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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.

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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It'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.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of Doctor Who episodes are straight up scary or very disturbing at least.

[–] millie@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Silence are one of the few concepts in sci-fi that I find legitimately scary.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The ones with the memory loss when you stop looking at them? Oh yeah absolutely

[–] essellburns@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who? What episode is that? I don't recall ever seeing them

[–] elfpie@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

You might want to check your arms...

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Uh... who ever thought any part of the entirety of the series was?

[–] Devi@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It'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.

[–] Smoke@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

It 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@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago

You could be fooled by a lot of the Matt Smith episodes.