20 Worst Moments In Modern Doctor Who

The God Complex is a genuinely unsettling episode of Doctor Who about a hotel with rooms containing everyone's darkest fears. It co-stars comedian David Walliams, whose room is presumably full of outdated Little Britain sketches.

We see laughing puppets, sad clowns, Weeping Angels, and even overly-stern parents, all representing the fears of the story's core cast. Most of these fears are effectively portrayed, but one that doesn't fare so well is this laughable "gorilla", which attacks Lucy Hayward during the pre-titles sequence.

Now sure the BBC didn't have the budget to call in Andy Serkis for a bit of mo-cap… but was this thing supposed to look so fake?

Either way, this bizarre sight completely destroys the tension of the scene – as does the unusual choice to add a "toilet flushing" sound effect as the gorilla lumbers out of the bathroom. So is Lucy scared of gorillas in general? Or gorillas in toilets? Who trained that gorilla to use an indoor toilet? Why did it take the toilet paper out of the bathroom?

I could go on but let’s just summarise by saying it’s cringey and I hate it.