Doctor Who: Ranking All The Series 9 Cliff-Hangers

4. Missy And Clara Are Exterminated, The TARDIS Is Destroyed: The Magician's Apprentice

The cliff-hanger The Daleks turn on Missy and Clara, exterminating them and then using their super weapon to obliterate the TARDIS, while the Doctor watches on in horror. Does it work? As cliff-hangers go, the opening shot of series nine certainly does it in style. Missy's apparent betrayal is seemingly undone, a terrified Clara tries to run but is killed and the TARDIS explodes. It certainly raises the stakes for part two and made audiences wonder if Steven Moffat was cruel enough to bring Clara back for The Magician's Apprentice and then kill her so soon. Well he is cruel, it just didn't happen this early. It's only undoing is that it throws so much into this cliff-hanger that you know at least some of it (i.e. the TARDIS being destroyed) has to be a bit of a fake out. Overall Rating 8/10. A fun, dramatic cliff-hanger whose only failing is that it throws so much in, it can't all possibly be real.
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