Doctor Who Spoilers: 10 Story-Line Set-Ups That Will Shape Season 8

7. The Gatekeeper Of The Nethersphere

Of course, the leaked scripts could have already given the game away for the identity of that last mysterious figure in the story. Is €˜the woman in the shop€™ Missy, the cracked Mary Poppins figure who€™s appeared to dead people in episodes one and two of the new season? We€™ve already talked about who this might be€ internet scuttlebutt (like gossip, but with big boy trousers on) says that English television mainstay Michelle Gomez is playing a mysterious figure called €˜the Gatekeeper Of The Nethersphere€™. The word €˜Nethersphere€™ conjures up connotations of the land of the dead, and the ferryman that brought dead souls on to their reward, something that seems to fit the character as it stands€ except that, one scene after the 12th Doctor tells Clara that he€™s not her boyfriend, we have a clearly utterly hatstand woman confidently claiming him to be her other half. Now, Michelle Gomez does €˜utterly hatstand€™ better than anyone else alive, and Missy is certainly not the new River Song. We€™re riveted to this. How is the scariest Doctor of all time going to react to being claimed by a loony psychopomp dressed like a Victorian governess? Only time will tell.
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