History NightmareFuel / DoctorWho

* Sutekh, however, beats every single example in this folder to death by what he does. We only see him for one episode, and yet he is one of the most terrifying villains in the series to date. Nearly wiping out his own race? Check. OmnicidalManiac? Check. Murdering his own servants? Check. Possessing a Egyptologist's corpse and turning him into an utterly ruthless killing machine? Check. Capable of {{mind rap|e}}ing the Doctor into complete submission and making him obey his orders? Check. So dangerous he scares the Doctor and the Time Lords cannot defeat him? Check. And if Sutekh escaped, he wouldn't just wipe out all humans, he would wipe out every single existing thing in the universe-stars, planets, etc. He would annihilate the Daleks, crush the Ice Warriors, destroy the Sontarans, wipe out the Cybermen, burn the Autons, murder the Master, make the Silurians extinct and even take on the Great Intelligence (and very likely win). And if he ever possessed the Doctor completely and made him his slave, he could make companions or the Doctor himself no longer exist! Worst of all, he would not stop until the universe was completely empty.

-->'''Son of Mine:''' He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains forged in the heart of a dwarf star. He tricked my mother into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy. He still visits my sister, once a year, every year. I wonder if one day he might forgive her... but there she is. Can you see? He trapped her inside a mirror. ''Every'' mirror. As for me, I was suspended in time and the Doctor put me to work standing over the fields of England as their protector. We wanted to live forever, ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor So the Doctor made sure we did]].''

* What's really worth mentioning regarding the Master beginning with Spyfall is his volatile temper. Sure Jon Simm's Master was also prone to outbursts but it's been amplified to 1000000% since finding out the secret of the Timeless Child, which he considers a personal humiliation. Now he's like an exposed nerve with anything setting him off into a loud violent rage and with each defeat he gets even worse. Whereas the other Master's have moments of satisfaction, Dhawan's Master, due to his pulsating insecurities regarding the Doctor, is never satisfied, even when getting what he wants, making him more dangerous and unpredictable than ever.

* In Britain at least, '''[[Characters/DoctorWhoDaleks the Daleks]] themselves''' are infamous for being walking (or, rather, rolling) NightmareFuel. There is a stereotype associated with the Daleks that involves them sending children into hiding behind the sofa, such is how utterly terrifying they are. At first they appear quite silly and innocuous -- [[LetsMockTheMonsters people have compared them to dustbins, pepper shakers and the like]]. But Daleks are ''mobile tanks'', populated by a small, mutated alien that WasOnceAMan, but is now an unrecognisable [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream soft jelly-thing]]. They have been genetically mutated to the point that their prime directive for their existence, the ''one'' motivating factor that makes them do the things they do is not self-preservation, not a desire to replicate, but sheer ''hatred'' of ''all non-Dalek existence''. They are the ultimate xenophobes. They are a mass of bubbling, pulsating, violent ''hate'', and ''that'' is what makes them dangerous -- ''[[ObliviouslyEvil and they see nothing wrong with this]].'' They aren't in it for wealth, or any sort of gain. They aren't even in it to conquer, really, except to destroy everything that is not Dalek. They are considered one of the Doctor's most formidable foes for a reason. Because [[Film/TheTerminator they cannot be bargained or reasoned with]] -- they exist ''only'' to, in a word: "'''''[[AC:[[CharacterCatchphrase Ex-ter-mi-nate!]]]]'''''"

--> '''The Master:''' And now, my dear Doctor, you will die! Die, Doctor! DIE, DOCTOR!!! [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA HA HA!!!]]

* In Britain at least, '''[[Characters/DoctorWhoDaleks the Daleks]] themselves''' are infamous for being walking (or, rather, rolling) NightmareFuel. There is a stereotype associated with the Daleks that involves them sending children into hiding behind the sofa, such is how utterly terrifying they are. At first they appear quite silly and innocuous -- [[LetsMockTheMonsters people have compared them to dustbins, pepper shakers and the like]]. But Daleks are ''mobile tanks'', populated by a small, mutated alien that WasOnceAMan, but is now an unrecognisable [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream soft jelly-thing]]. They have been genetically mutated to the point that their prime directive for their existence, the ''one'' motivating factor that makes them do the things they do is not self-preservation, not a desire to replicate, but sheer ''hatred'' of ''all non-Dalek existence''. They are the ultimate xenophobes. They are a mass of bubbling, pulsating, violent ''hate'', and ''that'' is what makes them dangerous. They aren't in it for wealth, or any sort of gain. They aren't even in it to conquer, really, except to destroy everything that is not Dalek. They are considered one of the Doctor's most formidable foes for a reason. Because [[Film/TheTerminator they cannot be bargained or reasoned with]] -- they exist ''only'' to, in a word: "'''''[[AC:[[CharacterCatchphrase Ex-ter-mi-nate!]]]]'''''"

* Weeping Angels
** "Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast; faster than you can believe. DON'T turn your back. DON'T look away. And DON'T Blink." This is from a guy whose traveled all of space and time and encountering all kinds of nasties. This is his warning about the Weeping Angels.

** Weeping Angels are unkillable, but they can turn you into one of them if you look into their eyes long enough, in other words they are a forever growing invincible army. (Though seeing as the human race survived to the end of the universe, it seems this was never an issue.) Also, did you ever wonder why that planet had so many of them? One can easily come to the conclusion the entire civilization was Angel-ified.

