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Valeyard Who?

A month ago, images where leaked of a mysterious figure who many suspected to be the very next Doctor to take the reigns. New information revealed that this was indeed the Doctor, but not the one who comes next. 

“The Doctor isn’t always a hero. He doesn’t always come in and save the day. This is that Doctor. A Doctor so far down his timeline that we can’t even fathom it.” Steven Moffat said today in an interview. “This figure goes by a name that the Doctor fears more than any other.” There was a pause here. “This is the Valeyard. He’s everything the Doctor is, but twisted into a shape more terrifying.”

“Clara Oswald wasn’t just fighting the Great Intelligence when she went into the Doctor’s Timeline. She was fighting a war that stretched her endless lifetimes. One with all of time at stake. Clara is out of the Doctor’s life for the first time in a long time. The Valeyard is free now to battle the doctor across all of time and space. With Guardians, a key, and Clara Oswald’s fate in the balance…”