Stories Television Doctor Who (2005-2022) Doctor Who S6 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The God Complex 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 2 Statistics Quotes 1 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, September 17, 2011 Production Code 2.11 Written by Toby Whithouse Directed by Nick Hurran Runtime 50 minutes Story Type Companion Exit Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Base Under Siege, Mind Control Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Crack in time Location (Potential Spoilers!) Space UK Viewers 6.77 million Appreciation Index 86 Synopsis The Eleventh 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? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith Amy Pond Karen Gillan Rory Williams Arthur Darvill Minotaur Tivolian First Appearance Hoix Weeping Angels Show All Characters (7) How to watch The God Complex: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Complete Sixth Series [Steelbook] Blu-Ray The Complete Sixth Series DVD The Complete Sixth Series Blu-Ray Series 6: Part 2 DVD Series 6: Part 2 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 2 reviews 23 September 2024 · 81 words Review by AndyUK Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Very good episode for the most part. Quite creepy and the faith stuff was pretty interesting. There were a couple of interesting additions to The Doctor's character, such as the stuff about him taking companions with him because he wants to show off and how he's leaving Amy and Rory because it's better than them being killed. I like how this version of The Doctor has a good bit of depth, he's not just a superhero that can do no wrong. Like Liked 1 23 April 2024 · 235 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! A surprisingly effective episode. Much like Night Terrors, one that’s not spoken about much but delivers something unique and interesting to the cannon. A year after Toby Whithouse’s slightly dodgy fish-vampire tale he returns with something a little more thoughtful and even a little intellectual. The Doctor and friends are stuck in a liminal space, an ageing hotel, which changes shape forming a maze. Behind each hotel door is a fear calling out for a lost soul wandering around the maze. We get a proto-companion who’s ripped from The Doctor before she can see the world (another Lorna Bucket!) a cowardly alien and a nerdy conspiracy theorist. Tonnes of memorable guest cast members wander around a striking set which looks nothing like anything else we’ve seen in the show despite literally being corridors! The idea of faith being stolen to feed the maze’s monitor is reminiscent of a clever idea from Big Finish’s 8th Doctor audio Faith Stealer, likely a coincidence. It’s a striking concept which leaves pretty much anyone vulnerable, but in an individual and personal way. Before watching this episode, I remembered that Amy and Rory were left by The Doctor at this point in the series and it slightly annoyed me. But seeing it play out was actually quite beautiful. The Doctor is saving his companions in the only way he knows how. Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating587 members 4.13 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,110 votes 3.97 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating185 votes 4.05 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1258 Favourited 177 Reviewed 2 Saved 3 Skipped 0 Owned 10 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite (Little Amelia is sitting on her suitcase, looking out of the window. Rory tries to hold the door shut as the Minotaur pounds on it. Amy drops to her knees.) AMY: Doctor, it's happening. It's changing me. It's changing my thoughts. DOCTOR: I can't save you from this. There's nothing I can do to stop this. AMY: What? DOCTOR: I stole your childhood and now I've led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. (The Minotaur bursts in.) DOCTOR: Forget your faith in me. I took you with me because I was vain. Because I wanted to be adored. Look at you. Glorious Pond, the girl who waited for me. I'm not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it's time we saw each other as we really are. (The Minotaur staggers backwards.) DOCTOR: Amy Williams, it's time to stop waiting. — The God Complex Transcript Needs checking [Hotel] (A lone policewoman walks the corridors of a deserted hotel, then opens the door to room 214. There is a sad clown in there, holding a balloon and sitting on the bed.) LUCY [OC]: My name is Lucy Hayward, and I'm the last one left. (Room 215 has an old-fashioned photographer with a girl and a birthday cake.) LUCY [OC]: It's funny. You don't know what's going to be in your room until you see it, then you realise it could have never been anything else. Show Full Transcript Open in new window