10 Dumbest Things That Have Ever Happened In Doctor Who

6. The Iceworld Cliffhanger

Say "cock up" to many Whovians and they'll inevitably think of Dragonfire, more specfically the end of Part One. The Seventh Doctor is exploring the inner recesses of chilly freezer centre-cum-polar wasteland Iceworld. Reaching a dead end, he decides to try and climb down a wall of sheer slipperiness. Does he break out the crampons and rope? Nope. Sylvester McCoy ushers in the credits looking like a right chump as he dangles from the brink like the last sausage in a butcher's closing down sale. Attempts have been made to justify the logic behind the Time Lord's actions. He didn't have anywhere to go, so he went down. Yes, but he didn't even have grips on his shoes. And what's wrong with going back the way he came? This incarnation was supposed to err on the side of slapstick, but Buster Keaton himself would balk at the situation McCoy wound up in.