I thought I'd give this thread a little bump given that we have seen JLC act in Doctor Who (and what a marvellous debut it was as well) and her debut as Oswin has got us all thinking just how will she be introduced. As I see it there are three main options (with slight variations):
1. She is no relation to Oswin and she will be a completely different character
2. She is a relative of Oswin but in a different time
3. She is Oswin
Now if Moff goes for option number 3, then this itself has a number of variations:
a. This occurs before she boards The Starliner Alaska and the Doctor knows she is going to die (but then how did she not recognise him? So this is unlikely)
b. The Doctor goes on board the Alaska and sweeps Oswin away to safety
c. Oswin somehow manages to escape from the exploding Asylum and re-humnaify herself
I have no idea which one this will be - but my hopes are still high for JLC as I really liked what I saw in Asylum