Doctor Who
TV Show • 2005 • Drama
ReportThis tv show contains 60 potentially triggering events.
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75
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Doggo201
K-9 dies but he is only a robot dog
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0
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20
Yes
2
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deanosaur
At at least one point in the series, a horse is implied to have been killed by a shapeshifting alien, which then imitated it.
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Yes
56
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43
3
Rory_John14
A dinosaur dies in the episode Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
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35
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52
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VirTheQueer
In "Day of the Dinosaurs" (Series 7), dinosaurs are shown being abused and shot
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83
Yes
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BrianWurtz
S12 E6 Multiple dead birds are shown throughout episode including the dissection of one. Alien bacteria is feeding on the plastic inside the birds. The episode emphasizes the importance of conserving our planet
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Invalidbeast
There are different occasions where alien animals are sad but that might not count so ill say no
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Yes
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henryawells101
In the episode Survival, an Earth cat is savaged to death by an alien cat, although this scene is infamous in the fandom for extremely unconvincing special effects, so the blow MAY be softened. Proceed with caution.
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Yes
6
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49
1
Pantalones
S2
E3
A robotic dog that was the pet of Sarah Jane and the Doctor is killed in an explosion. In the original series, the same robot dog accidentally drives into the ocean and short circuits. It is not a particularly lifelike dog but it might upset some viewers.
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1
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83
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84
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47
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henryawells101
Arachnophobes will want to avoid the TV stories Planet of the Spiders, "The Runaway Bride", and "Kill the Moon", as well as the novels "Festival of Death" and "The Crawling Terror" and the audio drama "Empire of the Racnoss".
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Yes
1
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5
Yes
49
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Anonymous
The Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar.
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Yes
1
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4
Yes
82
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43
11
river_night
The season 11 episode "Arachnids in the UK" obviously features spiders. Like, a lot of them.
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Yes
3
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0
Yes
0
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2
Yes
15
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32
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RLead
Literally all the time, the doctor himself is an orphan, and many children are kidnapped/left behind in multiple episodes
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1
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1
Yes
42
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19
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Wackd
Curse of Fenric and The God Complex both involve psychologically breaking characters through telling them their experiences thus far have been lies.
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Yes
34
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23
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Invalidbeast
Certain aliens stalk their victims
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Yes
6
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1
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Invalidbeast
S2
E7
The father is implied to beat his son however this is in the 50s so it was the way to discipline children at that time so it dosent really count as abuse
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Yes
44
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39
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Kell1963
In the episode "the idiots lantern" in series 2 there is a a teenage boy who is emotionally and (implied) physically abused by his father, at the end of the episode his father leaves but the boy decides not to cut contact
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30
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37
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ALittleBitKinder
There are several episodes where one-off characters are shown to be in abusive relationships (which are all portrayed as horrific, and usually end with the abuser facing some kind of comeuppance).
Additionally, there are some scenes where the main characters are shown committing abusive acts towards other main characters they have a close relationship with (including slapping them, yelling at them, and insulting them in a mean-spirited manner). These are almost always played for laughs, and the responsible characters aren't called out for their bad behavior.
Additionally, there are some scenes where the main characters are shown committing abusive acts towards other main characters they have a close relationship with (including slapping them, yelling at them, and insulting them in a mean-spirited manner). These are almost always played for laughs, and the responsible characters aren't called out for their bad behavior.
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10
Yes
1
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42
Yes
10
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Invalidbeast
S3
E3
There are patches that cause an emotion and people use them to escape reality.
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5
Anonymous
Patches in Gridlock.
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Yes
23
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44
0
Invalidbeast
There are scenes with alchaholic drinks being drunk but no abuse of it
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Yes
2
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1
Yes
49
No
16
0
Viomma
S5
E6
There is a scene where a main character is restrained to a chair in "Vampires of Venice"
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Yes
38
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53
8
Anonymous
No, but multiple times there is not consent in kissing someone.
