10 Doctor Who Scenes More Terrifying When You Know The Truth

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If the Toymaker’s curse is real, then Catherine Tate better watch out!

BY RICHARD LLOYD
NOVEMBER 24TH, 2023

Doctor Who has had viewers hiding behind the sofa since 1963. But its scares tend to be pretty ‘safe’.

Sometimes it goes a step further – the Gelth, Chief Clown, Peg Dolls, and Miss Evangelista have all been said to give children sleepless nights. But the thrill of seeing these creatures, and the satisfaction derived from the Doctor defeating them, is all part of the show’s appeal.

As put by the Second Doctor, “There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things”, and they must be fought!

However, some of Doctor Who’s biggest scares come from beyond the television screen. After all, in the real world, there’s no Doctor to save the day – that we know of.

Over the last 60 years there are examples of actors getting injured (and nearly dying), haunted filming locations, a curse (supposedly) inflicted on a member of the cast, scripts with grim subtext lurking beneath the surface, and a scene that was cut because of its resemblance to a real-world tragedy.

Doctor Who may be a family show, but it has its fair share of dark secrets too.