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The show's been on for almost 50 years. That is also the amount of time the monsters from ''[[Inspector Spacetime]]'' will keep you awake at night; not for nothing is it said that kids can only watch ''IS'' from behind the sofa, with their hands over their eyes, while wearing a welding mask that blocks out 90% of all light.
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* The Snarling Lions. Does this even need explaining? Many a fan has found themselves unable to watch the Lion King ever again.
* The Quiet Men and the fact that they ''won't shut up'', especially concerning the [[Ironic Nursery Rhyme]] about {{spoiler|the Inspector's impending doom}}.
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''One day we all must quit/''
''Ring ring, goes the bell/''
''Till the {{spoiler|Inspector snuffs it}}'' }}
** As soon as you see a Quiet Man, you instantly are strucken mute, leaving you wide-eyed and helpless as it gets ready to blow you to pieces. [[Oh Crap]].
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== Specific Moments ==
* The Sergeant [[Hannibal Lecture|verbally dissecting]] Joanna's family and the de-aged Inspector as he holds them hostage during the dinner party. Anthony Hopkins' subdued performance as the Sergeant lends some legitimate creepiness to the performance as he, one by one, brings all of the Martin family to tears without even leaving his seat. Even worse: it's [[Tethercat Principle|implied]] that he did this to them ''every night'' during The Month That Was Meant To Be, while holding them hostage on his submarine.
* [[The Teaser]] from Season 22's "The Mark of the Maharani." The Sixth Inspector [[Dissonant Serenity|relaxing in a leather armchair]], staring directly into the camera, and muttering quiet, rhythmic gibberish (that, it turns out, is a synopsis of the episode's plot in [[Ominous Latin Chanting|backwards Latin]])? That's a bit creepy. But upon repeat viewings, you pick up more details--like the fact that he doesn't blink even once during the nearly two-minute-long intro, or that there are strange amorphous ''things'' churning in the darkness behind him, or that [[Freeze
** It's worth noting that no one at BTV actually remembers writing or filming this intro, and that until his death Graham Chapman denied the person in the chair was him.
** At one point the pipe in the Inspector's hand is replaced with what appears to be an inhumanly large severed finger.
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* Yeah yeah, they did "The Gloom of Aquanus" when they went over-budget on sets, but the sequence with that [[Casting a Shadow|Shadow Vector thing]] is still damn creepy.
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