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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pedanther
S26
E12
"Survival", part 1: There is a dog in one scene. It doesn't come to any harm.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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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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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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KrimSteinbelt
S20
E3
Turlough by the Black Guardian from the serials Mawdryn Undead to the end of Enlightenment (S20, serials 3-5)
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Addiction
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Animal
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
I don't recall seeing the rabbit die, but there's a dead one carried by the hunter. I think 5 minutes into part 2.
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Are animals abused?
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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?
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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?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
There's a dead rabbit carried by the hunter. The hunter has a dead rabbit with him as he runs away, not sure if it was elsewhere in the episode and I missed it. No idea if any animals were harmed in the making-- it looked pretty real but wasn't close up.
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Does a cat die?
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pedanther
S26
E14
"Survival", part 3: A character's pet cat is killed. The death is not shown, but the body is shown afterward.
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Does a pet die?
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pedanther
S26
E14
"Survival", part 3: A character's pet cat is killed. The death is not shown, but the body is shown afterward.
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Are there spiders?
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KrimSteinbelt
S11
E5
A race of giant alien spiders appears in the serial Planet of the Spiders.
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Are there snakes?
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KrimSteinbelt
S19
E2
The Mara, an alien that takes the form of a giant snake, appears in the serials Kinda and Snakedance.
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Are there bugs?
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KrimSteinbelt
S12
E2
There are many races of giant alien bugs featured throughout the show’s 26-season run. One such example is the Wirrn, a race of giant parasitic bugs that appear in The Ark in Space.
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Is someone held under water?
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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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Is someone restrained?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Yes, in "Pyramids of Mars," characters are restrained at various points throughout the story.
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x.kayy.x
A rape is heavily implied to occur in season 2's "The Time Meddler".
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Bodily Harm
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Is there cannibalism?
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pedanther
S26
E14
"Survival", part 3: It's not depicted, but mentioned in dialogue that the Cheetah People eat other people as well as lesser animals.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
In Part 2, a character is crushed by two mummies around 23 minutes into the episode.
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Is someone choked?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Multiple people are strangled/choked in Pyramids of Mars.
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Collins is killed offscreen after the Doctor and Sarah leave the storage room. The mummy case moves after they leave, and Collins is found dead shortly afterward in the study. (Timestamp not specified)
Namin is killed by the alien at the end of Part 1/beginning of Part 2. (Skip from Namin's plea to be spared)
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Warlock is strangled by a mummy around 9:38 into Part 2.
At the end of Part 2, around 24 minutes, a mummy approaches Sarah Jane and places a hand on her neck. (No harm done; resolved in Part 3)
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Collins is killed offscreen after the Doctor and Sarah leave the storage room. The mummy case moves after they leave, and Collins is found dead shortly afterward in the study. (Timestamp not specified)
Namin is killed by the alien at the end of Part 1/beginning of Part 2. (Skip from Namin's plea to be spared)
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Warlock is strangled by a mummy around 9:38 into Part 2.
At the end of Part 2, around 24 minutes, a mummy approaches Sarah Jane and places a hand on her neck. (No harm done; resolved in Part 3)
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Is someone burned alive?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
End of Part One, smoke comes off of someone's shoulders but not a traditional fire scenario or anything. Though the building is said to burn at the very end / after the episode.
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Is someone buried alive?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Not in the traditional sense. Sutekh is described as "Trapped beneath a pyramid and powerless to move."
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Is there body horror?
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Pantalones
In the episode "the Seeds of Doom" humans are taken over by alien seed pods. A man is shown mid-transformation into a plant monster.
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Is there a hanging?
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niskael
In the episode the highlanders
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Does someone become unconscious?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Part 2: Around 4 minutes into Part 2 of Pyramids of Mars, the Doctor takes a full force of a blast (no explosion) and falls unconscious. Sarah Jane tries to wake him around 5:45. He actually wakes up around 11 minutes into Part 2.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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x.kayy.x
A character's finger is dislocated in season 4's "The Smugglers".
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Is someone tortured?
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rat_with_a_crayon
Also the Third Doctor is implied to have been tortured in two episodes, "Inferno" and "Day of The Daleks", but it's not shown.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Pantalones
Major spoilers, the Fourth Doctor falls from a great height and dies.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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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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Is someone stabbed?
