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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 12 Hell Bent

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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 12

Hell Bent

Aired Dec 5, 2015

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Returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor faces the Time Lords in a struggle that takes him to the end of time itself.

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"Hell Bent" swerves from the expected storyline for the finale, and instead delivers a heartfelt resolution for The Doctor and his companion.

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Rachel Talalay

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Steven Moffat

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Richard Curtis

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Chris Chibnall

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Ross Ruediger

New York Magazine/Vulture

12/06/2015

5/5

As a Clara devotee, the narrative did absolutely right by her in the end, leaving her with the precise sort of strength, gumption, and know-how that's been developed over the course of the past three seasons.

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Dan Martin

Guardian

12/06/2015

In ostensibly killing off his companion, Moffat delivered possibly the most upbeat ending we've ever seen.

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Kelly Connolly

Entertainment Weekly

12/06/2015

It would be easier if we could erase our memory of the fact that this is how the Doctor's time with Clara comes to an end -- but maybe that's why we shouldn't.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reactor

01/10/2019

This finale looked at the current legacy of the new show and tried to make something of it in every possible way.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

06/19/2018

Okay, you got us that time, Steven Moffat.

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Charlie Jane Anders

io9.com

05/19/2018

That ending retroactively made the whole thing great.

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Synopsis

Returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor faces the Time Lords in a struggle that takes him to the end of time itself.

Director: Rachel Talalay
Executive Producer: Steven Moffat
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis, Chris Chibnall, Toby Whithouse, Mark Gatiss, Simon Nye, Steven Moffat
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Dec 5, 2015