10 Unintentionally Funny Doctor Who Moments

10. Mr Diagoras Is Absorbed - Daleks In Manhattan

The Series 3 two-part story Daleks In Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks has a divisive reputation among Who fans, to say the least. Its premise is quite goofy even by Doctor Who standards. The premise is that the Cult of Skaro, an elite Dalek science group, are hiding in the Empire State Building in 1930 and trying to manipulate the ongoing construction to create their own Frankenstein-esque human army.

Dalek Sec, the leader of the Cult of Skaro, decides that the Dalek race has to evolve to survive. To that end, he absorbs Mr. Diagoras, a faithful human servant of the Daleks, into his own body in order to create a Human-Dalek hybrid.

This scene is clearly meant to evoke a shocking body horror feeling but the effects are too cheap to take seriously. It just looks like Diagoras is getting slime poured over him or being absorbed by some angry jelly with tentacles. The slightly more adult connotations that one can take from the scene also don't help with the giggles.