Rubbish Monsters Are Love!

[andraste]

Sometimes, one finds oneself in a situation where one has to work out exactly which monsters are the funniest in Doctor Who history. And in a situation such as this, one turns to one's friends list.

[Poll #961303]

I can't believe I ran out of space before I got to the Bandril ambassador and the Kandyman!

One thing that makes me slightly sad about New Who is that when the special effects start to look shaky because times have moved on (and they will) they will only look like outdated CGI. Generally speaking the series having a budget now is a very good thing, but it means a lack of truly rubbish aliens.

Comments

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

The Kandyman isn't really a rubbish monster, though. It's profound. :)

The "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" dinosaurs became particularly excellent after their "Je T'aime" music video.

[andraste]

The Kandyman isn't really a rubbish monster, though. It's profound. :)

I love the Kandyman, but feel he deserved a place just because he can be defeated by having his feet stuck to the floor. (Mind you, the Cybermen are defeated in a series on increasingly stupid ways over the years and I don't think I'd count them.)

The "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" dinosaurs became particularly excellent after their "Je T'aime" music video.

... that went completely over my head. I beg an explanation!

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

There was a widely-distributed collection of fanvids about ten years ago (before internet distribution), which included one vid of, like, jsut all the times Tom Baker said "what?" (which was astonishingly hilarious), and lots of Pet Shop Boys, and some audio-only teasers of dialog edited into very risque Doctor/companion exchanges, and one of the best was the dinosaurs choreographed to the Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin track "Je T'aime". :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I had to put my hand up for the gellguards (aka the Jellyblobs of Doom, at least in our house)... they combine all the silliest things of all other monsters and then expand on them :)

[andraste]

I had to put my hand up for the gellguards (aka the Jellyblobs of Doom, at least in our house)... they combine all the silliest things of all other monsters and then expand on them :)

You make a good argument for their inclusion in the list *g*.

[youngest-one.livejournal.com]

Forget never having seen an episode of Doctor Who. Squids are always a bad a idea.

Although I'm curious just how obviously plastic this snake was.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

You forgot the rat. That rat. The one you were probably right to forget.

[lizvogel.livejournal.com]

The Zygons themselves should win for Most Obvious Zippers Up The Back.

[andraste]

The Zygons themselves should win for Most Obvious Zippers Up The Back.

They have some serious competition (from, among others, the Monoids in The Ark) but if there was a prize for that, they would win it *g*.