And some of the less memorable ones too.

And then Amy gets shot dead by her Auton fiance.

And then the TARDIS explodes.

And then reality fades to black.

So what of the other Doctors best ever cliffhangers?

The First Doctor The Daleks, Episode One

It was meant to be an educational show!

But in the original series eighth week on air, we got the first Dalek cliffhanger.

And we dont even see the Dalek itself.

Companion Barbara has been separated from her friends on a planet the Doctor doesnt know anything about: Skaro.

In a point-of-view shot, something approaches Barbara.

She backs against a wall, frozen with fear as we close in on her.

She screams as we get the first glimpse of the Dalek manipulator arm.

They made one of the best cliffhangers of all time, with a camera and a plunger.

Even forty-seven years on, it is pure brilliance.

The one other I can think of comes in the penultimate episode ofInferno.

Alt-Brigadier threatens the Doctor as a tide of lava closes in on his hut.

Take everyone away using the TARDIS, or die with everyone.

Alt-Liz shoots down Alt-Brigadier and the Doctor leaves as everyone else waits to be consumed.

Leonardo isnt there, but a dim-witted guard is, capturing the Doctor for interrogation by a Captain Tancredi.

Tancredi walks in and is acting like… Scarlioni.

Well, that changes things considerably!

At the door, theyre threatening him for all theyre worth.

And so his captors see hes not gonna let them stop him now!

Thanks, Season 23!

In the television control room, the Governor of Varos waits for the most dramatic cut-off point.

When he finds it, the screen goes dead and the episode ends.

A truly chilling ending.

It only makes the good cliffhangers from 1987-89 the more memorable, and I best rememberRemembrance.

Damn,Remembranceis a good story.

Stop reading this for a minute and go check it out if youve never seen it.

The Eighth Doctor The Chimes Of Midnight, Part Two

Cheating?

What else was I supposed to put?

The Oh no, not again ending fromThe TV Movie?

But time speeds up, and the staff arent having any of the Doctors warnings.

Despite the Doctors protests, they disperse as the clock speeds towards midnight.

Theyre inexorably linked with the show and thus some of the best cliffhangers ever have involved them.

This time around, its more like theyre the ones in peril, for a change.

Thats on his to-do list because they kidnapped Rose Tyler.

With little in the way of a response, the Daleks can only squawk Exterminate and prepare for battle.

The Oncoming Storm is here.

The Tenth Doctor Utopia

No, not the end ofThe Stolen Earth.

Did it make you want to seeJourneys Endimmediately?

Was it also a massive cop-out that happened to pay off in terms of publicity?

Instead take the revelation of the Master at the end ofUtopia.

How could I leavethatone out?!

(woooooooo… di-di-di-dum di-di-di-dum…)