History WhamEpisode / DoctorWho

** The Doctor, in his future, gets shot twice, then again during his regeneration sequence, killing him permanently. The companions know that but the Doctor mustn't know.

* ''The Snowmen''. For starters, the new companion, Clara [[spoiler: ''dies'', and her FamousLastWords are ''exactly'' the same as Oswin]] in the Asylum of the Daleks. Then you find out her full name. [[spoiler: Clara Oswin Oswald]], proving there is a connection between them. [[spoiler: Oh yeah, and there's yet ''another'' Clara walking around in the present day!]]

* ''The Angels Take Manhattan'' has [[spoiler: Amy and Rory kill themselves to destroy the Weeping Angel farm with a paradox, Rory taken back in time immediately after this, and then Amy sacrificing any further time with the Doctor to spend the rest of her life with Rory. And EVERY statue is a Weeping Angel. Every. Last. One.]]

* In ''The Wedding of River Song'', it is revealed that the Silence believe that silence must fall when the question is asked, with the question being "Doctor Who?", which is the question the Doctor has been running from all his life. We also find out that the Doctor who was shot in Utah was actually a Teselecta, that the Doctor's exact relationship with River is that they're married, and that it will be the Doctor who will cause silence to fall.
* "Pond Life" a series of five one-minute mini-eps serving as a prologue to Season Seven, may feature the shortest Wham Episode in history; [[spoiler: In the fifth episode, Amy and Rory suddenly break up for no explained reason. The reason is given in "Asylum of the Daleks"; Amy found out that she can't have children as a result of injuries sustained at Demon's Run, and knowing that Rory wanted to be a father, decided to kick him out so he could find someone else. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy "I didn't throw you out, Rory! I gave you up!"]]]]

* ''The Angels Take Manhattan'' has [[spoiler: Amy and Rory kill themselves to destroy the Weeping Angel farm with a paradox, Rory taken back in time immediately after this, and then Amy sacrificing any time with the Doctor to spend the rest of her life with Rory. And EVERY statue is a Weeping Angel. Every. Last. One.]]

* ''Asylum of the Daleks.'' [[spoiler:The Dalek species]] now has [[LaserGuidedAmnesia no idea who the Doctor is.]] Also there's a high probability that the next companion [[spoiler:gets turned into a Dalek]], unless it's an identical relative. With the same name.

* ''Earthshock'', both for the Episode One cliffhanger (that Producer John Nathan Turner took great pains to keep a secret, even turning down a cover of the Radio Times) and for the Episode Four ending, the first time an established companion was killed off.[[note]]The two companions who died in ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' had each been in the series for only a few episodes before dying. One of them was in the series for such a brief time that the location filming for her death scene was already in the can before they filmed her first appearance.[[/note]]

* ''The Waters of Mars'', the Doctor actually does what he swore never to do, and changes a fixed event. After saving people from certain destruction, there's some pretty heavy stuff, including a WhatTheHellHero from the very people he saved. In fact, the main protagonist he saved commits suicide shortly after so as to maintain the 'proper timeline' leading to an Heroic BSOD.

* ''The Waters of Mars'', the Doctor actually does what he swore never to do, and changes a fixed event. After saving people from certain destruction, there's some pretty heavy stuff, including a WhatTheHellHero from the very people he saved. In fact, the main protagonist he saved commits suicide shortly after so as to maintain the 'proper timeline' leading to an Heroic BDOS.

* ''The Waters of Mars'', the Doctor actually does what he swore never to do, and changes a fixed event. After saving people from certain destruction, there's some pretty heavy stuff, including a WhatTheHellHero from the very people he saved.

* ''The Waters of Mars'', the Doctor actually does what he swore never to do, and changes a fixed event. After saving people from certain destruction, there's some pretty heavy stuff, including a WhatTheHellHero from the very people he saved.

* ''Asylum of the Daleks.'' [[spoiler:The Dalek species]] now has [[LaserGuidedAmnesia no idea who the Doctor is.]] Also there's a high probability that the next companion [[spoiler:gets turned into a Dalek]], unless it's an identical relative.

* "Pond Life" a series of five one-minute mini-eps serving as a prologue to Season Seven, may feature the shortest Wham Episode in history; [[spoiler: In the fifth episode, Amy and Rory suddenly break up for no explained reason. The reason is given in "Asylum of the Daleks"; Amy found out that she can't have children as a result of injuries sustained at Demon's Run, and knowing that Rory wanted to be a father, decided to kick him out so he could find someone else. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy "I didn't throw you out, Rory! I gave you up!"]]

