10 Biggest Doctor Who Missed Opportunities

For a few episodes in Series 10, it looked as if Doctor Who had thrown us a very intriguing curveball.

In Oxygen, Twelve is exposed to the raw vacuum of space in order to save Bill, with this traumatic experience resulting in him going blind. This plot thread continues through the rest of Oxygen as well as Extremis, until the monks restore the Doctor's sight in The Pyramid at the End of the World.

Granted, the moment in which Twelve's blindness is finally revealed to Bill, with him trapped on the other side of a door he can't open (because he hasn't installed FaceTime), is a crushing conclusion, but we have to wonder if we would've got something more special had the Doctor remained blind until his regeneration half a series later.

Not only would this have provided a fresh angle for the show, but having our protagonist learning to live with a disability, and not letting this stop him from saving the world, would've been some fantastic representation for a disability that is often treated as a gimmick in movies and TV.

It would've also provided an interesting challenge for the writers, who would've had to find more creative resolutions - and to be honest, Empress of Mars and The Eaters of Light could've done with that extra spark.

Just imagine, as his regeneration kicks in, Twelve regains his sight, and is able to lay eyes on Bill, Nardole, and Clara one last time... you just know Peter Capaldi would've had us all weeping into our Christmas puddings.