10 Craziest Doctor Who Time Loops

The closing moments of 1971's The Claws Of Axos feature the Third Doctor dealing with that titular alien menace, which plans to drain the Earth of all its energy.

Well, not on the Doctor's watch!

The Time Lord cunningly traps both Axos and himself in a time loop, but he soon manages to escape, leaving the villain to fester. And because this is the last time Axos has been in a TV story, we can only assume that he's still stuck in that loop, reliving those same moments over and over and over again.

This serial also sees the Doctor give the most lacklustre explanation of a time loop you could possibly imagine, telling the Brigadier that "a time loop is... er... well, it's a time loop. One passes continually through the same points in time."

Gee, thanks for that mate! Such incredible wisdom.