8 Doctor Who Fan Theories That Are Better Than Reality

3. Mistress Of The Land Of Fiction

The Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald were unknowingly haunted by the ever malevolent Missy throughout Series 8 and they were just as confused as the rest of us when they finally came face to face with her during the climactic finale. It was clear from her first enigmatic appearance, way back at the end of Deep Breath, that she was the king - or rather, the queen - of her own little universe. And she could've been the queen of a very different sort of universe if this tantalising theory had turned out to be true. It didn't take long for fans to liken her to Marry Poppins (she's more like her evil twin, though, let's be honest!)) and then she was seen as the hostess with the mostess at a creepy tea party for the recently deceased. Does any of this sound familiar? They're all based on staples of iconic stories, of course, which led some to assume (albeit falsely, but fair play to you if you made the connection) that Missy was working from within the Land of Fiction. Located inside a pocket universe, the Doctor originally visited it in his second incarnation and it's basically a world inhabited by characters from mythology and folklore. It was complemented by the fact that the Doctor also met Robin Hood in Series 8 which was a suggestion that the lines between what's real and what's not are seemingly becoming blurred. Alas, it wasn't to be the case. As you all know by now (and if you don't, where the hell have you been?!), Missy is in fact the Master regenerated into a woman so once again it couldn't have been further from the truth. This certainly would've been an interesting development, though, and the possibilities would've been endless, too. After all, who isn't waiting for the Doctor to join forces with Harry Potter? One day...