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Yes
7
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41
1
Anonymous
S11E8
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0
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4
Yes
0
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23
2
EmilyJohnson
No but in the 10th Doctor episode "The Girl In The Fireplace" and then multiple times in the 11th Doctor's series, The Doctor ends up being kissed by or is in a romantic relationship with women he first met when they were children. It's an odd reoccurring theme in Moffatt's writing.
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Yes
21
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29
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Invalidbeast
S1
E3
Rose is drugged and knocked out by a man trying to conceal a secret. It is also implied that she was sexually touched while unconscious.
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Yes
6
No
14
2
Pantalones
S3
E8
A boy is beaten up by his classmates, who have been bullying him due to his intelligence.
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1
The doctor is kissed against his will sometimes, wich is always shown as a funny thing
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2
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0
Yes
0
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Yes
18
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45
0
Invalidbeast
S6
E2
The doctor shaves off his beard
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Yes
6
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33
Yes
40
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35
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Anonymous
Time Heist.
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0
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52
Yes
41
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Wackd
Planet of Fire involves a character burning to death on-screen. Dark Water claims that humans are conscious postdeath and spend their final moments mentally begging not to be cremated; this turns out to be false.
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Yes
28
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39
3
Aneesa
In S12 E7, a character is able to detach their fingers from their hand, but it is not gory.
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Yes
2
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1
1
Pantalones
Missy stabs the Master near the end of "The Doctor Falls." A small amount of blood is shown very briefly.
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Yes
15
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40
1
robinjpeg
S5
E8
Series 5 Episodes 8/9 (The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood) shows multiple characters being sucked underground by the earth, which leads you to believe they’ve been suffocated. It is later revealed that they weren’t actually suffocated in the earth, and they’ve been taken captive by an underground civilization. Nobody is actually buried alive, but at first it may seem like they have been.
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0
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0
Yes
6
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54
2
Woopmir2008
It depends on if you count an alien eating its own species
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30
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45
6
Anonymous
In Mummy on the Orient Express a ghostly finger passes through the Doctor's eye. No harm, but super creepy.
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Yes
9
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9
0
Invalidbeast
People do get choked, one example I can think of is the cybermen.
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Yes
32
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24
1
Viomma
S4
E3
**Spoiler warning for planet of the Ood** we watch a human become an Ood and its nasty. To skip, about 40 minutes in when The Doctor says "Oh they've been preparing you for a long time" to Halpen skip ahead by about one minute.
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54
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Invalidbeast
They rarely even show blood.
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0
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0
Yes
14
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21
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Invalidbeast
s3 e1 People run out of oxygen on the moon and s10 e5 pass out in space due to lack of oxygen and s8 e1 clara passes out due to lack of oxygen.
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32
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16
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Invalidbeast
S3
E1
People start to suffocate on the moon.
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Yes
35
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11
3
Invalidbeast
Yes, a lot.
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Yes
48
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32
7
valkyrie_cain
In S5E5, Angles Take Manhatten, someone breaks their own wrist.
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67
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31
6
Kell1963
In the episode Dalek the Doctor tortures a Dalek with electricity- you hear it screaming in a robotic voice
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Yes
3
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0
0
Pantalones
The Tenth Doctor has his hand cut off and the hand in a jar appears multiple times. The Twelfth Doctor injures both hands punching a wall in the episode Heaven Sent. It is shown MANY times in the episode.
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Yes
51
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36
9
PiotrL
S02E01 Doctor gets his hand chopped off by the Sycorax in a sword fight.
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40
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42
6
Anonymous
There is a whole character who rips out the teeth of their victims and places them on their face.
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Yes
8
No
32
0
S7
E11
The villain falls down the stairs and dies.
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Yes
41
No
32
6
CLPPRBRD
S7E5 - The Angels Take Manhattan.
Huge spoiler: 2 main characters fall to their dead to create a paradox
Huge spoiler: 2 main characters fall to their dead to create a paradox
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Yes
0
No
42
Yes
3
No
1
0
pedanther
S1
E1
Kind of? Several of the animate plastic dummies have their heads forcibly removed. It's usually played for laughs.
