has removed The God Complex from iPlayer while it reviews material involving David Walliams, and that leaves Room on the Broom viewers missing a key Season 6 episode in the middle of a season watch. Walliams plays Gibbis in the episode, and the action follows allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and girls as young as 15.
The said, “The is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms.” It also said, “We are in the process of removing some programmes, including 'Little Britain,' whilst this review is underway.” A spokesperson added, “These are serious allegations.”
Season 6 continuity
The God Complex is not a filler episode. It includes the major plot development of Amy and Rory deciding to stop traveling with the Doctor, so its removal interrupts the Season 6 arc for viewers using iPlayer as their main way through the run. For first-time viewers, that creates a gap that is more than administrative; the season no longer plays in the order the series was built around.
That is where the business decision gets messy. The is treating Walliams-linked material as part of a wider platform review, but the episode remains available on AMC+, which means the title has not disappeared from streaming altogether. The result is a split access pattern: one service pulls the episode while another still carries it, and viewers are left to chase the season across services if they want the full run intact.
Fear Her in August 2024
The has done this before. In August 2024, Fear Her was removed from iPlayer because it featured a voice cameo from Huw Edwards, who was charged with and later pled guilty to possession and distribution of indecent images of children. After six months off iPlayer, the episode returned with Edwards’ voice dubbed over.
That precedent gives viewers a practical benchmark: removals tied to material under review have not always been permanent, and the earlier case shows the can restore an episode after edits. It also explains why Season 6 watchers are reading this as a continuity problem rather than a simple catalogue shuffle, especially with the removal happening while the reviews material featuring and written by Walliams on its platforms.
r/Gallifrey reaction
“This nonsense about changing or hiding art after the fact because a bad person was involved needs to end,” one redditor wrote on r/Gallifrey. Fans have argued that removing The God Complex undermines the overall arc of Season 6, and the complaint is specific: the episode sits at a structural point in the season, not at the edges.
For now, the practical answer is straightforward. iPlayer no longer carries the episode, the is reviewing Walliams-related material, and the season is missing a chapter that matters to its order and its ending. If the follows the same pattern it used with Fear Her, the episode could return only after the review runs its course and the platform decides how to handle Walliams’ appearance in it.
