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07-02-2024, 12:57 AM
https://whatculture.com/tv/10-doctor-who-moments-more-disturbing-than-you-remember?rf=homepage
You might not remember them, but they definitely made you hide behind the sofa.
BY ALIX COCHRANE
JULY 1ST, 2024
Doctor Who (https://screenrant.com/tag/doctor-who/) has always had a reputation for being scary. Ever since the '60s, children have allegedly been ‘hiding behind the sofa’ to get away from Daleks and Cybermen and Weeping Angels, everything else in between.
Some episodes in particular (https://whatculture.com/tv/doctor-who-10-most-disturbing-episodes) have gone down in history for pushing the limits of how much horror you can get away with on BBC One on a Saturday night. Stories like Revelation of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric, and The Empty Child all have well-earned reputations for their disturbing and terrifying content. Steven Moffat has practically built a career around traumatizing children—and has won many awards for it to boot!
But there are certain horrifying moments that aren’t so well-remembered.
Whether they’re out-of-place scenes in otherwise tame stories, sandwiched between other, more horrifying moments, or simply featured in episodes that aren’t all that fondly remembered, you might have forgotten just how grim these moments actually are...
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You might not remember them, but they definitely made you hide behind the sofa.
BY ALIX COCHRANE
JULY 1ST, 2024
Doctor Who (https://screenrant.com/tag/doctor-who/) has always had a reputation for being scary. Ever since the '60s, children have allegedly been ‘hiding behind the sofa’ to get away from Daleks and Cybermen and Weeping Angels, everything else in between.
Some episodes in particular (https://whatculture.com/tv/doctor-who-10-most-disturbing-episodes) have gone down in history for pushing the limits of how much horror you can get away with on BBC One on a Saturday night. Stories like Revelation of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric, and The Empty Child all have well-earned reputations for their disturbing and terrifying content. Steven Moffat has practically built a career around traumatizing children—and has won many awards for it to boot!
But there are certain horrifying moments that aren’t so well-remembered.
Whether they’re out-of-place scenes in otherwise tame stories, sandwiched between other, more horrifying moments, or simply featured in episodes that aren’t all that fondly remembered, you might have forgotten just how grim these moments actually are...
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