10 Times Doctor Who Wasted Great Villains
2. The Shakri
There are not many villains we come across that The Doctor fears, but when we do, they’re usually the best ones. The Shakri were a race that The Doctor believed to be the stuff of legends. He was taught at a young age that these monsters were the ruthless pest controllers of the universe.
In a great lead up, the episode The Power of Three spent its time setting up the Shakri’s plan by slowly invading Earth for over a year with mysterious cubes that came out of nowhere. Their plan was to stop the hearts of all humans in order to wipe them out of existence. Not only was it massively disappointing when we finally saw The Shakri, but their plan fell apart when The Doctor did some easy magic with the screwdriver and reversed the attack on Earth.
The Shakri were a cameo in their own episode, as we saw them all for about five or ten minutes before they disappeared into thin air. These could’ve been one of the most complicated and biggest threats in Matt Smith’s era, but they were wasted by what felt like lazy writing just to show how powerful and mighty The Doctor is.