Doctor Who
Summary
For a science - fable show , Doctor Whohas boast a surprising number of creatures from the land of myth and folklore . However , the show often offers a more noetic account for the existence of such phenomena . Not allDoctor Whovillains come straight from the minds of its writer , but there is always an ingredient of pseudo - science involved when some of the more intimate antagonists are brought into the equation .
Doctor Who , despite not being a traditionally repugnance - found show , has plume itself on several occasion for have its audience fawn in fear behind the sofa . One of the most effective ways of achieve this outcome is to raven on the pre - existing phobic disorder of figures that have been part of unremarkable ghost stories for C . Whilenot all attempts at refreshing supernatural creatures are carry out to instill terror , they do share the common denominator of being explicate away by " science " within the world of the show . Some of the supernatural character also end up being some of thegreatest villains inDoctor Who .
Dr. Who has catch the nominal Dr. return some really terrifying performances , but these episode had taken the villainy to novel heights .
11Vampires Were Revealed To Be Vicious Water-Dwellers
Season 5, Episode 6, “The Vampires Of Venice”
Out of all the show ’s supernatural interpretations , Doctor Who ’s version of vampiresis probably the furthest removed from the creature that inspired them . However , the similarities between vampire and their marine counterparts are still obvious . In the world ofDoctor Who , vampires are in reality an alien , Pisces - similar backwash known as the Saturnynians . Through the use of a percept filter , the Saturnynians can appear human — though their razor - sharp tooth do n’t always make it past the disguise .
Much of the lore associated with vampire is turn to in the sequence , asSaturnynians can not tolerate the sunlight due to their alien origins . In summation , their thirst for blood is equal by their need for great volumes of water system . The deviation between vampires inDoctor Whoand vampires in folklore is that they are primarily female in the show , needing to feast on male targets to convince them into Saturnynians so that their dwindling backwash can continue .
10Goblins Were Created By Humans
2023 Christmas Special, “The Church On Ruby Road”
Doctor Who ’s goblinsare not too far dispatch from the version most people are familiar . However , there is a good grounds for that . In the world ofDoctor Who , goblins were brought into existence by human applied science in the 22nd century . The purpose of the act was to bring human imagination to lifespan . However , the Doctor claims that his superstitious Strategic Arms Limitation Talks gambit in " Wild Blue Yonder " grant goblins new power that resembled thaumaturgy .
As a solution of the Doctor ’s actions , the once - mythological beings now " bimble " through time , search for children to consume , as they interpret them as specially delicious . The children in question are targeted due to the infants ' photo to luck and circumstance , supposedly gaining more flavor each sentence . The goblin ' technology takes the form of complex Mexican valium mesh , wreak likewise to how an electric circuit might .
9Werewolves Started As Alien Life
Season 2, Episode 2, “Tooth And Claw”
It would be easy to confuse a werewolf fromDoctor Whowith one that has been lifted directly from ancient folklore . The two iterations of the beast in interrogation have only elusive dispute , the main one being their stemma . InDoctor Who , the Doctor refers to a werewolf as " Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform . “In short , this means that the show ’s werewolf started life among the hotshot .
When the Haemovariform ship crash - land during the sixteenth century , the noncitizen took on the strong-arm show and trait of a traditional werewolf , taking inspiration from the local caption . After this is taken into account , almost every other aspect of both version of the lycanthrope is the same . For instance , both thrive on moonlight and can bring another into their werewolf ranks with a single bite .
8Ghosts And Zombies Were Addressed As One
Season 1, Episode 3, “The Unquiet Dead”
In an innovative and economical move , Doctor Whocombined the traditional knowledge of both ghostwriter and zombiesin season 1 , instalment 3 , " The Unquiet Dead . " The alien slipstream that ’s used to explain both phenomena is known as the Gelth . Once a corporeal living form , the Gelth are unveil in " The Unquiet Dead " to now live only in a gaseous state as a result of the Time War .
In this form , the Gelth terrify the multitude of Dickensian London by letting loose ghostly call from pipe and taking control of corpses by reanimating them . While the Gelth claim to only want freedom from their prison house , their actual goals are revealed to be much more nefarious . As a result , the Ninth Doctor and his companions are forced to stop the Gelth .
" The Unquiet Dead " featured Eve Myles as Gwyneth . Admiralty mile went on to play Gwen Cooper inTorchwood , aDoctor Whospinoff . The matter of their selfsame appearance was explained by Gwen being a descendant of Gwyneth .
7Witches Used Word-Based Science From The Stars
Season 3, Episode 2, “The Shakespeare Code”
Math and skill go hand - in - hired hand , butDoctor Whoswapped the maths ingredient for words and brought beldam into the equality . InDoctor Who , what initially seems like magic is almost always just a new class of science . In " The Shakespeare Code,“the Carrionites look , act , and sound very much like traditional witches . With the literary attainment of William Shakespeare at their command , the Carrionites are able to stir spells beyond their wildest dream , but the Doctor is thankfully there to stop the mysterious aliens ' conjuring . It may not have been one of the mosthistorically exact episodes ofDoctor Who , but it was one of the most entertaining .
