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== Classic Who ==

* Everything about Daleks for some newer fans. They're such vicious monsters that it [[Crosses the Line Twice|loops around from the other direction]] as cute. And despite being vicious monsters, people still make jokes about how they are unable to climb stairs.

* "Excellent". Delivered by a Cyberman in a camp voice.

* Pretty much every line that comes out of [[Large Ham|Joseph Furst's]] mouth in ''The Underwater Menace.'' His closing line of episode 3, however ("NOZING IN ZE VORLD CAN SHTOP ME NOW!") takes the cake.

* The Marshal in "The Armageddon Factor"

"Taste the moment of victory. Any second now, [[The Deadliest Mushroom|beautiful mushrooms will blossom and burst]]!" }}

* And then there's one of the franchise's most infamous lines from ''The Five Doctors'':

** Shockingly, it was originally going to be high-pitched and camp.

** The [[Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] ''Seeing I'' turns this line into the funniest, most ''epic'' continuity reference of all time.

* The infamously blurred delivery of "Your will is weak, Doctor!" from "The King's Demons." Hell, that whole serial was full of Narm.

* Oscar Botcherby's death in "The Two Doctors" is two courses of Narm with a side helping of [[Large Ham|ham]], all the while having about one ketchup packet's worth of blood on his shirt.

* The Eighth Doctor realizing what the Master has in mind for him in the TV movie.

** The Master frequently declared that [[Foe Yay|he 'wanted the Doctor's body']] or something along those lines. The bondage-gear thing he put the Doctor in doesn't help. He just had that lying around, did he?

** The Seventh Doctor's death on the operating table. A fairly well-done, intense scene (set to [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Puccini]], no less!) ''falls apart'' when the Doctor gives one last <s>ridiculous squawk</s> agonized cry. Yes, that's what we'll call it...

** The regeneration scene. CGI-aided gurning! And the bit where the Master [[Grand Theft Me|possesses Eric Roberts]] and then ''drools all over himself''. But, seriously, [[Narm Charm|that movie is fun]].

** Though that last at least also gives us a nice [[Shirtless Scene]], which might have been the point.

** In the serial ''The Deadly Assassin,'' the Master is depicted as a decaying husk, as he is on his thirteenth and final life. This being the 1970's BBC, that meant the actor had to wear a cumbersome rubber mask, which sometimes muffled his lines. During the climatic scene where the Fourth Doctor and the Master face off, he utters this jewel:

* ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' has [[Monster Clown|creepy robo-clowns]], werewolves, and kickass explosions for a finale. Unfortunately, it also has a [[Totally Radical]] ''rapping'' Ringmaster. (Though his [[Mood Dissonance|relentless cheerfulness]] may be [[Nightmare Fuel]] to some.)

* ''The Mark of the Rani'' has landmines that turn people into '''trees!''' (The [[Mad Scientist|Rani]]; green before it was in!) And it leads to ''this'' gem of a line:

* The Fifth Doctor story ''Earthshock'' has a scene in which the Doctor tries to appeal to the humanity of the Cybermen, and the last example he used was found ridiculous by the writers and the actors.

* And a true ''Doctor Who'' classic, from the episode "Robot":

* Milo Clancey and his cheesy american accent from the otherwise great story "The Space Pirates".

* ''The Chase''. [[Camp]] at its finest. One of the earlier scenes involves a hillbilly meeting the Doctor and a Dalek- and surviving!

* The slo-mo stutter in one of ''The War Games's'' final cliffhangers.

'''Doctor''':Ttttiimmmmeee Llllloooordddss!!! }}

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6gyUgPl1SU My DREEEAMS of con-QUEST] from ''The Horns of Nimon''

* Oh so many things from 'Attack of the Cybermen'. Things which really stand out are the escaping prisoners (one of which is perpetually angry) and the Cyberleader of course. The fact he is twice as fat as any other Cyberman makes it nearly impossible to take anything he says seriously. A special mention to the Cyberman who seems to have a German accent too

* The manifestation of [[The Virus]] in "The Invisible Enemy" is not just unimpressive-looking, it's ''hilarious''-looking. A big iridescent shrimp, shaped basically like a chess knight but with four limbs sticking horizontally out of its front that kick like a baby's, and whiskers that tremble emotionally as it brags about its impending domination of the universe. You just want to give it a hug. The serial also features [[Seeker White Blood Cells]] that are just large, fuzzy, obviously hollow white balls that attack the microscopic Leela by bouncing off her, to which she naturally reacts like she's in mortal peril.

 

== New Who ==

* In "The Sontaran Stratagem" two-parter:

** Too bad, too. It started out creepy; then the insufferable [[Teen Genius]] joined in, and then it just looked stupid. In the end, it was a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for a character who {{spoiler|had been a insufferable bag of douche up until then}}; before then, it was just plain silly. Even the Doctor changed the channel.

*** The same actor's intonation of "Earth!" during a particularly dramatic moment only makes him sound like he's channeling [[Father Ted|Father Jack]]:

** Likewise, Martha gets the last line before the opening credits, and delivers it... well, like she knows it's the last line before the opening credits.

* In the episode ''Planet of the Ood,'' Donna passionately proclaims about the Ood, "They're born with their brains in their hands!" It was supposed to be touching, but the sheer oddity of this line made it equal parts giggler and headscratcher.

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=VEyulv3x6wI&feature=related This bit] in "Voyage of the Damned".

** The [[Big Bad]] in that episode turns out to be a [http://blog.seiha.org/images/whovotd2/whovotd2_33.jpg cybernetic head in a plexiglass box] who talks with the voice of [[Austin Powers|Dr. Evil]].