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Yes
1
No
55
Yes
5
No
57
0
Invalidbeast
S10
E9
There is a character who has a scar from a failed hanging but the hanging is not shown
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Yes
18
No
36
4
Pantalones
Amy and Rory's baby is abducted from them
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Yes
0
No
50
Yes
40
No
35
3
Nebulacat
In one episode, three people get possessed by aliens and have to be killed to get rid of the aliens. One of them is a little girl.
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Yes
0
No
9
0
Invalidbeast
I expect they may end up making some sort of episode about this though.
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Yes
36
No
20
1
Invalidbeast
Multiple times
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Yes
26
No
5
1
Invalidbeast
Pretty much every episode.
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Yes
8
No
2
1
Pantalones
If regeneration counts as "death" the Doctor and Master have died A LOT. Even not counting regeneration, there are moments (and alternate time lines) when both of them are stated to be dead and there are some wild plots to resurrect them. Several companions have either died or come so close it basically counts.
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Yes
34
No
18
1
Pantalones
Many aliens, both minor and major characters, die. The Doctor is an alien who looks human, as are other Time Lords and Ladies, and they die in some season finales, too.
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Yes
0
No
52
0
sapphicpixie
S2
E8
No, but a character refers to the Ood as stupid
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Yes
1
No
0
Yes
4
No
41
1
Invalidbeast
S10
E6
The president kills himself by overdosing because he finds out he is in a simulation.
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Yes
55
No
33
5
Nebulacat
Rose Tyler's father and Mickey's grandmother are both dead.
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Yes
42
No
31
3
Amy kissing the Doctor the night before her wedding to Rory
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Yes
11
No
34
2
Doggo201
A house blows up and toys are inside
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Yes
10
No
8
0
pedanther
S1
E3
In the opening scene, a character is reflecting on the recent death of his grandmother. It's not dwelt on for long.
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Yes
42
No
23
0
pedanther
S1
E3
One of the main characters is chloroformed and abducted.
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Yes
56
No
24
4
Anonymous
Usually mild ones, such as in Heaven Sent.
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Yes
24
No
34
4
Pantalones
S1
E1
Autons are basically living plastic that looks like mannequins. These alien mannequins pursue Rose and the Doctor.
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Yes
9
No
43
0
Invalidbeast
S5
E11
The doctor is in the shower and runs out to try and save James Cordon (why I dont know) there is a brief moment of nudity.
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Yes
5
No
0
Yes
28
No
43
0
Miami
S6
E11
One of the rooms contains clowns
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Yes
2
No
41
Yes
49
No
30
4
Anonymous
In the Family of Blood/Human Nature, several people are possessed/ taken over. Also in Midnight there is an unknown creature that possesses.
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Yes
9
No
11
1
EmilyJohnson
S11
E1
While Trypophobia is commonly known to be the fear of holes, it can also be triggered by similar patterns and clusters of bumps. In "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" there is a character with teeth implanted in his face which may trigger this.
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Yes
50
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39
4
valkyrie_cain
S1E3 The Unquiet Dead features an alien with similarities to ghosts.
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Yes
50
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31
4
voidgaze
aliens in london/world war three/boom town feature the slitheen, who are aliens inside of human skin suits and often “have issues with the gas exchange” (leading to the iconic line “do you mind not farting while im saving the world?”)
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Yes
12
No
2
1
Invalidbeast
S1
E5
The aliens fart because the way they disguise themselves causes gas to be released.
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0
RLead
S8
E3
it is mentioned
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Yes
4
No
2
0
Pantalones
The Vashta Nerada eat the flesh off people, leaving them as bare skeletons. It is bloodless but still can be intense.
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Yes
49
No
35
8
cornbreadcake
in "The Long Game" there's a scene where Adam, after receiving his upgrade, vomits from the shock of seeing his own brain. However the vomit itself is turned into an ice cube.
