A lot of people talk about the monsters of Doctor Who as having an indelible imprint on children who watch the show. The Daleks are cited foremost as one of the big monsters that terrorized viewers through the years, but for me, The Peking Homunculus from the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker's adventure, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is the one that really freaked me out.
The Peking Homunculus (a.k.a Mr. Sin) was a child-size cyborg created in the 51st century utilizing the brain of a pig as a logic circuit. The creature, created as gift for a royal family, went on a murderous rampage and disappeared. It resurfaced in Victorian London under the control of the time-traveling war criminal Magnus Greel, masquerading as the chinese god Weng-Chiang.
The character was played by actor Deep Roy, and played upon a fear of ventriloquist dolls. This critter entered my nightmares more times than I can count.
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