The God Complex (TV story)

The God Complex (TV story)

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The God Complex
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond (departs) Rory Williams (departs)
Main enemy:	Minotaur
Main setting:	Prison ship
Key crew
Writer:	Toby Whithouse
Director:	Nick Hurran
Release details
Story number:	221
Release number:	Series 6
Premiere broadcast:	17th September 2011
Format:	1x 45 minutes
Confidential:	[[confidential::Heartbreak Hotel|Heartbreak Hotel]]

The God Complex (TV story) was the eleventh episode in the sixth series of Doctor Who.

Synopsis

The Doctor, Amy and Rory investigate a hotel of horror where repeat business is low but the body count is high... A mighty monster stalks the corridors and the rooms hold visions of Angels, apes and creepy clowns. Who - or what - has brought them to this place? And can the Doctor solve the mystery before the residents check out in grisly style?

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
• Amelia Pond - Caitlin Blackwood
• Lucy Hayward - Sarah Quintrell
• Rita - Amara Karan
• Howie Spragg - Dimitri Leonidas
• Joe Buchanan - Daniel Pirrie
• Gibbis - David Walliams
• PE Teacher - Dafydd Emyr
• The Creature - Spencer Wilding
• Rita's Father - Rashid Karapiet
• Gorilla - Roger Ennals

Crew

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References

• Joe sings "Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to chop off your head". This is from the centuries-old nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons.
• Amy's room number was 7, a reference to her age when she first met the Doctor and Karen Gillan being the seventh multi-story companion since the start of the new series.
• The Doctor's room number was 11, which is the episode number, a reference to his eleven incarnations, and Matt Smith being the eleventh actor to play the Doctor in the main series.

Story notes

• At the time of the script read-through, Lucy Hayward's name was "Lucy Miller". (CON: Heartbreak Hotel) It was ostensibly changed so as to avoid conflict with Lucie Miller, the long-term audio companion of the Eighth Doctor.
• Rita becomes the latest in a line of characters who are invited to become companions by the Doctor, only to die soon after. The list includes also Lynda Moss (DW: Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways), and Astrid Peth (DW: Voyage of the Damned).

Ratings

• UK Overnight: 5.2 Million

Myths

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Filming locations

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Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

• As the group climbed the stairs (all 6 of them), the edge of the TARDIS was visible. (To see this, look to the mid-right of the screen in this shot, the bottom of it can just be seen)

Continuity

• The Minotaur is a relative of the Nimon. (DW: The Horns of Nimon, BFA: Seasons of Fear)
• A Sontaran, a Silurian, a Tritovore, a Hoix , a Catkind and a Judoon appear in photographs. (DW: The Time Warrior, Doctor Who and the Silurians, Planet of the Dead, Love and Monsters, New Earth, Smith and Jones)
• Ace previously "saved the day" by losing faith in the Seventh Doctor. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)
• The Daleks are mentioned. (DW: The Daleks)
• A Rubik's cube is seen again. (DW: Night Terrors)
• The Weeping Angels are Gibbis' biggest fear, and Amy mentions having encountered them. (DW: Blink; The Time of Angels)
• The Doctor now appears to enjoy apples. (DW: The Eleventh Hour)
• The Minotaur's final words were a prophetic statement delivered both to and about a long-lived traveller, similar to the Face of Boe. (DW: Gridlock)
• The Sixth Doctor previously visited a world designed to imprison an individual, namely Eugene Tacitus. (BFA: The Holy Terror)

Home video releases

DVD releases

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Blu-ray releases

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External links

• The God Complex at the official Doctor Who website