So the modern series didn’t quite have the same cliffhangery goodness as the classic but there were still some corkers.
The pre-credits bits were an attempt to address their absence.
So what are your favourites from the modern series?
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The end of “The Empty Child”!
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Heaven sent ending is good
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You beat me to it! Incredible.
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Nope, I’ve just thought of the greatest cliffhanger of the revival series. It was incredible.
Spoiler for Village of the Angels if you’ve not seen it:
It was only spoiled by not being the actual cliffhanger, because there was a scene after (what were they thinking?!) And also being immediately resolved in the next episode, without really any repercussions
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Spoilers for Utopia
The Master’s Return to Utopia, and how the shocked reactions change if someone watched the Classic era before or not.
For the new fans, it was “HOLY S–T ANOTHER TIME LORD SURVIVED!!!”
For the old fans, it was “HOLY S–T THE MASTER IS BACK!!!”
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This was the one I posted and I honestly don’t think the mid-credits scene takes away from it at all. I actually really love that scene and I think that the Bel and Vinder subplot is one of the best parts of Flux and really pulls it together in a way that I have difficulty explaining. And the sorta weak resolution to the cliffhanger is something that strikes me when I look back on the cliffhanger but I basically don’t even process it as I’m watching because so much great stuff is just constantly happening
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The cliffhanger to World Enough and Time has to be one of the greatest in the new series. Not only do we get the insane reveal of the Saxon master returning, but the incredible return of the Mondasian Cybemen after more than 50 years. It’s a perfect cliffhanger for fans of both the new series and the classic series and is simply perfect in all ways. I might be biased however considering the Mondasian Cybermen are probably my favorite monster in the series.
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The Spyfall Part 1 cliffhanger is really solid
And then absolutely Oxygen and Extremis is just two 10/10 cliffhangers one after the other
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Most of my Picks were already mentioned here. Village of the Angels, Utopia, World Enough and Time. So I am going to try to pick one which hasn’t been mentioned yet: The Impossible Planet. Just wow!
Masterclass in building tension. All of it works, the more hectic shaky Camera, the Beast that speaks through the Oods, the last Line from the Beast. Everything just works for me. Absolutely adore it!
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“I’m regenerating!” is after all better final lines than his real ones…
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Name of the Doctor and Utopia. Village of the Angels is a close third
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Classic: An Unearthly Child part 1, The Reign of Terror part 1, The Dalek Invasion of Earth part 1, The Time Meddler part 3, The Tomb of the Cybermen part 2, The Seeds of Death part 2 and 5, The Silurians part 3, The Daemons part 3, The Curse of Peladon part 3, Carnival of Monsters part 2, The Time Warrior part 1, Genesis of the Daleks part 4, Planet of Evil part 2, Pyramids of Mars part 3, The Android Invasion part 2, The Seeds of Doom part 2, Earthshock part 1 and 3, Remembrance of the Daleks part 1 and 2.
Modern: Aliens of London (“Thank you all for wearing your ID cards. They’ll help to identify the bodies.” is a badass line), Bad Wolf, Army of Ghosts, Human Nature, Utopia, The Sound of Drums, Silence in the Library, The Stolen Earth, The Pandorica Opens, The Impossible Astronaut.
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