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0
No
13
Yes
6
No
30
0
Invalidbeast
Dont really know what this means but you hear people being eaten and you can hear bones and flesh being eaten.
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Yes
2
No
50
0
pedanther
S1
E5
Not 9/11 itself, but there are allusions to the political response that followed it.
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Yes
0
No
0
Yes
11
No
40
2
Yaz is a cop
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Yes
0
No
45
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
0
No
3
2
equalpedestrian
No, but the 11th Doctor era has a pretty uncomfortable focus on the idea of finding out the Doctor's birth name/deadname as a plot point.
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0
pedanther
S1
E4
There is significant damage to a historic landmark building.
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Yes
8
No
50
0
sapphicpixie
S2
E8
No electro-therapy, but a couple of characters die from being electrocuted with an orb
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Yes
28
No
43
4
capnbrowncoat
In S11-E1, a character states that they did have cancer, but are in remission. There is no evidence the cancer has returned.
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Yes
23
No
39
1
In S3 E2, the Shakespeare Code, the Doctor, Martha and William Shakespeare go to an asylum to talk to a patient there and the people there are treated incredibly badly.
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Yes
35
No
30
1
Invalidbeast
A few times yes.
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0
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4
Yes
61
No
28
3
Anonymous
Multiple characters are doctors/nurses, and Smith and Jones takes place mostly in a hospital.
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Yes
1
No
58
4
Anonymous
Not explicitly but the doctor is sometimes accused of lacking empathy/emotion for not expressing it normally. Characters are teased/othered for being “weird”/“different”.
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Yes
11
No
39
2
The Master is often referred to as being insane
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2
S5
E7
Amy, Rory and The Doctor are under the influence of "dream lord", a being who traps people in false realities. The three of them spends the whole episode trying to figure out what place is real
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Yes
4
No
38
2
The Master is haunted by the 'drums', a repetitive series of taps, which the audience hears in the season 3 finale, The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords
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Yes
15
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28
Yes
0
No
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Yes
3
No
38
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
14
No
40
Yes
18
No
32
2
Invalidbeast
S10
E6
There are numerous suicides and one mass suicide.
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Yes
50
No
33
8
VirTheQueer
In "Water on Mars" [SPOILERS] the Tenth Doctor attempts to save a group of scientists on Mars but upon returning them to Earth, the leader immediately kills herself upon walking into her house.
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0
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17
Yes
1
No
0
Yes
4
No
0
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Anonymous
Not technically an eating disorder, but Season 4 Episode 1 features a weight loss drug, and several times throughout the episode characters point out how much thinner/better they feel taking the drug and loosing weight, which may be upsetting to some viewers dealing with eds.
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Yes
28
No
19
1
Viomma
S1
E2
There are subtle mentions of the doctor having ptsd, but nothing extreme.
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Yes
33
No
31
1
sapphicpixie
S2
E8
Maybe? Characters go down in a small elevator deep down into the planets core while wearing helmets to help them breathe
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Yes
11
No
55
9
angeltoycole
not in a suicidal manner, but characters do intentionally harm themselves on several occasions, such as one character breaking her own wrist to escape a trap.
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Yes
3
No
43
1
Invalidbeast
S10
E6
In one of the shows darker moments a group of scientists prepare to kill themselves.
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Yes
45
No
16
4
Anonymous
Often when the TARDIS teleports, it creates a shaky affect, throwing the inhabitants throughout the cabin
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Yes
11
No
0
Yes
46
No
14
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Invalidbeast
The words Bitch, Arse and Badass are used however the words Bastard and Shit is censored.
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Yes
3
No
0
Yes
3
No
0
0
pedanther
S1
E4
There is a scene shot with the camera close to the water level, and a wave travels toward the camera, which is briefly underwater before the shot ends.
