

Legendary actor Derek Jacobi even portrayed Professor Yana, The Master’s humanized personality, and the performance was as electric as the exposed cables with which he murdered Chantho. For all the horrific aliens and monsters that he faces, the Doctor's greatest foe will always be his twisted Time Lord counterpart. Until 2007, my favorite David Tennant Doctor Who episode had been The. He (or she, depending on the regeneration) is very much the Moriarty to the Doctor's Sherlock Holmes. Gothic Horror and the Weeping Angels Trilogy DAVID WHITT In the interest of full. They have been reborn after seemingly dying for good (more than once) and changed far beyond the mustachioed origins of Roger Delgado, to the enigmatic psychopathy of Michelle Gomez.
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First appearance: "Terror of the Autons" (Season 8, Serial 1)Īn old friend, and an old foe, The Master has faced the Doctor throughout several lifecycles.We suspect the same can be said for a few adults too. The terrifying statues would then feed on the energy of their victims to keep themselves alive.Īppearing for the first time back in 2007 and returning a few times since, these frightening statues gave some younger Doctor Who fans a fright that wont soon be forgotten.

Mercifully, the angels would "kill" their victims by sending them back in time to live out their lives peacefully while being dead in the present day. It's a horrifying play on the concept of quantum physics and observations (think Schrodinger's box, only it kills you, not the cat). These menacing looking statue-like humanoids can kill people with a single touch and can only move when they're not being looked at, including when people blink. One of the most frightening Doctor Who villains on this list, at least for younger viewers, are the Weeping Angels.

