10 MORE Times Doctor Who Lied To Your Face

When Patrick Troughton gravely stated that it was "the final end" at the climax of The Evil of the Daleks, the BBC genuinely didn't know if the Daleks would be coming back. Terry Nation had gone off to America in the hope of selling his creations to the US television market. However, every subsequent claim that the Daleks have been defeated once and for all has become one of Doctor Who's most consistent lies.

Fundamentally, Doctor Who NEEDS the Daleks, so every apparent genocide against Skaro's finest rings a bit hollow. There's always a hidden army of Daleks in a pocket universe or lightyears away, or a small faction of them always survives, allowing them to return and plot their revenge against the Doctor.

It's the same with the Master, whether he's left to rot on the planet Xeriphas or shot dead by his vengeful wife, we know that some day further down the line, the Doctor's best frenemy will be back to cause chaos once more. And once more again. And again.

And would we want it any other way?

No matter how many people claim that they're tired of the Daleks or the Master, they would be distraught if Doctor Who truly delivered the final end for either of the Doctor's greatest enemies. And frankly there's been a Dalek-shaped hole in the show for the past couple of years, so please, keep lying to us about this one!