Death in Heaven

252b – "Death in Heaven"
252b – "Death in Heaven"
Doctor Who episode
	Promotional image for the episode
Cast
	Doctor Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor;
	Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald;
	Others Samuel Anderson – Danny Pink; Michelle Gomez – Missy; Chris Addison – Seb; Ingrid Oliver – Osgood; Jemma Redgrave – Kate Stewart; Sanjeev Bhaskar – Colonel Ahmed; James Pearse – Graham; Antonio Bourouphael – Boy; Shane Keogh-Grenade – Teenage boy; Katie Bignell – Teenage girl; Jeremiah Krage – Cyberman; Nicholas Briggs – Voice of the Cybermen; Nick Frost – Santa Claus;
Production
Directed by	Rachel Talalay
Written by	Steven Moffat
Script editor	David P Davis
Produced by	Peter Bennett
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat; Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 8
Running time	2nd of 2-part story, 57 minutes
First broadcast	8 November 2014
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Dark Water"	Followed by →; "Last Christmas"

"Death in Heaven" is the twelfth and final episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 8 November 2014. The episode was written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay. It is the second of a two-part story; the first episode "Dark Water" aired on 1 November.

In the episode, Missy (Michelle Gomez), an evil alien time traveller (also known as the Master) resurrects the dead as an army of cyborgs called Cybermen as a gift to her former friend the Doctor (Peter Capaldi), intending to prove that they are alike.

The episode was watched by 7.60 million viewers and received positive reviews, with critics praising its writing, direction, and acting. Gomez was consistently highly praised in reviews, with many calling her a highlight of the eighth series.

The title sequence was subtly different for this episode. In the cold open, Clara tells the Cybermen that she is the Doctor to convince them to keep her alive. The image of Peter Capaldi's eyes in the opening credits is replaced with one of Jenna Coleman's eyes and Coleman's name precedes Capaldi's.

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