Character not returning *spoilers*

[Nia M]

Hmm, that is actually a rather good idea. I was going to scour the last ep to see if I could find those shots, but as it appears that they were never used in S8, there is every change they will be used in the beginning of S9. Wouldn't be the first time they've used unused footage from the previous series finale in the new series first epsiode - think the extra stuff of Jo and Adam and Boscard that was shown in 7.01...