* The otherwise rather average episode ''Cold Blood'' in season five/thirty one/[[FanNickname fnarg]] turned into a Whammer in the last five minutes when yet another companion, Rory, was shot and killed, and then promptly erased by the crack eating up everything in the universe; this made Amy, his fiancée (though she didn't remember it) a more tragic character for the remaining of the season.

* ''Earthshock'', both for the Episode One cliffhanger (that Producer John Nathan Turner took great pains to keep a secret, even turning down a cover of the Radio Times) and for the Episode Four ending, the first time an established companion was killed off.[[note]]The two companions who died in ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' had each been in the series for only a few episodes before dying. One of them was in the series for such a brief time that the location filming for her death scene was in already the can before they filmed her first appearance.[[/note]]

''Series/DoctorWho'' has been around for nearly fifty years. It is inevitable that wham episodes are frequent in its long history.

* Before that, we had ''The Daleks' Master Plan'', which featured not one but two companions dying, and one Sabalom Glitz-esque character, one of them spacing herself and her assailant in a last-ditch attempt to save the mission.
* The very first would probably be ''The Tenth Planet'', which was the first [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]] episode. Basically every fan these days is familiar with regeneration, but the switch from the First Doctor to the Second Doctor must have been a ''massive'' Wham Episode for viewers back in the 1960s.
* Another original series wham episode has to be ''The War Games'', where the Doctor is forced to call on his own people to fix a problem for the first time. It ends with the Doctor regenerating again and being exiled to Earth, changing the course of the series for the next three years and beyond.
* And ''Earthshock'' surely must count, one for the Episode One cliffhanger (that Producer John Nathan Turner took great pains to keep a secret, even turning down a cover of the Radio Times) and the Episode Four ending. Doctor Who has had plenty of Wham Episodes, but this one was always the Wham-iest to me.
* ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' episode 13. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is really a corrupted future incarnation of the Doctor, employed by the Time Lord High Council to destroy the Doctor to prevent him from revealing their role in the attempted genocide of the human race. The Doctor's only ally in this is the Master, who (obviously) cannot be trusted.]]
* ''The End of Time'', Part One. That last twenty seconds. To drop some ''major'' spoilers in- [[spoiler: The Time Lords aren't just back, ''they're'' the ones trying to do as the title says.]]
* The otherwise rather average episode ''Cold Blood'' in season five/thirty one/[[FanNickname fnarg]] turned into a Whammer in the last five minutes when [[spoiler: yet another companion, Rory, was shot and killed, and then promptly erased by the crack eating up everything in the universe]], this made Amy, his fiance [[spoiler: (though she didn't remember it)]] a more tragic character for the remaining of the season.
* StevenMoffat has managed to write an '''opening''' episode absolutely full of Wham - ''The Impossible Astronaut'' and ''Day of the Moon''. Looks like much of the season will be devoted to avoiding what happens to [[spoiler: the Doctor, in his future, who gets shot twice, then again during his regeneration sequence, killing him permanently.]] The companions know that but the Doctor mustn't know. What's more, the Doctor discovers [[spoiler: Amy's quantum pregnancy]], but keeps it a secret, all of this change the Doctor/Companions dynamic during the season.
** And straight after that, "Day of the Moon". [[spoiler: The young girl from the Apollo spacesuit is implied to be Amy's daughter. This possibility is made even more confusing by the fact the TARDIS can't determine whether Amy is actually pregnant or not.]] To top things off, [[spoiler: the girl is seen wandering the streets close to death at the end of the episode...and then it STARTS REGENERATING! Yes, as in Time Lord-style regenerating. River kisses the Doctor at the end of the episode, confirming their relationship is DEFINITELY romantic to some degree]].
* In ''The Almost People'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Amy accompanying the Doctor and Rory is actually ''[[TomatoInTheMirror a Ganger]]'', and has been for some time, and the real Amy is, erm, somewhere, being kept by a Midwife from hell, ''and about to give birth'']].
* ''A Good Man Goes to War'' is this:
** [[spoiler:River Song is a mistranslation of Melody Pond, clarifying the "the only water in the forest is the river" line from earlier, and revealing that River is Amy's daughter.]]
** There's a war going on against the Doctor,[[spoiler:with Melody/River intended as a weapon to kill him]]

* In ''The Wedding of River Song'', it is revealed that the Silence believe that [[spoiler:silence must fall when the question is asked, with the question being "Doctor Who?", which is the question the Doctor has been running from all his life. We also find out that the Doctor who was shot in Utah was actually a Teselecta, that the Doctor's exact relationship with River is that they're married, and that it will be the Doctor who will cause silence to fall.]]

