10 Doctor Who Endings Nobody Saw Coming

10. The Time Of Angels

The Weeping Angels were still new and exciting when this episode rolled around.

Before their creator Steven Moffatt diluted their effectiveness, the Angels were a force to be reckoned with, and had the Eleventh Doctor and his friends cornered underground with seemingly nowhere to run.

After some back-and-forth with the strangely charismatic Angel Bob, the Doctor announces that his enemies made a huge mistake by placing him in a trap. He then grabs a pistol and shoots the gravity globe that had been illuminating the cave.

It's not the greatest cliffhanger in the world, so why does this episode appear on this list? Well... because the Doctor used a gun.

Fans had been repeatedly told that the Doctor hated all weapons - especially guns - always opting for the peaceful solution to any conflict. To see Matt Smith's incarnation of the character wield one so freely (and so early in his lifespan) was more than a little jarring.

While he didn't fire it at a living creature, the juxtaposition of the universe's peacekeeper holding a firearm was enough to leave fans going - all together now - "WHAT?!"