10 MORE Times Doctor Who Lied To Your Face

10. No Daleks In Series 11

The Thirteenth Doctor's first series boldly resisted bringing back elements from the past, with showrunner Chris Chibnall promising Radio Times that "We’ve got a new Doctor, all-new characters, all-new monsters, and all-new stories."

When pressed on what this meant for the Daleks back in 2018, Chibnall rather cheekily replied that they wouldn't appear "this year." He was right of course – they appeared in 2019's New Year's Day special, Resolution. But because Resolution was filmed as part of the Series 11 production, this is a very obvious bending of the truth.

There wasn't even that much of a gap between the Series 11 finale and Resolution. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos aired on 9 December 2018, just over three weeks before the broadcast of the New Year's Day special! So yes, technically, Chris Chibnall wasn't lying, but also technically, the Daleks do appear as part of Series 11.

Oddly enough though, Resolution was then included on some editions of the Series 12 box-set, despite being a very clear continuation of Series 11 with the whole Ryan's dad subplot. Still, it's a showrunner's rite of passage to lie to the press about returning monsters, so we'll let Chris Chibnall off the hook with this one.