* ''The Evil of the Daleks'' ended with the Doctor's greatest foes being KilledOffForReal (well, for five years at any rate).

* Before that, we had ''The Daleks' Master Plan'', which featured not one but two companions dying, and one Sabalom Glitz-esque character, one of them spacing herself and her assailant in a last-ditch attempt to save the mission.

* And ''Earthshock'' surely must count, one for the Episode One cliffhanger (that Producer John Nathan Turner took great pains to keep a secret, even turning down a cover of the Radio Times) and the Episode Four ending. Doctor Who has had plenty of Wham Episodes, but this one was always the Wham-iest to me.
** You're not alone. The EmpathyDollShot and SilentCredits affected most viewers.
* Another original series wham episode has to be ''The War Games'', where the Doctor is forced to call on his own people to fix a problem for the first time. It ends with the Doctor regenerating again and being exiled to Earth, changing the course of the series for the next three years and beyond.
* ''The Evil of the Daleks'' ended with the Doctor's greatest foes being KilledOffForReal (well, for five years at any rate).

* In ''The Wedding of River Song'', it is revealed that the Silence believe that [[spoiler:silence must fall when the question is asked, with the question being "Doctor Who?". We also find out that the Doctor who was shot in Utah was actually a Teselecta, that the Doctor's exact relationship with River is that they're married, and that it will be the Doctor who will cause silence to fall.]]

* In ''The Wedding of River Song'', it is revealed that the Silence believe that [[spoiler:silence must fall when the question is asked, with the question being "Doctor Who?". We also find out that the Doctor who was shot in Utah was actually a Teselecta, that the Doctor's exact relationship with River is that they're married, that it will be the Doctor who will cause silence to fall, and that the Question is [[TitleDrop Doctor Who]].]]

* In ''The Almost People'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Amy accompanying the Doctor and Rory is actually ''[[TomatoInTheMirror a Ganger]'', and has been for some time, and the real Amy is, erm, somewhere, being kept by a Midwife from hell, ''and about to give birth'']].

* The very first would probably be ''The Tenth Planet'', which was the first [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]] episode.
* Before that, we had ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' featured not one but two companions dying, and one Sabalom Glitz-esque character, one of them spacing herself and her assailant in a last-ditch attempt to save the mission.

** While basically every fan these days is familiar with [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]], the switch from the First Doctor to the Second Doctor must have been a ''massive'' Wham Episode for viewers back in the 1960s.
* ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' episode 13. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is really a corrupted future incarnation of the Doctor, employed by the Time Lord High Council to destroy the Doctor to prevent him from revealing their role in the attempted genocide of the human race. The Doctor's only ally in this is the Master, who (obviously) cannot be trusted.]]
* "The Traitors" (episode 4 of ''The Daleks' Master Plan''). [[spoiler:Two companions (Katarina and Bret Vyon) are killed in two separate incidents, book-ending the episode.]]

* The otherwise rather average episode ''Cold Blood'' in season five/thirty one/[[FanNickname fnarg]] turned into a Whammer in the last five minutes when [[spoiler: yet another companion, Rory, was shot and killed, and then promptly erased by the crack eating up everything in the universe]], this made Amy, his fiance [[spoiler: (though she didn't remember it)]] a more tragic character for the remaining of the season.

** In ''The Almost People'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Amy accompanying the Doctor and Rory is actually ''a Ganger'', and the real Amy is, erm, somewhere, ''and about to give birth'']].
* ''A Good Man Goes to War'' is this :

* In ''The Wedding of River Song'', it is revealed that the Silence believe that [[spoiler:silence must fall when the question is asked, with the question being "Doctor Who?"]]

* In ''The Wedding of River Song'', it is revealed that the Silence believe that [[spoiler:silence will fall when the question is asked, with the question being "Doctor Who?"]]