Doctor Who Series 9 New Trailer: 12 Things We Learned

8. A Fire-Breathing Lion

Yep, there's going to be a fire-breathing lion in series 9, because, I mean, why not? In the grand scheme of things it's not all that peculiar, really. Sure, it basically just looks like the lion from Oz has gone a little too far with the courage, but it's still pretty cool. Most notably about this creature - apart from the fact it's breathing fire, and it's a lion - is that we get a shot of it earlier in the trailer, in a scene with Maisie Williams. This would semingly confirm that it's appearing in at least one of The Girl Who Died / The Woman Who Lived, which suggests that there is going to be an awful lot going on in those episodes, especially giving the hype and mystery around Williams. However, her being related to the lion, or it bringing her here in some sort of Aslan/Pevensie kind of way, probably isn't the answer.