** By extension, Davros himself is an EvilCripple who can do little more than talk and move his right hand. Yet he has a genius appreciated even by the Doctor (who is not one inclined to compliment anyone's intelligence without mentioning his own), and when asked whether he would release a virus capable of consuming all life in the universe, gleefully proclaimed that he would do it. The idea of a single life-form being the sole and single thing in existence was fascinating and the power to set that virus free was the power of gods. As Davros goes on, he loses more and more of his humanoid form, going from a man in a wheelchair to just his head. [[Recap/DoctoWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Later he appears to reacquire a body]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth but rips it apart to provide raw material for a new army of Daleks]]. Every bit as unreasoningly evil as his creations, Davros also possesses the intellect to bring his plans to fruition. Davros wants nothing more than to create the UltimateLifeForm, and then prove it by destroying all others.

** And now we know from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime "World Enough And Time"]] that the very first Cybermen were operated on against their will, led to the "Conversion Theatre" under false pretenses until they could be subdued, then subjected to what was, at the time, experimental surgery to try and preserve the Mondasians trapped aboard a GenerationShip slowly eeking away from a black hole.

** By extension, Davros himself is an EvilCripple who can do little more than talk and move his right hand. Yet he has a genius appreciated even by the Doctor (who is not one inclined to compliment anyone's intelligence without mentioning his own), and when asked whether he would release a virus capable of consuming all life in the universe, gleefully proclaimed that he would do it. The idea of a single life-form being the sole and single thing in existence was fascinating and the power to set that virus free was the power of gods. As Davros goes on, he loses more and more of his humanoid form, going from a man in a wheelchair to just his head. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth Later he appears to reacquire a body, but rips it apart to provide raw material for a new army of Daleks]]. Every bit as unreasoningly evil as his creations, Davros also possesses the intellect to bring his plans to fruition. Davros wants nothing more than to create the UltimateLifeForm, and then prove it by destroying all others.

** The Daleks and the Emperor that appear in Series 1 are very unnervingly different. They're stated to be insane (and have a ''religion'', which is just as twisted as you'd expect for Daleks); they ''loathe'' themselves due to having been created from human material, and they take their time in killing people on the Game Station. The Emperor in particular has AGodAmI delusions and taunts the Doctor with ''extraordinary perceptiveness'' for a Dalek.
** We learn in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar The Witch's Familiar]]" that the Daleks take ThePowerOfHate to new and terrifying levels; when they scream "EXTERMINATE", that's how they ''reload''.
** Their role in the Time War. The Time Lords are {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s of the highest order, having technology able to manipulate the fabric or the cosmos at their fingertips. The Daleks managing to fight a war with them would be frightening enough indicator, but the resulting war was so terrible, Eight BROKE, [[EvenEvilHasStandards The Master got the Hell out of dodge]], the Time Lords actually planned on ascending to a higher form at the expense of the entire universe, and War was seriously intending to wipe out both sides just to end it. When we see the Last Day of the Time War, the Daleks are completely and utterly ''razing'' Gallifrey, with the civilians and soldiers struggling to survive. This is while they're still pepperpots with high-pitched voices by the way.
* The Valeyard is pretty terrifying. He's the utter dark side of a character we have followed and loved for years. He has all the intelligence, the drive and knowledge of the Doctor. But none of the morals. He is manipulative, nasty and will kill you with a second thought.
** The Master was ''afraid'' of the Valeyard.

** By extension, Davros himself is an EvilCripple who can do little more than talk and move his right hand. Yet he has a genius appreciated even by the Doctor (who is not one inclined to compliment anyone's intelligence without mentioning his own), and when asked whether he would release a virus capable of consuming all life in the universe, gleefully proclaimed that he would do it. The idea of a single life-form being the sole and single thing in existence was fascinating and the power to set that virus free was the power of gods. As Davros goes on, he loses more and more of his humanoid form, going from a man in a wheelchair to just his head. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth Later he appears to reacquire a body, but rips it apart to provide raw material for a new army of Daleks]]. Every bit as unreasoningly evil as his creations, Davros also possesses the intellect to bring his plans to fruition. Davros wants nothing more than to create the ultimate life-form, and then prove it by destroying all others.

** By extension, Davros himself is an EvilCripple who can do little more than talk and move his right hand. Yet he has a genius appreciated even by the Doctor (who is not one inclined to compliment anyone's intelligence without mentioning his own), and when asked whether he would release a virus capable of consuming all life in the universe, gleefully proclaimed that he would do it. The idea of a single life-form being the sole and single thing in existence was fascinating and the power to set that virus free was the power of gods. As Davros goes on, he loses more and more of his humanoid form, going from a man in a wheelchair to just his head. Later he appears to reacquire a body, but rips it apart to provide raw material for a new army of Daleks. Every bit as unreasoningly evil as his creations, Davros also possesses the intellect to bring his plans to fruition. Davros wants nothing more than to create the ultimate life-form, and then prove it by destroying all others.

** By extension, Davros himself is a cripple who can do little more than talk and move his right hand. Yet he has a genius appreciated even by the Doctor (who is not one inclined to compliment anyone's intelligence without mentioning his own), and when asked whether he would release a virus capable of consuming all life in the universe, gleefully proclaimed that he would do it. The idea of a single life-form being the sole and single thing in existence was fascinating and the power to set that virus free was the power of gods. As Davros goes on, he loses more and more of his humanoid form, going from a man in a wheelchair to just his head. Later he appears to reacquire a body, but rips it apart to provide raw material for a new army of Daleks. Every bit as unreasoningly evil as his creations, Davros also possesses the intellect to bring his plans to fruition. Davros wants nothing more than to create the ultimate life-form, and then prove it by destroying all others.

** It really says a lot about the sheer horror the Daleks command, in that they look like giant pepper shakers with ''toilet plunger arms'', which should make them {{Narm}} of the highest calibre. And yet... they still manage to be completely ''terrifying''.

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