Does the dog die?
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Doctor Who
TV Show • 1963
ReportThe adventures of a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor—who explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, the Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilisations, help ordinary people, and right wrongs.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Bronsfield
Dodo ditches the Doctor midway trhough Season 3's final story, with the Doctor only being informed later of her departure. Later, Season 8 starts off with Liz Shaw getting replaced by Jo Grant, much to the Doctor's surprise. Season 10 ends with the Doctor leaving Jo to start her new life with her new friends while he sadly drives off into the sunset. Technically, the First Romana is never shown to say goodbye to the Doctor before her regeneration, but the Second Romana doesn't leave for another season and a half (at which point she does get a quick goodbye scene).
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Is an animal abandoned?
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pedanther
S11
E5
"Invasion of the Dinosaurs" part 1: It's not a narrative focus, but in one scene a dog is wandering the streets scavenging for food, implied to have been abandoned by its owners.
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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pedanther
S20
E3
There is deception, but no gaslighting, in the 3rd episode of the season.
KrimSteinbelt's comment labelled S20 E3 actually refers to episodes 9 through 20. (And is unhelpfully vague and broad: there is not gaslighting in every one of those 12 episodes.)
KrimSteinbelt's comment labelled S20 E3 actually refers to episodes 9 through 20. (And is unhelpfully vague and broad: there is not gaslighting in every one of those 12 episodes.)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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unrealraccoon
S1
E1
Ian and Barbara follow their student, Susan home
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pedanther
S19
E10
"Kinda" part 2: Not depicted directly, but a brief mention in dialogue of an adult character having been physically abused as a child.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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pedanther
S14
E25
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" part 5: A character is using opium as pain relief.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
173 supporters
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Part 2:
There's a dead rabbit carried by the hunter around 5 minutes into Part 2. The rabbit looked realistic, and it was kind of far away but moved like I would imagine a dead rabbit would, suggesting it might not have been fake. It would have been an exceptional prop for the 1970s if fake.
There's a dead rabbit carried by the hunter around 5 minutes into Part 2. The rabbit looked realistic, and it was kind of far away but moved like I would imagine a dead rabbit would, suggesting it might not have been fake. It would have been an exceptional prop for the 1970s if fake.
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Does a horse die?
119 supporters
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pedanther
S22
E5
"The Mark of the Rani" part 1: There is a horse. It does not die.
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pedanther
S22
E8
"The Two Doctors" part 2: A rat is killed.
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Are animals abused?
239 supporters
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Note: the mummy's foot gets caught in a bear trap around 5 minutes into part 2 and there's a man with a hunting rifle in the woods.
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Is there a dead animal?
131 supporters
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pedanther
S26
E13
"Survival", part 2: Lots of animal bones, and in a couple of scenes large animal corpses partly eaten by scavengers. (The corpses are fairly visibly artificial props and not real corpses, if that makes a difference.)
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Are rabbits harmed?
1 supporters
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pedanther
S19
E14
"The Visitation" part 2: There is a rabbit. It gets caught in a snare, but escapes unharmed.
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Does a cat die?
204 supporters
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pedanther
S22
E9
"The Two Doctors" part 3: There is a cat. No harm comes to it.
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Does a pet die?
194 supporters
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pedanther
S2
E11
"Desperate Measures": A character shoots what she thinks is a wild animal, but turns out to be another character's pet. The other character is visibly distraught.
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Does a dragon die?
1 supporters
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pedanther
S21
E20
"The Caves of Androzani" part 4: There is a reptilian cave monster that's a bit like a dragon. It dies.
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Are there spiders?
56 supporters
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pedanther
S11
E22
"Planet of the Spiders" part 2: The episode features a very large spider.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
3 supporters
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pedanther
S2
E7
"The End of Tomorrow": A crocodile is seen briefly in a sewer. (It looks like a baby that's been filmed close up to make it seem bigger.)
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Are there snakes?
24 supporters
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pedanther
S6
E8
"The Mind Robber" part 3: The gorgon Medusa has (stop-motion animated) snake hair. Some shots show the snakes in close-up.
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Are there bugs?
42 supporters
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pedanther
S4
E30
"The Macra Terror" part 4: Alien creatures that resemble giant crabs.
