Doctor Who: 10 Big Talking Points From The Magician's Apprentice
8. Missy's Return
We all knew she was coming back, but the manner in which she did it was brilliant, providing plenty of shocks and surprises for Clara and a returning Kate Stewart. With planes frozen mid-air across the globe, UNIT picks up a message. Hey Missy you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind. Hey Missy! Hey Missy! It is a fantastic tease before she hacks into the Doctor Channel and demands that Clara bring along eight snipers and meet her in whatever hot country she has found herself in.
Even better, Missy makes no attempt to explain how she survived the blast of the Cyberman Brigadier's gun at the end of the last season. She just did. Now she has the ability to freeze planes with Timelord parlour tricks just to get the attention of the one person she needs to find the Doctor; Clara.
But just to prove she hasn't gone good she executes a couple of UNIT soldiers. The man with the wife and kids didn't stand a chance. As reintroductions go, Missy certainly knows how to make one.