10 Terrible CGI Moments In Modern Doctor Who

6. The Jagrafess (The Long Game)

Doctor Who Jagrafess The Long Game
BBC Studios

Pretty much every episode in Christopher Eccleston's run as the Doctor contains some cringey CGI. From the last fifteen years of the show, his is probably the series that had the least amount of money, and it really does show.

Case in point: the Jagrafess found in episode seven, The Long Game.

A big messy blob of pixels with two rows of teeth slapped on the bottom, this villain isn't particularly well designed or executed. It looks basic in every sense of the word, almost like the team couldn't be bothered and just made the quickest and easiest monster they could. It's just a big splat of unconvincing digital goop.

There's also a funny shot near the end of the episode where the Jagrafess explodes, and it looks like there's a giant turd dangling from the top of the screen.

Doctor Who The Long Game The Jagrafess
BBC

This image nicely sums up the Jagrafess as a whole: it looks like crap.

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