10 Greatest Doctor Who Deaths Of All Time

3. Danny Pink

From the off there was the sense that Danny Pink was marked for death in Series 8, but by the time his demise arrived in the series finale, Samuel Anderson had made an indelible impression. He was cleverly written as the counterpoint to the Doctor - the soldier to the Time Lord's officer class and someone who could see the dangerous effects that travelling with the Doctor could have on Clara. He was brave, funny, a bit goofy but someone you could genuinely believe Clara might fall for. Viewers saw him as a maths teacher, an action hero, a small child and even a potential future descendant at the end of the universe. He got to die three times, too, which isn't as many times as Rory Williams but still an impressive feat nonetheless. The first time was after being hit by a car off screen which was a masterstroke piece of writing. Rarely has the unforgiving randomness of death been so well presented in Doctor Who but worse was to still come for Danny as the poor man woke up in the 'afterlife' where he had to face the lad he killed while on active duty. There was enough drama and development for a whole series there but then Danny's consciousness was downloaded to his corpse which, by the way, had been transformed into a Cyberman. Blimey, Charlie. It was always going to be Danny Pink who saved the world but it doesn't make the scene any less electric as the dead young man takes charge of Missy's Cyber-army and sacrifices them all. His rallying speech, celebrating the soldier around the date of the 100th anniversary of the Great War, was an added shot of poignancy. Let's just forget the fact that writer Steven Moffat doesn't know when to quit. The odd spectral ending of Dark Water - in which Danny sent through the lad from the afterlife - and his inclusion in this year's Christmas Special both diminished the impact of his death somewhat.