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Assault
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pedanther
S2
E37
"The Meddling Monk": It's implied that a woman was raped, but the event itself is not shown; her attacker grabs her, and then it cuts to her in a state of shock some time later.
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Is someone restrained?
1 supporters
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Abynaut
In the Mindwarp story Peri is strapped down to an operating table before having her brain switched with an alien's without her consent.
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pedanther
S2
E37
"The Meddling Monk": It's implied that a woman was raped, but the event itself is not shown; her attacker grabs her, and then it cuts to her in a state of shock some time later.
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Is someone held under water?
31 supporters
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Pantalones
The Fourth Doctor is during "The Deadly Assassin." The episode ends on it, creating a cliffhanger where the last image is him struggling underwater.
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pedanther
S15
E3
"Horror of Fang Rock" part 3: A screaming woman is slapped by another woman to get her to stop screaming.
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Is someone drugged?
34 supporters
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pedanther
S17
E14
"Nightmare of Eden": A character unknowingly drinks a drink that has been spiked with a mind-altering drug.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
16 supporters
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pedanther
S6
E40
"The War Games" part 6: A guard is attacked, and his mouth covered to stop him calling out.
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Bodily Harm
Is someone crushed to death?
41 supporters
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pedanther
S12
E4
"Robot" part 4: During the battle with the giant robot, a soldier gets stepped on. The aftermath is not shown on screen.
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Does a head get squashed?
63 supporters
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pedanther
S16
E10
"The Stones of Blood" part 2: A character is killed and it's mentioned in dialogue that their head was crushed, but the actual killing is not shown on screen and the body is not shown clearly afterward.
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Is someone burned alive?
1 supporters
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pedanther
S22
E10
"Timelash" part 1: A humanoid android is engulfed in flames, but no people are harmed.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
65 supporters
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pedanther
S18
E20
"Warriors' Gate" part 4: A character deliberately treads on another character's fingers. It's painful, but no visible or permanent damage is done.
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Is someone buried alive?
41 supporters
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pedanther
S14
E1
"The Hand of Fear" part 1: A character is temporarily trapped in a rock fall.
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Is someone stabbed?
18 supporters
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pedanther
S14
E3
"The Masque of Mandragora" part 3: A character is stabbed in the shoulder, but survives.
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Is someone choked?
22 supporters
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pedanther
S13
E12
"Pyramids of Mars" part 4: A character is strangled and apparently killed.
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Is there cannibalism?
41 supporters
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Bronsfield
S22
Season 22 has two instances: The Androgums in "The Two Doctors" are said to eat their own kind, and it's revealed in "Revelation of the Daleks" that untold scores of people were ground up and sold back to their home planets as food.
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Is there body horror?
71 supporters
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Bronsfield
S22
"Vengeance on Varos" features two characters being mutated into a bird and a reptile, respectively. The mutations are reveresed before the transformation is complete.
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Is there eye mutilation?
112 supporters
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x.kayy.x
There's no mutilation, per se, but a character is left temporarily blinded in season 15's "Horror of Fang Rock".
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Are any hands damaged?
23 supporters
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pedanther
S18
E20
"Warriors' Gate" part 4: A character deliberately treads on another character's hand. It's painful, but no visible or permanent damage is done.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
29 supporters
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pedanther
S22
E7
"The Two Doctors" part 1: Two characters are trapped in a room where the air is being evacuated. They both get out without taking lasting harm, but not before one passes out from lack of oxygen.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
31 supporters
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pedanther
S13
E2
"Terror of the Zygons" part 2: A character struggles to breathe while trapped in an enclosed space (but is rescued without taking serious harm).
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Does someone become unconscious?
7 supporters
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pedanther
S19
E1
"Castrovalva" part 1: A beam from the Master's TARDIS renders a cluster of security guards unconscious. The Doctor passes out a few times.
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Does someone break a bone?
27 supporters
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pedanther
S7
E25
"Inferno" part 7: Maybe. A character has his arm in a sling following a car accident. The precise nature of the injury is not specified.
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Is someone tortured?
102 supporters
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37
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orangish
S19
E1
In Castrovalva, a main character is held prisoner by the Master. He is stuck in some sort of web that seems to be draining him. It appears to be painful, though I don't know if it would exactly be considered torture.