6Zombies Were Given A Temporal Edge
Season 7, Episode 10, “Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS”
The aptly named time zombie take the form of future versions of Clara Oswald , the Eleventh Doctor , and other characters . It was ab initio unclear where the zombies had come from untilthe Doctor revealed that the seriously burn off figures were succeeding version of Clara and himselfafter perishing in the heat found at the ticker of the TARDIS . The undead creatures had traveled back through a tear in time , intend the Eleventh Doctor and his fellow were being afforded a glance into a possible futurity — one they at long last managed to avoid .
Doctor Whoalso featured a slightly more traditional take on zombies in season 10 , installment 5 , " Oxygen . "
5Sirens Took A New Place In Pirate Lore
Season 6, Episode 3, “The Curse Of The Black Spot”
Traditional pirates and skill - fable do n’t often jar , butDoctor Whopulled it off in " The Curse of the Black Spot . " In fiction , a Siren often takes the form of a beautiful woman to lure unsuspecting boater to their deaths . Doctor Whoput a fresh twisting on this conception and made it so the Siren intend to help heal injury and foreclose dying . The Siren inDoctor Whotook the shape of a medical hologram from another attribute , whose ship had become intertwined with the pirate watercraft in " The Curse of the Black Spot . "
InDoctor Who , what initially seems like magic is almost always just a newfangled form of skill .
The Siren left a black spot on each penis of the crew she considered in need of her help , which was inevitably taken as a bad omen . When she return to take the pirate to her own ship to regale them , the fact that they vanish was comprehend as nothing short of terrifying , as the literary pirate in question had no way of knowing the Siren meant no harm . It take on the Doctor ’s presence to clear things up .
The Siren inDoctor Whoused her call as an anaesthetic agent , and her human appearance was an designed move in an effort to put her patients at repose .
4Angels Are More Than Just Statues
Season 3, Episode 10, “Blink”
Although " Blink " was their first appearance , the Weeping Angels have recall toDoctor Whotime and sentence again . Before " Blink , " the ghost of an Angel Falls would have seemed to be a calming and positive concept . However , the long - running sci - fi show has managed to take the tranquility away from the lore of holy person and replace it with pure veneration and scurvy terror .
The Weeping Angels are some of Doctor Who ’s most terrifying villains , but why do they take the phase of angels ? The Doctor have it away the answer .
AlthoughDoctor Whohas never explicitly stated that the Weeping Angels are intended to be the same beings as from various religious texts , their physical similarities make the import difficult to ignore . The origins of the Weeping Angels remain shrouded in mystery , with the enigmatical subspecies only being described as being as honest-to-god as the universe of discourse itself . So , although a version of angels is present in theDoctor Whouniverse , the ground for their beingness is grueling to compare with their " actual - human race " counterparts .
3The Devil Was Trapped Beneath A Planet’s Surface
Season 2, Episode 9, “The Satan Pit”
Doctor Wholeaves the idea of the Devil for the most part untouchedwhen it appear in the show . The historic period of the Beast flummox even the 10th Doctor of the Church , when it claims to have exist since before the universe of discourse start . Such an unimaginable period of metre would seem to align with certain spiritual beliefs that deities do not adhere to traditional temporal construct , predating the existence of the universe .
The Beast in " The Satan Pit , " along with bear the strikingly familiar crimson skin and horned skull , also boasts the ability to own other lifetime forms and breathe fire . fundamentally , Doctor Whonever makes it clear whether the Beast in the episode is what some would consider to be the " lawful " Devil or whether it ’s an foreign being with a completely separate origin . However , eventhe Doctor wear that the Beast is at least the loose cornerstone of what became the figure of evil in many religious texts .
2The Monster Under The Bed Was A Friend All Along (Mostly)
Season 8, Episode 4, “Listen”
The trope of the monster under the layer is address twice in " Listen,“but only one instance is ever in full explained . The first involves a sojourn to Danny Pink ’s past , where an ominous cast draped in his layer covers is never revealed . The other is a much more wholesome and mind - crouch version of the phenomenon . The Doctor remark throughout the episode the sensory faculty of never feeling alone as a young boy on Gallifrey .
The impression is confirmed to be justified , as it ferment out that the respective timelines ofClara Oswald and the Twelfth Doctorare even more intertwined than previously remember . Consoling the young Doctor , Clara echoes his own future intelligence of encouragement on the conception of fear . The mystery surrounding the estimation of a monster under the seam is both resolved and deepened furtherin " Listen , " leaving the factor of unease entire .
