Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E11 The God Complex: Difference between revisions

Some time later, the TARDIS arrives in England, outside a townhouse. The Doctor presents the house, and a new car, to Amy and Rory as a gift, but Amy suspects that something is up. As Rory checks out the house, the Doctor tells Amy that they must stop travelling with him, as only death and destruction come to those that accompany them. The Doctor makes for a quick goodbye and disappears back into his TARDIS before Amy can protest.

 

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: The Minotaur feeds because it must, and wishes it didn't. The Doctor pities it as it dies and it pities the Doctor. [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|Because he won't die.]]

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Howie's worst fear is a room party full of them.

* [[The Door Slams You]]: Happens in the episode. [[Butt Monkey|Not surprisingly, to Rory]].

* [[Double Meaning Title]]: The "God Complex" describes not only the Doctor's and Minotaur's need to be adored, but also the hotel itself: a prison to contain a deity.

* [[Emotion Eater]]: The obvious idea that the Minotaur feeds on fear is subverted. {{spoiler|It presents its victims' fear, causing them to use faith to strengthen themselves, at which point the Minotaur converts that to faith in itself, and drains it from the victim.}}

* [[Failsafe Failure]]: The whole reason anyone can escape in the first place is because the prison is broken. Instead of adjusting itself to match its victims, it's stuck in the form of the hotel. It also can't purge anyone that gets trapped, so their fears build up in the rooms, meaningless to the new victims.

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