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Is there decapitation?
50 supporters
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7
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pedanther
S18
E10
"Full Circle" part 2: K-9 the robot dog is decapitated. No flesh-and-blood creatures are decapitated.
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Is there amputation?
38 supporters
Yes
4
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pedanther
S13
E21
"The Seeds of Doom" part 1: Amputation is mentioned but does not actually occur.
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Are any teeth damaged?
61 supporters
Yes
6
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pedanther
S3
E34
"A Holiday for the Doctor": A character has to have a tooth removed without anesthetic. The actual removal is not shown on screen, just the lead-up and aftermath.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
13 supporters
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pedanther
S22
E13
"Revelation of the Daleks" part 2: A character falls down a flight of stairs after being killed.
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Does someone fall to their death?
15 supporters
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pedanther
S2
E35
"The Planet of Decision": There is an extended sequence involving a precarious climb down from a great height, including a character who is terrified and nearly faints, and several points where people *nearly* fall - but in the end, everyone involved survives unharmed.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
40 supporters
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1
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Abynaut
S21
E17
Peri has her head shaved. No razor is shown, but it's not consensual. The bald cap is pretty obvious.
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Does someone have a seizure?
16 supporters
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0
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x.kayy.x
In season 22's "The Mark of the Rani", a character fakes a seizure.
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Is there a hanging?
38 supporters
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6
No
1
1
Bronsfield
S22
Once again, Season 22 makes the list as in "Vengeance on Varos" the Doctor is sentenced to death by hanging, but the execution was ultimately revealed to be a sham and the Doctor emerges unharmed.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
117 supporters
Yes
3
No
3
1
Abynaut
S20
E4
Nyssa strips down to her slip in "Terminus", but whether or not she's a minor is vague. The actress was 20.
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3
Does a kid die?
76 supporters
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8
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4
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pedanther
S19
E6
No children are harmed in the 6th episode of the season.
orangish's comment labelled S19 E6 actually refers to the 22nd episode of the season.
orangish's comment labelled S19 E6 actually refers to the 22nd episode of the season.
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Creepy Crawly
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3
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
15 supporters
Yes
29
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2
0
pedanther
S19
E6
There are no sacrifices in the 6th episode of the season.
orangish's comment labelled S19 E6 actually refers to the 22nd episode of the season.
orangish's comment labelled S19 E6 actually refers to the 22nd episode of the season.
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Does a major character die?
1 supporters
Yes
9
No
4
1
Pantalones
The Doctor and the Master both regenerate multiple times, which occurs after a Time Lord is mortally wounded. One of the Doctor's companions dies in a massive spaceship crash.
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Does someone die?
15 supporters
Yes
298
No
0
0
pedanther
S19
E25
"Time Flight" part 3: This being science fiction, the answer to that question is not always clear-cut, but it's as much "yes" as "no".
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Does a non-human character die?
35 supporters
Yes
10
No
2
0
pedanther
S19
E6
No characters die in the 6th episode of the season.
orangish's comment labelled S19 E6 actually refers to the 22nd episode of the season.
orangish's comment labelled S19 E6 actually refers to the 22nd episode of the season.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
27 supporters
Yes
31
No
1
0
pedanther
S12
E13
"Genesis of the Daleks" part 3: Davros is played by an able-bodied actor.
26 comments | Add comment
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Drugs/Alcohol
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0
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Family
Does a parent die?
28 supporters
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13
No
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pedanther
S20
E9
"Mawdryn Undead" part 1: No parents die during the story. There is brief mention of a character's parents having died before the story began.
6 comments | Add comment
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0
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No
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Does a family member die?
1 supporters
Yes
11
No
2
0
pedanther
S26
E10
"The Curse of Fenric", part 3: A character receives news that her husband has died.
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Is someone kidnapped?
11 supporters
Yes
15
No
0
0
sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Yes, later on, Sarah Jane is kidnapped (seems to be unconscious at first.)
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Fear
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0
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3
Are there mannequins?
7 supporters
Yes
17
No
2
0
pedanther
S14
E21
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" part 1: This story features a creepy-looking ventriloquist's dummy that moves by itself.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
3 supporters
Yes
34
No
3
0
pedanther
S21
E3
"Warriors of the Deep" part 3: The entire episode takes place in an underwater base on the floor of the ocean (though most of it is indoors where that isn't conspicuously apparent).
