10 False Doctor Who Facts You Probably Still Believe

10. The Identity Of The Woman Is A Mystery

For a show that has a mystery in its very title, it's unsurprising that fans see enigmas in places where there aren't any. Take Claire Bloom's mysterious Woman from David Tennant's final-ish story The End of Time, the identity of whom fans have debated ever since.

Was she Susan? Romana? Or was she, as was intended, the Doctor's mother? While nobody vocalises this fact on screen, Russell T Davies emphasized that she was the Doctor's mother in the expanded version of The Writer's Tale, the book that documents the making of the show during his first era in charge.

This means that Claire Bloom – who was told this fact when she was cast – and David Tennant are playing their one scene together as mother and son.

Although Doctor Who has now complicated matters with the story of the Timeless Child and the Doctor's adoption, Claire Bloom's character is unequivocally whoever the Doctor knew as their mother at this point in their lives.

However, did Steven Moffat ever explain who the woman in the barn was in Hell Bent? The one that serves Capaldi soup? Is that the same character, regenerated after the Master sent Rassilon and Gallifrey back to hell?

Maybe there's a mystery to be solved here after all.