The episode takes a somewhat circuitous path to its final section the unit business on the plane isn t superfluous but it could easily have been condensed but as soon as the doctor joins clara and danny in the. Like the rest of the season the finale is really the story of the doctor clara and danny. In the end death in heaven is neither a master story nor a cybermen story.
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For context very few are excellent enough to merit a 5 0 in our minds and we d take a 0 0 doctor who story over a lot of other non whovian stuff out there. We rate doctor who stories on a scale from 0 0 to 5 0. Here s what we think of n116 death in heaven.
As the doctor faces his greatest challenge sacrifices must be made before the day is won. With cybermen on the streets of london old friends unite against old enemies and the doctor takes to the air in a startling new role. With jenna coleman peter capaldi samuel anderson michelle gomez.
Directed by rachel talalay. It saw the demise of danny pink and the death of one of the two osgoods it revealed that missy had been the woman in the shop who gave clara the tardis phone number in the bells of saint john and the one who had provided the advertisement that drew the doctor and clara together again in deep breath. Death in heaven was the twelfth and final episode of series 8 of doctor who.
The first episode dark water aired on 1 november. The episode was written by showrunner steven moffat and directed by rachel talalay it is the second of a two part story. It was first broadcast on bbc one on 8 november 2014.
Death in heaven is the twelfth and final episode of the eighth series of the british science fiction television programme doctor who.