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Yes
16
No
29
1
rheene
good man goes to war features baby crying so much it almost becomes misophonic. quite emotionally distressing
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2
S5
E2
The setting is under total surveillance
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Yes
8
No
41
2
cass2004
In "Sleep No More", multiple characters look directly into the camera
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Yes
0
No
61
1
Anonymous
No, but characters believe that someone may have or that she was wrong about being pregnant. Same character is infertile eventually.
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Yes
0
No
46
Yes
12
No
32
0
rheene
6x12 closing time, 6x07 good man goes to war, s9 special return of dr mysterio (babies)
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0
No
59
Yes
28
No
43
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SqueakSquawk4
[Spoilers] In S11E5, a guy gives birth to his son on a hospital spaceship being attacked. The Doctor's companions cut the two umbilical chords.
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Yes
0
No
61
Yes
60
No
38
3
valkyrie_cain
In S11E4 Arachnids in the UK, a woman is explicitly introduced who has a wife, who is then killed lated in the episode.
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0
In S3 E2, the Shakespeare Code, the Doctor compares the men playing women in the Globe to London today, stating 'London never changes'
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Yes
2
No
42
4
cha0ticneutralsystem
Lizard/reptilian aliens infiltrate powerful government positions multiple times throughout the series
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Yes
26
No
43
0
pedanther
S1
E2
There is a character who expresses beliefs that measure people's worth by racial purity.
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Yes
21
No
35
Yes
42
No
37
2
romeowf
S3
E14
aforementioned voyage of the damned episode: there's LOADS. there's two 'comically fat' characters and a lot of the stuff surrounding their characters concerns the fact that they're big. there's also a character actively fatshaming them constantly
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Yes
1
No
63
8
voidgaze
no, but there is a lot of racism in season 11 episode 2 “rosa”, which is about rosa parks and the american civil rights movement
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Yes
6
No
62
4
voidgaze
there are no slurs used, but there is some mild homophobic language from the master directed at captain jack harkness (although, time lords dont share human ideas of gender and sexuality, so take that as you will)
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7
guppy
An Alien character (Strax) who doesn't understand human gender cues often/constantly uses He and She for the wrong characters (Humans who are presumably cis). This is presented as funny.
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Yes
9
No
56
3
WillD
In some episodes, yes
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0
No
45
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
24
No
30
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Mychael
The doctor is 903 while Rose is 19. Do with that information as you will
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Yes
2
No
0
Yes
0
No
26
Yes
7
No
66
7
Anonymous
S*x is alluded to often but the most ever shown is kissing. One character's conception is discussed at length.
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Yes
1
No
66
1
Viomma
S1
E8
No but there is a moment where someone accidentally flirts with some related to them, without knowing they are related it is very quickly resolved.
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Yes
0
No
47
3
Pantalones
There are relationships between humans and aliens and different species, like Jenny and Vastra or Rose and the Doctor. However all parties are intelligent species and can give full consent.
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Yes
0
No
1
0
pedanther
S1
E11
There's a brief joke about "bondage", but no actual BDSM.
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Yes
3
No
47
1
S4
E13
The doctor is naked in front of Donna for a few minutes, but nothings shown and it isn’t at all see as sexy or romantic.
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Yes
11
No
38
2
Viomma
S1
E9
There is a scene with Rose while she is hanging from the air that someone makes some uncomfortable comments about her, once she is no longer hanging it stops.
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MediaTech
No, but some are made fun of for being scared e.g Mickey in S2E3 'School Reunion'
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0
No
40
Yes
0
No
43
Yes
5
No
1
1
Pantalones
Davros is dying, and indeed very close to death, in the episodes "The Magician's Apprentice" and "The Witch's Familiar." It is never stated what exactly is killing him, but he is very weak and looks and sounds ill.
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0
Graham, the 13th Doctor's companion, has cancer, but does not die.
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Yes
2
No
41
1
S2
E10
The villain is a green/grayish disgusting monster wearing only a strange underwear. He purposely looks too much like a fat person
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Yes
17
No
33
1
Pantalones
In the episode "The End of Time" a few unlucky homeless individuals are shown receiving food from a charity. They are murdered soon after by the Master.
