Definitely a kid's show. It is shown early evening on a Saturday, which is a kid's slot. Or rather a family slot, so it is assumed kids will be watching but that might be with their parents.
Ideas like the farting Slitheen, dinosaurs, Daleks v. Cybermen, the Titanic crashing into the Tardis, and most recently the elephant on the ice, are very much pitched at kids.
The youth of the overwhelming majority of the companions is to help kids have a pair of young (and generally rather uninformed) eyes to see the Doctor through and ask the questions they would ask.
The amount of running around (slightly reduced since Capaldi took over because of his age) is aimed at kids.
The fact the Doctor never uses guns and scorns those who do is a message aimed at kids.
Can't think of any more for the moment, but overall it is talked about as a kids' show and assumed that every child will start watching it once they are old enough. My nephew is nearly 9 and he has just started.
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Date: 2017-06-06 01:23 pm (UTC)Ideas like the farting Slitheen, dinosaurs, Daleks v. Cybermen, the Titanic crashing into the Tardis, and most recently the elephant on the ice, are very much pitched at kids.
The youth of the overwhelming majority of the companions is to help kids have a pair of young (and generally rather uninformed) eyes to see the Doctor through and ask the questions they would ask.
The amount of running around (slightly reduced since Capaldi took over because of his age) is aimed at kids.
The fact the Doctor never uses guns and scorns those who do is a message aimed at kids.
Can't think of any more for the moment, but overall it is talked about as a kids' show and assumed that every child will start watching it once they are old enough. My nephew is nearly 9 and he has just started.