List of televised cliffhangers: Difference between revisions

** "[[The Escape]]" - The Dalek mutant in the cloak sticks a disfigured claw out of the cloak.

** "[[The Ambush]]" - Ian realises that he left the vital empty fluid link in the Dalek City.

** "[[The Rescue (episode)|The Rescue]]" - The TARDIS console explodes and the TARDIS crew fall to the floor.

* ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]''

** "[[The Brink of Disaster (episode)|The Brink of Disaster]]" - The TARDIS materialises on a cold, snowy area, where Barbara and Susan discover a giant footprint on the ground.

* ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]''

** "[[The Warriors of Death]]" - Barbara demands [[Ixta]] to halt from killing Ian. Tlotoxl argues that if she truly is Yetaxa, then she should save Ian herself.

** "[[The Bride of Sacrifice]]" - Ixta seals Ian inside a tunnel leading to the TARDIS, where water starts flooding in.

* ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]''

** "[[Strangers in Space]]" - Ian directs the Doctor's attention to the window, where a [[Sensorite]] is floating.

* ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]''

** "[[The Powerful Enemy]]" - Ian is sealed off from the Doctor by four long spikes and his only exit is blocked by an advancing monster.

* ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''

** "[[The Slave Traders]]" - [[Ascaris]] prepares to assassinate the Doctor.

** "[[Conspiracy (episode)|Conspiracy]]" - In a gladiatorial fight, Delos disarms Ian and raises his sword to chop off Ian's head.

** "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]" - The Doctor tells Ian they are being pulled down to [[Vortis|a planet]] by an unknown force.

* ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]''

** "[[The Web Planet (episode)|The Web Planet]]" - Ian is caught in a web, Barbara is compelled to walk towards a lake of acid, and the Doctor discovers that the TARDIS has seemingly dematerialised with only Vicki inside.

** "[[Escape to Danger]]" - Ian and [[Vrestin]] fall into a tunnel.

** "[[Crater of Needles (episode)|Crater of Needles]]" - Barbara is attacked by the [[Zarbi]].

** Episode 4 - [[Lesterson]] finds a production line mass-producing Daleks.

** Episode 5 - The Dalek army leaves to embark on a full scale slaughter, chanting "Daleks conquer and destroy!"

* ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]''  

** Episode 1 - Crossing the darkened moor, Polly falls into a pit and is threatened by someone with a dagger.

** Episode 6 - The Doctor tells Jamie that the TARDIS has been stolen.

* ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''  

** Episode 2 - The Dalek leader demands that there will be no delay.

** Episode 3 - [[Kemel]] confronts Jamie.

** Episode 3 - The Doctor escapes the [[miniscope]], collapses and begins the grow to his normal size.

* ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]''  

** Episode 4 - The Master signals the Ogrons.

** Episode 6 - The Doctor is shot by {{Delgado|c}}. He manages to stagger into the TARDIS and deliver a message to the [[Time Lord]]s warning them of the Daleks' plan, before collapsing lifeless to the floor.

* ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]''  

** Part 2 - K1 knocks out the Doctor and prepares to kill him.

** Part 3 - K1 threatens to kill all the UNIT soldiers with its [[disintegrator gun]].

* ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]''  

** Part 1 - While trying to revive Sarah from suspended animation, a mummified [[Wirrn]] falls on [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]].

** Part 3 - The Doctor is approached by Noah, his Wirrn metamorphosis complete.

** Part 4 - [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], and Harry beam down to [[Earth]] to fix the transmat receptors of [[Nerva Beacon]].

==== Season 14 ====

* ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]''  

* ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]''  

** Part 1 - The fossilised hand of [[Eldrad]] comes to life.

* ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]''  

** Part 1 - The Doctor discovers a cliff with his own face carved into it. [[Leela]] tells him that this is the [[Evil One]].

** Part 3 - Inside "Sacred Heart" of the [[Mordee expedition]] ship, [[Xoanon]] attacks the Doctor, questioning who Xoanon is.

* ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''  

** Part 1 - The Doctor points a gun at Leela.

** Part 2 - Professor [[Frederick Marius|Marius]] injects clones of the [[Fourth Doctor (clone)|Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela (clone)|Leela]] into the Doctor's brain.

* ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''  

** Part 1 - The Doctor is unable to run from the creature about to consume him.

* ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''  

** Part One - The Consuls and Fosters prepare to shoot the Doctor and Adric.

* ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''  

** Part One - The Doctor realises the Master is on Earth while seeing the shrunken bodies of a policeman and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan's]] Aunt [[Vanessa (Logopolis)|Vanessa]].

* ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]''  

** Part One - The Master sends the TARDIS hurtling towards the [[Event One|big bang]].

** Part Three - The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa discover the Master has trapped them in a spacial loop.

* ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]''  

** Part Four - Nyssa collapses lifeless in the TARDIS.

* ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]''  

** Part Three - The Doctor and Todd turn to find [[Panna]] dead.

* ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]''  

* ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]''  

** Part One - Tegan is possessed by the [[Mara]].

* ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]''  

** Part One - [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] prepares to kill the Doctor.

<!--The Five Doctors neither has a cliffhanger, nor is it strictly part of a season-->

==== Season 21 ====

* ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]''  

* ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''  

** Part One - The [[Sixth Doctor]] is gassed and [[Jamie McCrimmon|a hooded figure]] advances on [[Peri Brown|Peri]].

* ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]''  

** Part One - The Doctor is condemned to the [[Timelash]].

* ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]''  

** Part Two - The Doctor and Peri are cornered between the tribe and the security robot.

** Part Three - [[Merdeen]] raises his gun and shoots the Doctor.

* ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]''  

** Part One - After betraying [[Delta]] to the [[Bannermen]], [[Keillor]] prepares to shoot the Doctor and [[Ray (Delta and the Bannermen)|Ray]].

* ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''  

** Part One - The Doctor slowly slips down his umbrella, into the chasm beyond.

** Part One - A group of extra-dimensional [[knight]]s prepare to kill the Doctor, Ace, [[Ancelyn]], [[Li Shou Yuing|Shou Yuing]] and Brigadier [[Winifred Bambera]].

** Part Two - Ace is trapped in an airtight container which begins to fill with water.

* ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]''  

** Part Two - [[Control (Ghost Light)|Control]], followed by [[Light (Ghost Light)|Light]], appear.

* ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''  

** Part One - The Doctor and Ace are surrounded by Russian soldiers.

** Part Three - [[Judson]], possessed by [[Fenric]], declares that his "game" against the Doctor has resumed.

* ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''  

* ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' - The Doctor, surrounded by [[Weeping Angel]]s, shoots at something while warning them he is the one "you should never put in a trap".

* ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'' - The Doctor and [[Nasreen Chaudhry]] discover the [[Silurian]] underground city.

* ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' - Every star at every moment in history explodes, ending the universe.

=== Twelfth Doctor ===

==== Series 8 ====

* ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' - [[Santa Claus]] appears in the TARDIS.

* ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'' - The prisoner within the vault begins eerily knocking to get out.

* ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'' - The Doctor reveals that he is now blind.

* ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'' - The Doctor gets his eyesight back, but the Monks now have control over Earth.

* ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'' - The Master and Missy stand by Bill, who has been converted into a Mondasian Cyberman.

===== 2022 Specials =====

* ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'' - The Doctor travels to a [[Cliff (The Power of the Doctor)|cliff top]] to soak in one last [[sunrise]] before [[regeneration]]. As she offers her own last words, she explodes in a [[firework]] of [[Regeneration energy|golden glow]]. As she regenerates, her [[Clothing|clothes]] morphs into something different and [[Fourteenth Doctor|the new man]] emerges. However, as he takes his first breath, he can feel [[Tenth Doctor|something very familiar about himself]], exclaiming “what?”, and as he notices he wears different clothes, exclaims “what?” again, and starts feeling his face and exclaims a final “what?”.

== ''Torchwood'' ==

* ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'' - Before teleporting away, Captain John Hart says to Jack, "I found Gray", a foreshadowing for the finale. Jack, clearly disturbed by this revelation, orders the rest of his team to get back to work.

* ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'' - Owen is shot, and the team unsuccessfully try to revive him. They realise their teammate is dead.

=== Series 3 ===