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pedanther
S26
E13
"Survival", part 2: A character uses an animal fang as a weapon and kills another character with it. The shot is framed so that the actual stabbing is blocked from view by the body of the attacker.
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Does a kid die?
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orangish
S19
E6
In Earthshock, a main character that is heavily implied to be a child, dies.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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orangish
S19
E6
Adric's death can be considered a sacrifice as he dies protecting the Earth.
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Does a major character die?
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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 a non-human character die?
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orangish
S19
E6
A character from the planet Alzarius dies in series 19. This is an example of a main character death. Most of the time, villains of episodes are non-human, and they almost all die. Many non-human characters die.
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Does someone die?
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pedanther
S26
E11
"The Curse of Fenric", part 4: There are a lot of deaths on both sides of the conflict.
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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pedanther
S26
E10
"The Curse of Fenric", part 3: A character who uses a wheelchair is portrayed by an able-bodied actor. At the end of the episode, he regains the use of his legs through supernatural means.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Yes, later on, Sarah Jane is kidnapped (seems to be unconscious at first.)
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Does a family member die?
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pedanther
S26
E10
"The Curse of Fenric", part 3: A character receives news that her husband has died.
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Are there jump scares?
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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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Is someone possessed?
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pedanther
S26
E10
"The Curse of Fenric", part 3: At the end of the episode, a character is possessed by the spirit of Fenric.
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Are there clowns?
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Pantalones
The Fourth Doctor uncovers a clown in the Matrix in "The Deadly Assassin."
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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pedanther
S26
E13
"Survival", part 2: A sequence takes place beside a broad but fairly shallow lake.
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Is there a shower scene?
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orangish
There is nothing explicit shown, but the Third Doctor is shown showering.
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Are there mannequins?
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niskael
Yes in the episodes 'The Spearhead From Space' and 'Terror of the Autons.'
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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orangish
This show aired before 2001.
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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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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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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x.kayy.x
No. Electrocution, however, is mentioned in season 15's "Image of the Fendahl".
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niskael
S20
E5
In the story 'Enlightenment' the character Turlough tries to kill himself by jumping of a spaceship. He is unsuccessful and survives.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
In "Pyramids of Mars," reality is portrayed as unstable due to Sutekh's ability to manipulate it. Sarah Jane sees Sutekh's face projected into the TARDIS, illustrating his influence on distorting perceptions and creating an atmosphere of instability throughout the episode.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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pedanther
S26
E10
"The Curse of Fenric", part 3: A few underwater shots.
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Is there screaming?
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niskael
The character 'Mel' especially.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Inside Sutekh's tomb and mummy case has some light effects at times. Examples are 15 minutes into part 4, where three columns (take up maybe half of the screen overall) have some lights moving around. The part that seemed the most offensive to my vestibular system was about 6:15 into part 4, with many lights moving within a mummy case shape, as if the item within it were traveling down a large time-space tunnel toward the opening of the case. The lights move more quickly and there are multiple colors that contrast starkly with the black void behind them. Otherwise, it's pretty tame.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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pedanther
S26
E12
"Survival", part 1: The Cheetahs' prospective victims.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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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".
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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pedanther
S26
E8
"The Curse of Fenric", part 1: A character has a baby, who the main characters interact with.
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Prejudice
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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pedanther
S26
E14
"Survival", part 3: Homophobic behaviour, but no actual slurs.
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Is there hate speech?
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sheregenerated13
S13
E9
Part 1: a few minutes into Part 1 of Pyramids of Mars, Lawrence Scarman refers to the Egyptians as "savages."
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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niskael
Yes in The Talons Of Weng Chiang. And Tomb of the Cyberme.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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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.
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Are there n-words?
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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.
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Sex
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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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.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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pedanther
S26
E14
"Survival", part 3: No cars, but there is a collision between two motorbikes that wrecks both bikes and results in the death of one of the riders.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Pantalones
The Fourth Doctor episode "The Deadly Assassin" has more on-screen blood than any other Doctor Who episodes I've seen. Blood is shown dripping down the Doctor's leg when he's injured. Blood is also shown very clearly on his arm and shirt when he's shot.
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Does someone drown?
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niskael
S26
In the story 'Battlefield.'
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Is there gun violence?
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pedanther
S26
E11
"The Curse of Fenric", part 4: A lot of shooting and a range of characters dying from gunshot wounds.
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