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Yes
4
No
0
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Pantalones
In the episode "The Doctor Falls," the Twelfth Doctor gives a magnificent speech about finding purpose in life and in death. "Hey, you know, maybe there's no point in any of this at all, but it's the best I can do, so I'm going to do it. And I will stand here doing it till it kills me. You're going to die too, some day. How will that be? Have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand, is where I fall."
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Yes
2
No
11
2
bobble
S8
E7
The episode "Kill the Moon" can easily be interpreted as a bad anti-abortion analogy.
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Yes
2
No
13
1
At the end of each episode they show trailer for the next episode after the credits
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Yes
49
No
26
16
noname93
In the Christmas special "Last Christmas" the Doctor says he knows he is in a dream because Santa is there, and Santa isn't real
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Yes
17
No
47
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henryawells101
By far most episodes have a happy ending, either on TV or any other medium, with the Doctor saving the day with minimal loss of life, before, after being thanked by the survivors, going off to another adventure.
However, there are some rare exceptions to this rule, including, but not limited to, The War Games (the Doctor is successfully captured and executed by the Time Lords, before regenerating), Doctor Who and the Silurians", The Sea Devils", "Warriors of the Deep" (in all 3 cases, the Doctor fails to make peace between humans and an intelligent reptile race called the Silurians, resulting in a huge death toll for both species) "Blood Heat" (novel, the Doctor is forced to destroy an entire alternate universe), "He Jests at Scars" (audio drama, the Valeyard and Mel get trapped in suspended animation for all eternity, forever concious but unable to move or even scream), "Lucie Miller"/"To the Death" (two-part audio drama, three of the Doctor's companions die, driving him almost to insanity), and "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (two-parter, the Doctor is forcibly seperate from his companion Rose Tyler).
As I said, this is not a complete list, as there are probably more I've forgotten, not seen/read/listen to, or you may disagree on whether it counts as 'happy', but MOST stories not on this list SHOULD be safe.
However, there are some rare exceptions to this rule, including, but not limited to, The War Games (the Doctor is successfully captured and executed by the Time Lords, before regenerating), Doctor Who and the Silurians", The Sea Devils", "Warriors of the Deep" (in all 3 cases, the Doctor fails to make peace between humans and an intelligent reptile race called the Silurians, resulting in a huge death toll for both species) "Blood Heat" (novel, the Doctor is forced to destroy an entire alternate universe), "He Jests at Scars" (audio drama, the Valeyard and Mel get trapped in suspended animation for all eternity, forever concious but unable to move or even scream), "Lucie Miller"/"To the Death" (two-part audio drama, three of the Doctor's companions die, driving him almost to insanity), and "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (two-parter, the Doctor is forcibly seperate from his companion Rose Tyler).
As I said, this is not a complete list, as there are probably more I've forgotten, not seen/read/listen to, or you may disagree on whether it counts as 'happy', but MOST stories not on this list SHOULD be safe.
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Wackd
Death in Heaven involves a plane crash.
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abundanceoflove
In s1e8 - “Father’s Day”, Pete (Rose’s dad) is hit by a car.
In s4e12 - “Turn Left”, Donna walks in front of a lorry and is hit.
In s4e12 - “Turn Left”, Donna walks in front of a lorry and is hit.
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Wackd
At least two characters die in car crashes, one in Father's Day and one in Dark Water. Both events occur offscreen.
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valkyrie_cain
In S11E8 The Witchfinders, a character drowns during a witch trial. There are also several attempted drownings which do not result in death.
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Mychael
It's usually quite mild if it is present
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Anonymous
Guns are scene/used multiple times throughout the series, but it should be noted The Doctor has a deep hatred of them, refuses to use them, and distances himself from those who do.
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Wiw
In "Turn Left", in an alternate history where the Doctor dies, a space Titanic crashes into Buckingham Palace, annihilating London.
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