10 Doctor Who Cliffhangers That Made You Say WHAT?!
7. Floating In Space (The Woman Who Fell To Earth)
Jodie Whittaker’s debut episode introduced so many new elements to Doctor Who. A new Doctor, a new gang of companions, and even a new central location on Earth – which did make a nice change from always ending up in London – but the one thing that audiences recognise as a mainstay of this timey-wimey show was missing: the TARDIS.
In the modern era of Doctor Who, it isn’t unusual to see the TARDIS take a bit of a beating following a regeneration, and an interior redesign was anticipated to accompany this fresh vision of the series. However, expectations were quickly subverted when the episode ended with our new TARDIS team teleporting not into a blue police box, but into open space.
Some fans were left a little disappointed at the lack of a new TARDIS reveal, but beyond that, the shock of seeing these poor humans who had been suddenly beamed into space (and were rapidly running out of air) was a great hook for the following week.
The resolution to this cliffhanger may not've been as good as the setup, but it ended Whittaker's first outing on a truly memorable note.