Doctor Who: 10 Worst NuWho Villains
4. SniperBots/The Remnants (The Ghost Monument)
The Ghost Monument is an episode where just about everything falls short, and that includes its villains. The story revolves around an epic race across a planet where everything is dangerous, and yet, Chris Chibnall's script doesn't seem bothered about expanding any of this stuff beyond mundane descriptive dialogue.
The writer also fails to deliver a single compelling villain, despite having multiple stabs at doing so. His first attempt is the SniperBots, robot soldiers with a bland design and some shocking aim that makes the Stormtroopers look like James Bond.
They're useless and they don't do anything remotely interesting, and the episode even makes a mockery of them in a scene where Ryan runs around in the open because he thinks he's playing Call Of Duty... and the SniperBots somehow miss him.
It's really dumb.
Next up, Chibnall introduces some sentient rags called the Remnants. Yes, sentient rags. Resembling used toilet paper, this is yet another bland design, and with some dodgy CGI and a severe lack of screen time (it seems like their only purpose is to tease the Doctor about the Timeless Child), it's impossible to take them seriously.