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The Nethersphere, also known as the Promised Land or Heaven, was an afterlife-housing realm where the recently deceased would be accounted for and sorted to certain locations it entailed. (TV: The Caretaker) Its mythical heavenly aspects were sought by many individuals hoping to attain peace, jubilation, and fulfillment.
The Half-Face Man said he was trying to reach the Promised Land. Its existence was denied by the Twelfth Doctor. When the Half-Face Man appeared to die after having been impaled upon the spire of Big Ben, he was transported to a lush garden where he encountered a woman identifying herself only as "Missy". She said that he had "made it" and that he was in "the promised land" — or, as she also called it, "paradise". (TV: Deep Breath)
Later — as from the Doctor's perspective — a soldier from the Aristotle appeared to die within the body of a Dalek and then was transported to an elegant tea room, where she, too, encountered Missy. (TV: Into the Dalek) Later still, the Doctor discovered that a ship of robots that had crashed in Nottingham of about 1190 had a programmed destination of "the promised land". (TV: Robot of Sherwood)
A policeman named Matthew in Shoreditch in Clara Oswald's home time, having been killed by a Skovox Blitzer, arrived in an area of this afterlife resembling an office, meeting a man called Seb. Seb worked for Missy, who was busy at that moment, calling this afterlife the Nethersphere. (TV: The Caretaker)
Missy is seen in a room whilst looking at Clara on an iPad and commenting, referring to Clara, that she has chosen well, there is a Cyberman eye shaped hole on the wall behind her which is our first indication that she is in league with the Cybermen and the first time she is seen monitoring The Doctor and Clara. (TV:Flatline) Missy continues to monitor The Doctor and Clara, she witnesses the outcome of the solar flare crisis and states that she loves surprises. (TV:In the Forest of the Night)