10 Worst Doctor Who Prosthetics Ever

6. The Myrka - Warriors Of The Deep (1984)

It is just a pantomime horse. That is it.

The fifth Doctor lands in 2084 during a cold war that threatens to heat up thanks to the Silurians and Sea Devils. The reptilians want to reclaim the Earth from the humans and among all the chaos the Silurians unleash a dreaded Myrka. So deadly it could kill with a single touch, this powerful reptilian creature was…just two guys in a suit, and a truly awful one at that.

The costume couldn’t be fitted to either of the puppeteers as it was finished just an hour before it was needed on set. That meant that it was still wet from the paint so it tended to rub off on the surrounding set, which you can spot in a few scenes if you know where to look. It also stank of adhesive and the paint, making it no fun to be around on set - which seemed to show when no one really displayed genuine concern that this supposed killer was waddling around.

There is a slight defence to be given here in that during production the Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, called a general election which meant that more space at the BBC was demanded and this episode lost two weeks of production time. The biggest problem this caused was the creation of the Myrka costume. Thanks Thatcher.