Board Thread:Tales from the Tardis/@comment-188432-20140327234318/@comment-5215868-20140403152600

Mewiet wrote: Clara healed The Doctor after the loss of his wife. The Doctor literally went into retirement after he lost River because he was in so much pain and Clara brought the life back into him.

He went into seclusion because he lost the ponds. Clara pulled him out of seclusion with the word "Pond" (she was actually referring to the frozen pond with the ice lady in it, but the Doctor interpreted it differently, it made him think of Amy and Rory.)