Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-188432-20130514042227/@comment-26975268-20130514212123

There are two characters in this story, and they are telling a story. Some of the story we already know from previous episodes, but it's a story nevertheless.

Do we debate who the Fourth Doctor's talking to, or who he's talking from, in Ghost Ship? No! That's just another way of recounting a story: narration. And that's exactly what's going on here. Except, here, we actually see the Doctor and Clara talking, at least in their heads. The prequel is narration, but brought to a visual level.