10 Doctor Who Cliffhangers That Made You Say WHAT?!
9. The Twelfth Doctor Meets Santa (Death In Heaven)
Considering that Doctor Who aired a Christmas special every year between 2005 and 2017, it's rather surprising that it wasn’t until 2014 that we finally saw the Doctor encounter Santa Claus himself!
Or, Jeff, as the Eleventh Doctor knows him.
Midway through the closing credits of the Series 8 finale, the Doctor is suddenly awoken by a knocking at the TARDIS door, and Nick Frost’s Father Christmas just casually strolls in, asking the Doctor what he wants for Christmas.
We knew that the next episode would be a Christmas special so that part wasn’t surprising, but the introduction of a “mythical” being like Santa – and the suggestion that the Doctor was an acquaintance of his – definitely left us with some questions.
Mainly... what's on the Doctor's Christmas list?
This cliffhanger also played out in a mid-credits scene, something that was unheard of in Doctor Who at the time.