10 Amazing Doctor Who Moments You've Probably Never Seen

10. The Twelfth Doctor Recalls The Untempered Schism

Series 8's In The Forest Of The Night isn't topping any "best-of" lists anytime soon, but if this particular moment had made it into the final cut, the episode would certainly be remembered with a lot more fondness.

As mentioned by the Tenth Doctor in Series 3's The Sound Of Drums, it's customary for all Gallifreyan children to stare into the Untempered Schism - a gap in the fabric of reality - as a form of academic initiation.

Observing this great power affects each child in a different way, but it wasn't until this deleted scene from In The Forest Of The Night that the Doctor finally described what he saw, what he felt, when he gazed into the Schism:

"I saw a forest rise and fall, saplings that thickened into trees, leaves that sucked in the sunlight from a thousand million summers. The great trees falling, sinking into the Earth, hardening into diamonds, coal. I saw it all. The rise and fall, like the wave of a sea."

It's a beautifully-written speech, delivered with that typically excellent Capaldi flair.

In The Forest Of The Night is a frustratingly flat episode to watch - it desperately needed more standout moments like this, and it's a shame that many fans will have missed this scene entirely, due to its baffling relegation to the cutting room floor.