…If he survived the freezing process, that is.

A couple of weeks ago we mentioned that an event occurring toward the end of Demons Run that might be reminiscent of an event in The Empire Strikes Back. If you’ve glanced to the right or have a remotely encyclopaedic knowledge of the film you’ve probably guessed which event that is by now.

According to this poster recent toy fairs have seen Doctor Who toy producers, Character Options have been showing toys based on the forthcoming series. One of which features The Doctor encased in a similar way to Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back.

The source speculates that they strongly felt that this might be part of the episode’s cliff-hanger.

The same poster later added that her source suggested that the “carbonite” was transparent and might be ice or something similar.