Clarification Required [SPOILERS!!! for Doctor Who Series 8 Finale "Death in Heaven"]

[jjpor]

No, really; MASSIVE SPOILERS:

Comments

[john_amend_all]

I'm pretty sure the Doctor didn't shoot her. Either Brig☛Cyberman shot her, or she teleported away.

And given that the Nethersphere was still in operation at that point (as we know from the ending, it kept running for at least a couple more weeks), there's no reason why she wouldn't have arrived there, picked up a spare bracelet, and returned to her TARDIS. As you say, she's the Master - it beggars belief that she'd build an afterlife without including a revolving door for herself.

[jjpor]

I didn't really pick up on CyberBrig shooting her when I was watching it, perhaps because when CyberDanny was shooting his Cyberbrethren in St Paul's it seemed far more explode-ey than the comparatively tasteful bluish swirl we got in the cemetery. As you say, though, it's inconceivable that the Mistress wouldn't have an escape route in place before embarking upon what was an impressively crazed scheme even by her/his normal standards.

[gonzo21]

Yep, my reading too. Cyberbrig shot her. But then in the next sequence we learnt that the bracelet somehow brought people out of the Matrix and reincarnated them with a fresh full body.

So the Mistress will have been back out like, 3 seconds after CyberBrig shot her.

[jjpor]

I think that seems like a safe bet on reflection - s/he's survived worse over the years.

And good call on the Matrix - clearly that's what it was, or using the same Gallifreyan technology, although I didn't catch it being explicitly referenced as such in the story.

[gonzo21]

As I recall the Doctor asked Missy how she got the Matrix computer, and she said because she'd come from Gallifrey, and that's why she recited the co-ordinates.

But I may be wrong.

[john_amend_all]

Given what's happened to the Master over the years, "Eh, he's come back from worse" is always the appropriate response :-)