What We Officially Know About the New Companion

So here is a list of the total information the BBC has officially released about the new companion:

• She is played by Jenna-Louise Coleman
• She will first appear in the Christmas special (now possibly a lie, but that's what they officially said)
• The Doctor will meet her in the last place he ever expected

Everything else is pure speculation and rumors, including:

• Her name is Clara
• She and Oswin are the same person/related in any way at all
• She is in a lesbian relationship with Madame Vastra
• Anything you might have heard about her home time period