** Also the scene where Astrid is turned to dust and disappears through a window: meant to be poignant, but rather subverted by the statement: "She's just atoms now, Doctor." (Like she was what before -- strange quarks?)

* David Tennant can overact with the best of 'em, sometimes to [[Narm Charm|great effect]], other times to eye-rolling giggles. "NOW GET THEM OUT OF THERE!" springs to mind, as does the straight-faced "I'm sorry, they've been reduced to dust." And the overly-excited gurning of "Oh! The Lost Moon of Poosh!"

** "Her face is completely gone!" [[Captain Obvious|...No shit, Sherlock.]]

* "The Satan Pit" was creepy for most of the episode; but when the Beast was going through everyone's secrets and fears, the moment was ruined when it got to Toby's and proclaimed........

** While it was partially redeemed by the [[Nightmare Fuel|pants-shittingly terrifying]] 50-storey tall ''demon from hell'', the climax of ''The Satan Pit'' is pretty much 10 minutes of nonstop [[Large Ham|hamming]] from David Tennant while the Beast growls at him periodically. And Tennant makes the ''weirdest'' faces when he monologues.

* ''Love & Monsters'' was lighthearted enough until [[The Reveal]] of the [[Fat Bastard|Absorbaloff]], which would have been scary if not for two things - first, he kept making these weird faces when he wasn't talking, and when he chased Elton out of the meeting room, trying to absorb him. Seeing an overweight monster with a northern accent chase a grown man while ''giggling'' absolutely killed the tension.

* The Tenth Doctor as [[Fan Nickname|Tinkerbell Jesus]] in the Season Three finale. The previous scenes with Ten as a Gallifreyan house elf didn't help.

* Any scene in which the Doctor gets compared to God. This person once wore celery on his shirt, and he is irreverent toward almost everything.

* "It is said that in the final days of planet Earth, everyone had ''bad'' dreams." Made worse because this was used in all the trailers for "End of Time."

* From ''Gridlock'':

** The Doctor's final description of Gallifrey at the end of the episode is unfortunately soppy, due to a three-way combination of the writing ("that ol' planet!"), David Tennant's delivery slowly but surely marching over the [[Large Ham]] line, and his being shot in close-up as he looks wistfully up beyond the camera like he's about to break into "When You Wish Upon a Star" (and in fact, the New New Yorkers reprise their hymn-singing in the soundtrack right on cue).

** To understand the absurdity of the situation, it's like if members of the Labour Party were meeting in the dungeons of Transport House to bring [[Harold Wilson]] back to life.

*** ...If Harold Wilson had been telepathically manipulating a large percentage of the population for over a year before being elected.

* The [[Catfolk|Cat Nun Nurses]] of "New Earth". Their response to a threat of "I'm armed!"?

** She holds up her hand... and one-centimeter claws extend from her fingers. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Real intimidating, Sister.]]

** And those were computer-generated. According to the [[DVD Commentary]], they'd originally made a prop arm that would do that, but it looked "rubbish" -- Phil Collinson even says he wouldn't want anyone to see the footage of it.

* Shakespeare being possessed in ''"The Shakespeare Code"''. The witches have scary potential and they use scary puppets, but they control Shakespeare by blowing an ''acid-green gas'' (how did he not see it?) into his room, which he inhales up one nostril. The possessed man then begins writing, staring straight ahead with his mouth clamped shut. It looks like he's trying very hard not to laugh.

* As referenced in the page quote, the Slitheen: In their true form: big green things with giant baby heads with their mouth movements badly synced to their speech.

** While in their human forms, they [[Gasshole|constantly fart]]. And giggle about it. After that, it's impossible to take their boasts about how "dangerous" they are seriously.

* In ''World War Three'', Harriet Jones:

* The first episode of New Who, in which we're supposed to believe that Rose doesn't notice her boyfriend has turned into a life-size Ken doll.

* In "The Idiot's Lantern," The Wire is particularly narmy.

* The death of the Hath that helps Martha in "The Doctor's Daughter" counts because the Hath are humanoid fish people whose sole form of communication seems to be a bubbling noise. When the one that befriends Martha sinks to his death in quicksand, it makes it hard to muster much sympathy.

'''Hath:''' <bubble bubble bubble> }}

* The climactic ending from 'The Impossible Astronaut'

'''Amy:''' ''SAVING YOUUR LIIIIIFFFEE!'' }}

* The Doctor and Rose's [[Meadow Run]] was this, especially as it seemed to go on forever.

* From ''Victory of the Daleks'', the reveal of the new Dalek paradigm is sold as extremely dramatic and scary, featuring intimidating new tank-like designs for the monsters, but is somewhat ruined by the bright, happy colours the new Daleks have been painted in. Bright orange and yellow Daleks do not exactly inspire fear.

* The Tritovore from ''Planet of the Dead'' -- "Humanoid fly creatures, they trade with other civilizations for their excrement." Turned out to resemble the central character from the original (1950s) version of ''The Fly''.

* ''The Girl Who Waited'' has many tragic moments. Unfortunately, the gratuitous slow-motion near the end gets a bit... distracting.

* In "Smith and Jones" we see these fearsome creatures marching in... that look like giant rhinos in leather. And it gets better: When the Judoon first speaks, it sounds like a first grader rhyming things with "oh".

* The scene where the Doctor sees Rory and Amy again in ''Closing Time'' is all kinds of sweet and heartbreaking. But when you get it into your head that petrichor is essentially wet dirt, that [[Mood Whiplash|bit causes inappropriate giggles]].

* That undignified wail that escapes Restac's throat when she discovers Alaya's corpse in "Cold Blood".

 

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