10 Doctor Who Endings That Get Worse The More You Think About Them

Sometimes an ending is just a bit of a disappointment after an otherwise solid episode, and we all collectively move on with our coffee-drinking, AI-slop-tolerating lives.

Other times, an ending is so bad that it completely outshines the whole episode and makes everyone forget about every single other redeeming factor, instead acting as if the entire episode was the worst thing they've ever seen and an insult to Doctor Who and television itself.

Which, to be fair… this one kinda is.

That said, I challenge any of you to actually rewatch Love & Monsters and still tell me that the whole episode is terrible. There’s actually a lot to like about this episode, from LINDA coming together in their admiration of the Doctor, a true love letter to fandom and community, to the wider exploration of what happens to the people the Doctor leaves behind.

The problems really do overshadow all the nice moments here though, when we devolve into a chubby green alien running down the street with no clothes on. I mean, there’s a reason Peter Kay cites this episode as one of his career lowlights.

The cherry on top of the letdown-sundae is a truly cringy joke about Elton’s “relationship” with a paving slab. Nothing more really needs to be said here does it? You all knew this one would be on the list, so here it is, in all its buttock-faced glory.