Afterlife The afterlife , also known as Slawcor by the Grel , was a term used for the plane of existence to which deceased souls were believed to go after death . History . When Davros was left near death following a Thal bombing on his laboratory during the Thousand Year War , he saw a vision of his mother Calcula which urged him to survive and live on . ( AUDIO : " Corruption " ) After Katarina ' s death , she entered an afterlife virtually identical to that of Greek mythology . She was unable to cross the River Styx , but a manifestation of her idea of the First Doctor helped her get to the Elysian Fields , the abode of the blessed . ( PROSE : " Katarina in the Underworld " ) According to one account , every living creature of N - Space had an N - Form which lived in Null - Space . After an individual died , their N - Form would leave Null - Space to enter a higher plane of existence , while their negative emotions would be left behind in Null - Space and devolve into monstrous beings . ( AUDIO : " The Ghosts of N - Space " ) The Beautiful Death , an attraction at the Festival of Death , allowed the users to temporarily die for half an hour and tour the afterlife . ( PROSE : " Festival of Death " ) After Grace Holloway was resurrected by the Eye of Harmony , she mentioned that the afterlife was " nothing to be afraid of . " ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) When Eugene Jones died , a Dogon sixth eye he had swallowed before his death removed his consciousness from his body and left it in a ghost - like state between life and death . After Eugene saved Gwen Cooper from dying the same way as him , his spirit passed into the afterlife . ( TV : " Random Shoes " ) According to John Tucker , Suzie Costello and Owen Harper , there was nothing but darkness in the afterlife . When Suzie and Owen were dead , they were in a dark void , with Death stalking them in the darkness , and were otherwise alone . ( TV : " Everything Changes " , " They Keep Killing Suzie " , " Dead Man Walking " ) Due to this , Owen and Suzie both greatly feared death , ( TV : " They Keep Killing Suzie " , " Exit Wounds " ) but Owen also seemed to consider death and this dark void afterlife an end to and release from all the good and bad things in life . ( TV : " A Day in the Death " ) However , this afterlife realm was not specified as all that existed after death , nor was it an absolute fate : one ' s soul could be pulled back out of it via a resurrection gauntlet or life knife if their body was fairly intact . ( TV : " Everything Changes " , " They Keep Killing Suzie " " Dead Man Walking " ) After Owen and Toshiko Sato ' s deaths , Gwen Cooper tried to use an alien artefact to send messages to them in the afterlife . ( AUDIO : " In the Shadows " ) After bombing two Sontaran s at the Siege of Trenzalore , the Papal Mainframe proceeded to select them an appropriate afterlife . ( TV : " The Time of the Doctor " ) Seb described the Nethersphere to CSO Matthew as having a range of names , including the afterlife and the Promised Land . ( TV : " The Caretaker " ) Cultural beliefs and interpretations of the afterlife . " Almost every culture in the universe " had some understanding of the concept of an afterlife . ( TV : " Dark Water " ) Some cultures , such as some those of human s on Earth , believed that after death , people went to one of two realms : an eternal paradise called Heaven , or a realm of punishment called Hell or Jahannam . ( AUDIO : " Lost Souls " , " The God Complex " ) Rita , a Muslim , mistakenly believed that the prison ship she was trapped on was Jahannam . ( TV : " The God Complex " ) In 1863 , an alternate dimension which shaped itself according to the wishes of its inhabitants was initially mistaken for the afterlife . ( PROSE : " Empire of Death " ) Draconian culture believed in a Heaven - like afterlife in which the Deathless Emperors spent their time playing games with sazou . ( AUDIO : " Paper Cuts " ) In Kahler culture , it was believed that after one died , they would be forced to climb a mountain , carrying the souls of everyone they had wronged in life . ( TV : " A Town Called Mercy " ) The Papal Mainframe could select people an appropriate afterlife based on their beliefs in life . ( TV : " The Time of the Doctor " )