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0
No
3
Are there clowns?
19 supporters
Yes
10
No
1
0
pedanther
S19
E17
"Black Orchid" part 1: The antagonist wears a clown costume as disguise for part of the episode.
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Is someone possessed?
16 supporters
Yes
43
No
0
0
pedanther
S17
E11
"The Creature from the Pit" part 3: An alien device takes control of nearby people with results resembling possession.
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Is there a shower scene?
13 supporters
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4
No
2
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orangish
There is nothing explicit shown, but the Third Doctor is shown showering.
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Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Yes
10
No
1
0
pedanther
S19
E26
"Time Flight" part 4: Not precisely a ghost in the traditional sense, but a psychic projection of someone who was apparently killed.
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Are there jump scares?
68 supporters
Yes
9
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1
0
sheregenerated13
S13
E9
I wasn't spooked by anything that I can recall but there may be, especially if tension in the audio track immerses you.
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Gross
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0
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4
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0
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3
Is someone eaten?
38 supporters
Yes
4
No
5
0
pedanther
S22
E6
"The Mark of the Rani" part 2: There is a scene where two characters are menaced by a large reptilian monster, with the implication that it intends to eat them, but later episodes establish that both escape unharmed.
6 comments | Add comment
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Yes
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2
Yes
0
No
3
Does someone spit?
11 supporters
Yes
4
No
2
0
pedanther
S14
E3
"The Masque of Mandragora" part 3: A character spits in another character's face.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
Yes
0
No
8
0
orangish
This show aired before 2001.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
40 supporters
Yes
1
No
3
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orangish
Every time UNIT is on screen, it could be considered copaganda depending on who you ask since they are some sort of branch of the military.
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Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
Yes
5
No
1
0
pedanther
S8
E5
"The Mind of Evil" is set partly in a prison, and includes exploration of topics like the death penalty.
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LGBTQ+
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0
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4
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0
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3
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0
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3
Yes
0
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3
Yes
0
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3
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
1 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
0
sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Anything in the building at the end will probably be destroyed.
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Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
33 supporters
Yes
2
No
3
0
pedanther
S15
E14
"The Sun Makers" part 2: Not as such, but there's related imagery, in the form of characters being restrained with straitjackets.
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Is electro-therapy used?
25 supporters
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0
No
4
1
x.kayy.x
No. Electrocution, however, is mentioned in season 15's "Image of the Fendahl".
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Are needles/syringes used?
42 supporters
Yes
17
No
2
0
pedanther
S24
E1
"Time and the Rani" part 1: On the lines "Why are you doing this?" "To make sure he suffers a healthy dose of amnesia."
6 comments | Add comment
Is there a hospital scene?
1 supporters
Yes
11
No
1
0
pedanther
S20
E9
"Mawdryn Undead" part 1: There are scenes set in a school infirmary.
4 comments | Add comment
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0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Mental Health
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0
No
5
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
26 supporters
Yes
1
No
4
0
pedanther
S14
E15
"The Face of Evil" part 3: The term 'schizophrenia' is incorrectly used to refer to dissociative identity disorder.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
7
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0
0
sheregenerated13
S13
E9
During a critical moment in the story, the Doctor becomes unresponsive and detached from Sarah Jane's attempts to interact with him.
2 comments | Add comment
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0
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3
Is a mentally ill person violent?
1 supporters
Yes
15
No
1
0
pedanther
S4
E27
"The Macra Terror" part 1: The association between mental illness and violence is made by characters within the story, with a character claimed to be mentally ill and violent. (He's actually not mentally ill and only threatens violence in self-defence from being persecuted.)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
9
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3
0
pedanther
S14
E24
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" part 4: A character attempts to kill himself by taking poison, but is prevented.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
13
No
1
1
pedanther
S2
E4
"World's End": A character is seen deliberately wading into a river and is later found drowned.
6 comments | Add comment
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0
No
4
Yes
1
No
2
Is there misophonia?
37 supporters
Yes
3
No
2
0
unrealraccoon
The entirety of The Web Planet
2 comments | Add comment
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0
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4
Yes
2
No
1
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
3
Does someone have a mental illness?
