Thirty Days of Doctor Who: Day Fourteen

[andraste]

Day 14 – The Villain Who Scared You the Most

Easiest question to answer to far - the Krynoid. The Seeds of Doom episode four is the first Doctor Who I remember seeing as a child. Not only did I flee half way through, I was put off the show for my entire childhood. Even into my teens I would leave the room whenever I heard the theme song. (Yes, there is a certain irony there.)

It's not the fifty-foot tall monster towering over the mansion that scared me, but the seed pod and what it did to its human victims. To this day, it's one of the most frightening concepts in series history. It's the same thing that's scary about the Cybermen or the gasmask zombies, only in some ways its even worse because of the way the Kryoid co-opts the local plants and wants nothing more than to destroy all animal life, everywhere.

Because of my early exposure, not even the Weeping Angels will ever match Keeler's transformation for sheer horror as far as I'm concerned.



Day 01 - Your Favourite Quote
Day 02 – Your Favourite Classic Series Episode
Day 03 – Your Favourite New Series Episode
Day 04 – Your Favourite Doctor
Day 05 – Your Favourite Companion
Day 06 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 07 – Your Favourite Piece of Music
Day 08 – A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Happy
Day 09 – A Who-Related Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad
Day 10 – A Who-Related Photo That You Took
Day 11 – Your Favourite Season (Classic or New)
Day 12 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 13 – Your Favourite Villain
Day 14 – The Villain Who Scared You the Most
Day 15 – Favourite Who-Related Tumblr
Day 16 – Your Favourite Who-Related FanFic
Day 17 – A Piece of Who-Related FanArt
Day 18 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 19 – The Scene That Made Your Cry the Most
Day 20 – The Character Who Is Most Like You
Day 21 – Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 – A Who-Related Fan-Site
Day 23 – A Who-Related YouTube Video
Day 24 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Day 25 – Favourite Who Actor
Day 26 – Favourite Who Actress
Day 27 – An Episode You Wish Hadn’t Been Made
Day 28 – An Episode Idea You Created Yourself
Day 29 – Who You Think Should Be the Next Doctor
Day 30 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Comments

[st_aurafina]

I was so scared of the Krynoid. Didn't stop me watching, or anything. But yeah, when my little sister told me I had to sleep in the bed by the window because there was one of those pods sitting on the window frame, I lay awake waiting for that cracking sound.

I think it was scary because there was this cruel time gap between being infected and being affected, if you know what I mean? I remember feeling the same way about that X-Files episode with the ice worms.

[andraste]

I think it was scary because there was this cruel time gap between being infected and being affected, if you know what I mean?

Yes - Keeler gets to spend the best part of the episode begging Chase to take him to a hospital or something while he gets greener and greener. *shudder*

I remember feeling the same way about that X-Files episode with the ice worms.

Ice! One of my favourites, in an I'm-gonna-hide-over-here kind of way.

[jesuswasbatman]

I was terrified when I was young and banned from watching the series for a while because of the Gundans in Warriors' Gate. They still give me a bit of a frisson when I watch the story now, something about their skull-like faces.