8 Doctor Who Moments The Creators Don't Like

2. Peter Davison Thinks The Plasmatons Are Rubbish

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Doctor Who is famous for having some questionable production values, especially during the classic years.

Though this is part of the low-budget charm of the show, it's fair to say that a lot of the monsters back in those days looked pretty cheap and unconvincing, and the Fifth Doctor himself, Peter Davison, would definitely agree - at least, in regards to one specific creature.

The serial Time-Flight features entities called Plasmatons, which basically look like shapeless grey blobs of gunk. Their design is pretty uninspired and bland, and Davison thinks they look flat-out rubbish:

"They were just nothing at all, they were lumps of polystyrene... it was just one more indignity that was heaped upon the story. It was a real symbol that [the BBC had] run out of money. 'What can we do for these Plasmatons? Let's just make them lumps of polystyrene!'"

To be fair to the Doctor Who team, they didn't really have a lot of money back in those days, and their effects technology was much more limited than it is today.

That being said... we have to agree with Davison. Sorry, Plasmatons.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for almost nine years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. He has been writing and video editing for 10+ years, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers and uploading them to YouTube (they're admittedly a bit rusty by today's standards). If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order or to tell you about the making of 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks, Danny is the person to ask.