Well that was a blast from the past...
Following a fakeout where it's theorized that the mysterious woman popping up in episode after episode may be the long lost Susan Foreman (last seen in the episode "The Five Doctors" in 1983), it turns out they were the villain Sutekh, last seen in the episode "Pyramids of Mars" in 1975.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Foreman
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Doctors
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramids_of_Mars
Season Finale next week!
Sutekh is one of those villains I've always felt was hyped more than he was. I mean yeah, omnicidal maniac from an insanely advanced civilisation, but I wouldn't put him above the goddamn Toymaker.
Fenric would have been a better fit.
Or the Rani.
Rani's Flood you silly rabbit