9 supporters
Yes
26
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1
0
pedanther
S19
E9
"Kinda" part 1: A character has a nervous breakdown.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
3
No
2
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
1 supporters
Yes
13
No
0
0
pedanther
S12
E10
"The Sontaran Experiment" part 2: A character suffers hallucinations, which are depicted on screen.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
20 supporters
Yes
15
No
0
0
pedanther
S20
E15
"Terminus" part 3: Two characters spend some time in a narrow maintenance crawlspace.
10 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Does a baby cry?
22 supporters
Yes
4
No
1
0
Abynaut
S26
E3
Curse of Fenric
1 comment | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
43 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
0
pedanther
S6
E35
"The War Games" part 1: At the point where the title sequence usually fades out, there are sudden loud gunfire noises accompanying the episode title card.
10 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
2
Yes
0
No
3
Are there underwater scenes?
10 supporters
Yes
10
No
1
0
pedanther
S26
E10
"The Curse of Fenric", part 3: A few underwater shots.
7 comments | Add comment
Is there screaming?
16 supporters
Yes
64
No
0
2
niskael
The character 'Mel' especially.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there flashing lights or images?
51 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
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pedanther
S20
E22
"The King's Demons" part 2: There is a sequence of rapidly intercut images.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
1 supporters
Yes
8
No
2
1
pedanther
S3
E16
"The Feast of Steven", the show's first Christmas episode, ends with the lead actor directly addressing "all of you at home".
3 comments | Add comment
Is someone watched without knowing?
16 supporters
Yes
52
No
1
0
pedanther
S13
E2
"Terror of the Zygons" part 2: The Zygons have the human characters under surveillance which the human characters are unaware of.
4 comments | Add comment
Pregnancy
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0
No
5
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
3
Are there babies or unborn children?
17 supporters
Yes
7
No
2
0
pedanther
S26
E8
"The Curse of Fenric", part 1: A character has a baby, who the main characters interact with.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Prejudice
Yes
2
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Does the black guy die first?
1 supporters
Yes
1
No
5
0
pedanther
S6
E39
"The War Games" part 5: Harper, an African-American soldier, is the only prominent black character in the serial and the first character with a name and dialogue to be killed.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a minority is misrepresented?
32 supporters
Yes
26
No
0
0
pedanther
S19
E6
"Four to Doomsday" part 2: Shallow and stereotypical depictions of individuals from several ethnic groups.
15 comments | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
55 supporters
Yes
7
No
1
0
pedanther
S20
E9
"Mawdryn Undead" part 1: Ibbotson is the target of mocking comments about his weight from several characters.
1 comment | Add comment
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2
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3
1
unrealraccoon
S14
E7
Sarah Jane is shocked when she discovers that an alien has the ability to switch genders, asking why “she” is a “he”
1 comment | Add comment
Are there homophobic slurs?
53 supporters
Yes
1
No
3
0
pedanther
S26
E14
"Survival", part 3: Homophobic behaviour, but no actual slurs.
1 comment | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
1 supporters
Yes
1
No
4
0
pedanther
S26
E14
"Survival", part 3: No characters in this story are explicitly identified as LGBT, but there is romantic subtext between two female characters (which the writer has confirmed was intentional), and one of those characters dies.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
45 supporters
Yes
12
No
2
0
pedanther
S20
E10
"Mawdryn Undead" part 2: Expression of prejudiced attitudes toward mental illness.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
45 supporters
Yes
2
No
3
1
Abynaut
S10
E5
The Doctor disguises himself as a cleaning lady.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
40 supporters
Yes
6
No
2
3
Maxheadroom87
The N-word is used once in the series during the second part (The Hall of Dolls) of the 1966 story The Celestial Toymaker. A character played by a white actor uses the word while reciting an early version of the "eeny, meeny, miny, moe" nursery rhyme.
Like many stories from the first six seasons this story no longer exists in full so (at the time of writing) you will not see it when watching the show on streaming services or DVDs. The official release of the audio from the story includes narration over the N-word so it is inaudible. Fan-made reconstructions of the missing episode usually deliberately distort and muffle the audio so it is similarly inaudible.
