ValueSubtractedMA to Doctor Who Social ClubEnglish · 4 months agoPeter Capaldi Thinks 'Doctor Who' Has to Become Less Important to Survivegizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
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minus-squareValueSubtractedOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago it had become a show for a younger audience. It arguably always has been, though I think the degree to which that’s the case has fluctuated over the years.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIt deliberately went for a more grown-up audience in the Pertwee years, but found its way back younger with Baker I.
minus-squareValueSubtractedOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI think it “matured” throughout the new era as well, with RTD seemingly hitting a hard reset to being more kind-friendly in the Gatwa era. At least, I think that’s what he was going for.
It arguably always has been, though I think the degree to which that’s the case has fluctuated over the years.
It deliberately went for a more grown-up audience in the Pertwee years, but found its way back younger with Baker I.
I think it “matured” throughout the new era as well, with RTD seemingly hitting a hard reset to being more kind-friendly in the Gatwa era.
At least, I think that’s what he was going for.