For such a hopeful show, Doctor Who has a high body count. It’s why, after only 10 episodes, the Ninth Doctor could shout “Everybody lives!” and make it feel like he’d never had that kind of day ...

Clara hangs upside down, Missy sitting nearby. She tells Clara a story of the Doctor, on the run and alone. In her story, the Doctor is travelling by teleporter and being tracked by android assassins.

Doctor Who always approached the ethics of warfare in a rather nebulous way. Unlike many other characters or media, the show and the Doctor himself have never taken a hard line against violence, death ...

The episode opens with a narrator talking about a historical event. The narrator describes a massive battle against a remorseless opponent. The enemy they battled was so terrifying it scared them into ...