What is bigger news is the details of her return. She is going to appear in the first two episodes of Series 9, which will be a two-parter. We already knew that the first part would be called The Magician's Apprentice and it was today revealed that part two will be called The Witch's Familiar.
This brings lots of questions to mind. Obviously a major one is how did she survive her death in Death in Heaven? I'm not too sure on the answer to this but I suspect it'll be fairly simple, given that Steven Moffat had always planned that she would return. It seems likely her "escape" was planned at the same time as her apparent death.
The title is intriguing. Now I have assumed that The Magician's Apprentice refers to Clara, being the apprentice to the Doctor's magician. Now The Witch's Familiar sort of makes me think that "Witch" refers to Missy. But then who is her familiar? Could it be that Missy is getting a companion of her own? Or maybe in typical cruel Moffat fashion, both titles could refer to the same person- maybe Clara, or maybe a new character.
It's also interesting to note that it's a two-parter. The first block of filming was a Toby Whithouse two-parter, which I think is supposed to be episodes 3 and 4 of the series. This suggests then that Series 9 might only consist of two-part stories- six two-parters?
It was also confirmed today that Jemma Redgrave will return as head of UNIT Kate Stewart. It's fun to see the Master vs. UNIT theme coming back after how good it was back in 1971. I wonder maybe if Series 9 will replicate Season 8 of Classic Doctor Who in that the Master/Missy will appear in every story? This seems possible from what we know so far.
Well there's a few things to think about. Whether my suggestions turn out to be true or not, I can't wait to see Missy back in action!
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