The God Complex (TV story)

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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, where 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? Can the Doctor solve the mystery before the residents check out in grisly style?[1]

Plot

Lucy Hayward is writing about a mysterious monster and how it has made all of her companions 'praise him' after they find their rooms. Soon she starts to praise him and the creature kills her.

The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in the hotel and the Doctor begins to investigate, certain that they are somewhere fascinating. Rory shows him a picture of a Sontaran on the wall. They see many pictures, including a Judoon Captain and Lucy Hayward. They ring the front desk bell and almost gets hit by a chair leg held by a girl called Rita. Rita is with Howie and Gibbis, a cowardly, mole-like alien.

Rita says that each room contains a bad dream.. The Doctor goes to see Joe, who is tied up in his room, which is full of ventriloquist's dummies. Joe tells him that everyone here has a room, even him. They take Joe with them, but the creature senses Joe's presence and kills him.

Everyone searches for rooms to hide in. Howie's room holds attractive girls who mock him for being nerdy and stuttering. The Doctor pulls him out of the room and they look for somewhere else to hide. Amy, Howie and Gibbis enter a room full of Weeping Angels. The Doctor arrives and tells Amy to face her fear,. They're not real.

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Cast

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.

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

Home video releases

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Footnotes