Steven Moffat has promised that Doctor Who fans won’t be left disappointed by Clara Oswald’s forthcoming departure.

Jenna Coleman will bow out as the Doctor’s companion at some point during the current series with the “emotional” circumstances surrounding her exit being kept tightly under lock and key until their transmission. Speaking to fans at a convention this weekend, the show’s executive producer affirmed that – although she has previously bid adieu to the TARDIS on several occasions – her fate has now well and truly been sealed so that, this time, “she will never return”.

He warned: “What will happen to her will shock, surprise and terrify. Strictly in that order.”

Fans have eagerly been speculating about the impossible girl’s swansong with 61% of our readers predicting that she’ll sacrifice herself to save the Doctor. Join the conversation…

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