Like many stories from the first six seasons this story no longer exists in full so (at the time of writing) you will not see it when watching the show on streaming services or DVDs. The official release of the audio from the story includes narration over the N-word so it is inaudible. Fan-made reconstructions of the missing episode usually deliberately distort and muffle the audio so it is similarly inaudible.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
1 supporters
Yes
10
No
2
1
sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Part 1: a few minutes into Part 1 of Pyramids of Mars, Lawrence Scarman refers to the Egyptians as "savages."
1 comment | Add comment
Race
Is there blackface?
43 supporters
Yes
22
No
3
3
pedanther
S2
E22
"The Lion": Middle-Eastern characters are portrayed by white actors with darkened faces.
20 comments | Add comment
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
36 supporters
Yes
1
No
2
0
orangish
The Doctor is hundreds of years old while their companions are all quite young. While there are no explicit romances between the Doctor and any of their companions, their relationships specifically with Sarah Jane Smith and Jaime McCrimmon can be read as romantic. In both of those cases, yes - there is a large age gap.
1 comment | Add comment
Religious
Are there demons or Hell?
12 supporters
Yes
3
No
2
1
Bronsfield
S8
The five-part serial at the end of Season 8 called "The Daemons" features a race of demon-like aliens called Daemons.
They are very scary.
They are very scary.
4 comments | Add comment
Is religion discussed?
15 supporters
Yes
17
No
0
1
Abynaut
S26
E3
"Curse of Fenric" Christians use crosses to stop vampires. Discussions of non-religious faith as well.
2 comments | Add comment
Sex
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0
No
5
Yes
1
No
3
Is there BDSM?
33 supporters
Yes
1
No
5
0
Abynaut
S21
E17
Character who threatens Peri with rape wears a full body latex suit with only his eyes and mouth visible.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there incestuous relationships?
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1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
3
Are there nude scenes?
54 supporters
Yes
1
No
4
1
Bronsfield
S7
The Doctor takes a shower in "Spearhead from Space"
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
Yes
4
No
2
0
Abynaut
Peri's cleavage gets focused on a lot.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Sexism
Yes
0
No
3
Sickness
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0
No
3
Yes
2
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
4
No
2
Social
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
3
No
2
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
Yes
8
No
3
0
orangish
This very much depends on who you ask. Most stories have fairly tame endings, but since the show was cancelled before certain arcs could be resolved, the ending of the series as a whole could be considered sad.
1 comment | Add comment
Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
Yes
6
No
1
1
Bronsfield
S3
At the end of "The Massacre of Saint Bartholowmew's Eve" Dodo says a kid was run over. Knowing her, she probably caused it.
4 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
22 supporters
Yes
8
No
1
0
pedanther
S7
E23
"Inferno" part 5: A car crashes due to the driver's distraction. The crash itself is not shown; it cuts away just as it becomes apparent what is about to happen.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
1
Does a plane crash?
20 supporters
Yes
7
No
4
0
pedanther
S17
E13
"Nightmare of Eden": Not a plane crash, exactly, but the inciting incident is a collision between two spacecraft.
7 comments | Add comment
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
13 supporters
Yes
6
No
5
0
pedanther
S12
E4
"Robot" part 4: The villains threaten a nuclear strike, but it is narrowly averted.
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone drown?
30 supporters
Yes
15
No
3
0
pedanther
S21
E13
"Planet of Fire" part 1: A character hits trouble while swimming and comes close to drowning, but is rescued.
11 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
63 supporters
Yes
41
No
0
0
pedanther
S9
E24
"The Time Monster" part 4: A character is injured in an explosion and has a large bloodstain/injury visible on the side of his head.
20 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
35 supporters
Yes
187
No
0
0
pedanther
S6
E35
"The War Games" part 1: Sounds of gunfire and people being threatened with guns, and a cliffhanger involving a character being nearly shot by a firing squad.
46 comments | Add comment
Visual
Is there smoke or haze?
0 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
0
pedanther
S22
E5
"The Mark of the Rani" part 1: A sleeping gas is depicted as billowing smoke that causes its victims to cough and then pass out.
1 comment | Add comment
Where to Watch
K9, who is a robot dog, is also destroyed multiple times - but always gets restored.