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?[1]
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
- The Face of Boe would appear. This is due to the trailer including a close-up of a Boe-like eye. This ended up being the minotaur creature.
- The Weeping Angels would be the villains. An image of two angels is seen for a short time, but actual angels themselves do not appear.
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)
- We don't see what the Doctor's fear is in Room 11, but the Cloister Bell is heard. His exclamation of "Of course it's you" insinuates that he saw a person in the room or the Tardis dying.
- The Doctor had previously visited a strange realm which was a prison for a single individual in BFA: The Holy Terror.
Home video releases
DVD releases
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Blu-ray releases
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