 years old. One of his early incarnations died of old age I think or something and then 11 spent another 900 years or something dying of old age on Trenzalore. The rest is spread out adventuring I think.

classic reference is superb

This is where Arya retired after GOT

Me is kinda scary in a way....

Nice reference to the Terileptils from the Visitation.

Always thought this made sense, cuz I'm reminded of things from only 30 years ago--that I don't remember doing.

She could have been a great companion for a season. Doc: "Call the police!" Hands her a phone Ash: Loudly throws it through a pane of glass "Pol-ice!" Doc: "NO! You call them on the phone!" Ash: Retrieves the phone "POL-ICE!" Having not dialed anyone.

Ok-ish episode. But I'm not a fan of the alien.

Your immortal not indestructible She still managed to live to year one hundred trillion.

When he mentions the terileptils, how did he remember them so quickly, they only appeared once, like the time when he mentioned the sense-sphere in Planet of the Ood, how quick is his memory?

6 arrows a minute doesn't seem THAT crazy impressive.

I think Ashildr would have been a good companion

Ashildr is one of my favorite characters, I like her :)

There really should've been a lot of technological immortals on Earth. Remember the nanites that kept turning people into zombies wearing gas masks in the episode where they introduced the Doctor and Rose to Jack Harkness... Jack's spaceship also had similar medical nanites though his nanites wasn't set to infinitely heal like the alien ones which was causing the gas mask wearing zombies.

"I got so close to the enemy I could penetrate their armour" Not a good enough reason to use the word penetrate

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I couldn't understand why the doctor was so reluctant to take her with him, or at the very least, help her obtain the means to travel the galaxy. Even without time travel, the universe is still a big place that an immortal will never run out of things to see, do, and learn. 11 gave a crew of 18th century pirates a spaceship to travel the stars, why couldn't 12 have helped her get a ship of her own to adventure in, would have made for a nice spin-off series.

For those that havent gotten it yet: This girl is a decendant of our Doctor. (In the future of the show; Peter Capaldi´s characther will be zapped back in time (about 2000 years)to about 20AD and begin live thru the centries... = the 10th saved himself... and the curator then moved to England with the Roman invasion. and lived there thruout the centries untill he and his decendants finaly built the library and then when the Daleks win and conquour Earth in around 5145AD the Curator have a new TImemachine built on the mind of River Song = this is what we have been seeing since the end of series 2 and Doomsday when Donna Noble was drawn to the TARDIS and we first "saw" (we wer only told about it) the BIG BANG June 26th 2010