http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-become-unsuitable-children-4304006
What do you think?
Personally I don't like censorship still I do prescreen the episodes before letting my little brother and sister watch them but I do that with most modern TV since now adays the amount of sex and violence you can show in an 8pm show rivals what was in R rated movies when I was a kid. I mean TV shows today can have graphic sex scenes and show people's heads being cut off or them becoming a puddle of goo. While I don't believe in censorship I do wish there were more shows that didn't resort to these tactics.
When i was a kid there were plenty of action adventure shows that either didn't kill people like MacGyver or cut away from the sex and the corps and just had them off screen,that doesn't seem to happen any more. I find it kind of sad because it seems like the choice is now between cartoons aimed at young children and what would get an R rating if it was a film back in the day,nothing in between.
I wish more modern shows would take the MASH approach and just let the actors' reaction to the bloody corps say it all instead of showing them. I miss old style action adventure and mystery shows that relied on good dialog and stories instead of how much violence and sex they could put on screen to keep viewers hooked.
While I don't think over all Doctor Who has reached the point other shows have and I still watch most episodes with my little brother and sister I will admit that there are a few episodes I don't watch with them and I can understand why some people will not let their kids watch it. I mean it does have violence,a kiss-o-gram,and cursing in it now and I would be lying if I said I didn't understand why some parents may not want their kids watching those things without them in the room or at all.
I don't want the show censored but I do think parents and others have a right to decide if they want their kids watching it and to say no. I still love the show but I can understand the problem. Does that make sense to anyone else?