Doctor Who: EVERY NuWho Villain And Monster Ranked Worst To Best
134. Pyroviles
Appear in: The Fires of Pompeii.
It's hard to reconcile how a race of massive magma monsters that emit sounds akin to a squealing pig also possess an amazing ability to psychically manipulate the minds of Pompeii's augurs and soothsayers to help them take over the world.
Not that you'd be contemplating that if faced with a Pyrovile that's about to incinerate you.
On that taking over the world note, the Doctor does point out to Lucius Petrus Dextrus that our planet is made up of "70 per cent water", to which Lucius retorts: "Water can boil." True, Lucius, but it's hard to reconcile your supreme confidence when we've seen a Pyrovile taken out by a bucket of water, and flinch rather pathetically when sprayed with a water pistol.