10 Doctor Who Moments More Disturbing Than You Remember

9. The Truth Behind The Toclafane

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There is a lot going on in Series 3’s epic three-part finale.

The return of Captain Jack, the regeneration of the Master, British government conspiracies, time paradoxes, world domination, the Doctor being aged to the point that he looks like Dobby the House Elf – and, for a brief moment, the horrifying final end for the human race.

It's easy to remember the Toclafane as little more than the Master’s robot minions, but next to all the general death and misery they offer possibly the most disturbing moment in the finale.

This comes when Martha manages to capture one of the Toclafane, at which point it’s revealed that inside their casings are the last remaining humans from Utopia, who have been horribly mutated, cybernetically augmented, and entombed inside their floating metal casings.

Not least because of some brilliantly gruesome creature design and the pure horror etched across Martha's face when she realises what's happened, this moment is as grim as anything you'll see in the show.

And yet, all anyone seems to remember from this episode is Space Jesus. Oh Russell.

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