Matt Smith has several villains that are specific to his time as the Doctor. This blog is to highlight some of the best, or most terrifying villains during this time.
So this week we also have a species from the classic Doctor Who, the Ice Warriors. According to my research they first appeared with the third doctor, Jon Pertwee. Matt Smith was the first Doctor of "NuWho" to encounter them. And the only Doctor to encounter Grand Marshall Skaldak.
The Ice Warriors are natives of planet Mars. They have a strong instinct for war, much like the Sontarans. They are reptilian creatures that are seven feet tall, with a very strong sense of honor. They also really do not like lying, but will do so when they must.
The Ice Warriors live for about 300 years and are used to extreme cold. Their armor was made to help protect them from the bitter cold on mars as well as protect during war. Their armor has a sonic weapon built into its arm and it is capable of moving independently by remote control.
Grand Marshal Skaldak isn't just an Ice Warrior, he is the greatest Ice Warrior hero of all time. When the Doctor and Clara Oswald come across him he had just been woken up from a 5,000 year sleep, and being held captive on a Russian sub marine.
Their run-in with Skaldak isn't the most pleasant, seeing as he declares war on all of humanity, but in the end they come to a very honorable conclusion.
Some of the Classic Doctor Who fans might argue with me on this one. Technically, The Great Intelligence has a past with the Doctor. The first episode where the Great Intelligence appeared was in 1967 with the second Doctor, so in my defense, Matt Smith is the only Doctor to encounter The G.I in "Nu Who".
Doctor Who's Christmas special, "The Snowmen" aired December 25th 2012. It is the second time we encounter Clara Oswald (my favorite companion).
This episode takes place right after the very dramatic exit of the William companions. The Doctor goes to London in 1892, basically to morn his friends. He claims that he isn't going to help people anymore, until Clara gets his attention again.
We are also blessed with the presence of Jenny, Madam Vastra and Strax in this episode. Clara ends up talking with Vastra because the Doctor is avoiding her.
When Clara sees the Doctor again, the fun begins. Snowmen, very creepy snowmen, start to appear outside of the house Clara works at. Also, there is an ice sculpture of an old house maid chasing them around the house.
The Snowmen
The Doctor learns soon after that this is the work of the Great Intelligence, who possessed a child at a very young age, and had been using him to do his bidding for years.
When he encounters the embodiment of The Great Intelligence, he finds a giant snow globe, that talks, no more information on this due to spoilers. The Doctor is able to defeat the G.I and the episode ends.
Now this is not the last time we see The Great Intelligence. It appears again in the episode "The Bells of Saint John," season 7, episode 6.
The episode starts with a monk in Cumbria in 1207, telling the Doctor that "the bells of Saint John are ringing". What the monk meant was that the phone on the T.A.R.D.I.S was ringing.
When the Doctor answers the phone, it's Clara. And she is trying to connect to WiFi. She foolishly connects to a very odd looking WiFi, and lets The Great Intelligence in.
We find out that The Great Intelligence is once again using a human to do it's bidding. And it is once again defeated.
Sorry about all the quick details and information on these episodes. There is quite a lot to The Great Intelligence, and nobody wants to read a novel. I hope you all enjoyed this post, if you have anything you would like to add please feel free to comment below, I would love to hear from you. Also, don't forget to vote this week!
In Season 7 Episode 4, The Power of Three, The Doctor, Amy, Rory and Brian Williams (Rory's dad) begin the year and the slow invasion.
Amy and Rory wake up to find cubes, everywhere. Brian cam over to help figure out what the cubes were. They were solid black, and they did nothing. They were just cubes. The Doctor shows up as well. Little did the Doctor know, it was going to be a while before they found out what was going on.
The Cube
After a year, the cubes began "waking up" they all did something different, controlled emotion, played music and even shot at people.
The cubes eventually shot out an electric pulse, stopping the hearts f many humans near by, and that is when things start to get interesting. The Doctor finds one of seven portals to a space ship. The space ship belongs to the Shakri, who the Doctor believed were just a myth to keep the children of Gallifrey in their their place. He is soon greeted by a hologram of a weird looking black-cloaked humanoid.
The apparition warns that the Shakri plan to release a second wave of cubes and cause further deaths, to stop the human race from colonizing space.
The Apparition
The Doctor takes care of things, like usual and the world goes back to normal. I have included one of my favorite scenes and a trailer below.
The Gunslinger is from a species called Kahler, but his name is Kahler-Tek. The Kahler were a technologically gifted race who suffered from a terrible war that wiped out 50% of the planet. A group of scientists, including Kahler-Jex, had the job of restoring peace. They experimented on volunteers and turned them into cyborg killers.
Kahler-Tek is half man, half machine and he seeks revenge on the scientists who turned him into a cyborg. Kahler-Jex is the last one of the scientists, and he just happens to be in Mercy.
Jex really does regret what he had to do to those poor men during the war. He stays in Mercy, Nevada as a way to atone for his sins.
Kahler-Tek is a disturbing looking man with a laser for an arm, a tattoo on his face, scars everywhere and he even has a Cybernetic eye with built in censors.
Kahler-Tek forces everyone in Mercy to stay behind the barrier, anyone who crosses is killed, and demands that they hand over Kahler-Jex or he will kill them all anyway.
The episode takes a series of dramatic turns, Amy fires a weapon, the Doctor holds a gun to someone's head and there was even a sacrifice. I'm going to include one of my favorite scenes as well as the trailer, below.
