I think there was an effort in the past to make sure it’s a family show and disconnect The Doctor from the more mature parts of the whoniverse. Maybe the changes in production and, maybe, the realization adults are too obsessed with it create new avenues for money making creativity.
BestBouclettes ( @BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ) 15•1 year agoA lot of Doctor Who episodes are straight up scary or very disturbing at least.
moonsnotreal ( @moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 5•1 year agoThe weeping angels scared the shit out of 10 year old me.
BestBouclettes ( @BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ) 4•1 year agoThe weeping angels are definitely bad, I was also thinking of the Waters of Mars or Midnight episodes. Which are straight up terrifying.
millie ( @millie@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year agoThe Silence are one of the few concepts in sci-fi that I find legitimately scary.
BestBouclettes ( @BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ) 3•1 year agoThe ones with the memory loss when you stop looking at them? Oh yeah absolutely
essell ( @essellburns@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year agoWho? What episode is that? I don’t recall ever seeing them
You might want to check your arms…
Pistcow ( @Pistcow@lemm.ee ) 7•1 year agoUh… who ever thought any part of the entirety of the series was?
Smoke ( @Smoke@beehaw.org ) English9•1 year agoIt was originally an edutainment show for history and science, and had a strict policy of no kissing, no bad language, and no bloody violence. They still keep to the last two.
Kogasa ( @kogasa@programming.dev ) 2•1 year agoYou could be fooled by a lot of the Matt Smith episodes.
LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year agoI don’t remember any issues with the episodes I watched as a kid, even if so much of the humor went over my head. Then again, I also remember watching Wild America at dinner and the surgery channel before bed.
Devi ( @Devi@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year agoIt’s a family show so it’s always kept ‘kid friendly’, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be scary. I remember watching as a kid with a pillow to hide behind when the monsters came.
CeruleanRuin ( @CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world ) English1•1 year agoIt’s not something children should watch alone, I’ll grant that. But it is and always should be something families can watch together.
I would hate for this to take the same path the Trek franchise did and start adding in a bunch of gratuitous gore, pointless profanity, and alien titties.
Knowing there was new Trek for the first time in ages and then finding out I couldn’t comfortably share it with my kids was a big disappointment. I don’t want that to happen to Doctor Who.