That's awesome. I heard an interview with Neil Gaiman where he describes a similar response to the Daleks. I have heard that DW is technically considered a kids show in the U.K., which surprised me because it seems a bit scary for kids, at times.
A cushion was a mandatory tool while watching it as a kid. I can even remember hiding behind the sofa.
For some reason I have an image of some sort of jelly fish monster, a lighthouse, Tom Baker, and myself hiding behind the sofa.
What's quite funny is that my daughter loves it but refuses to watch ANY episode with the Angels in it, well not without me in the room. That's the way it should be :)
> some sort of jelly fish monster, a lighthouse, Tom Baker
This must be Horror of Fang Rock, from 1977, written by Terrance Dicks under Robert Holmes as script editor. In 1974, when they held the opposite jobs, Dicks asked Holmes to give The Time Warrior a mediaeval setting, which he resented: so in good-natured revenge, for this script Holmes told Dicks he could write whatever he wanted, as long as it took place in a Victorian lighthouse. Since The Time Warrior has a Sontaran, Dicks decided his script had to have a creature who would be the opposite of a Sontaran, hence the jellyfish monster.
Blink was a awesome episode. I have used it to convert at least 4 civvies into Whovians. However, I think Doctor Who is getting less and less scary and more and more dramatic/epic. Oh the other hand, I started watching DW when I was already 20 years old - I don't think Daleks are that scary to 20 year olds as they are to 8 year olds :)
Dito it was the cybermen and the macra terror that really scared me rather than the daleks.
BTW the BBC program on the early days of Dr Who is amazing and the ending is properly tear jerking (Hartnels last recoding and he looks across and sees matt smith)
> I have heard that DW is technically considered a kids show in the U.K
I've heard people say that before, but it's incorrect. Doctor Who is categorised as "Drama" and "SciFi & Fantasy". It is pre-watershed (shown before 9pm) so it shouldn't contain anything inappropriate for children, so you could consider it "family viewing".
I don't believe it's shown on CBBC (the children's BBC channel), for example.
Well, of all places, an early version of the character of Doctor Who appeared on, The Canadian Howdy Doody Show (whose guest stars included a young Bill Shatner).
