Doctor Who and Violence - Part 3

In a documentary Peter Davison, who played the 5th incarnation of the Doctor, said it didn't bother him, the violence. LOL. Go figure.

So there you have it, the 5th incarnation of the Doctor is the most violent one.

Doctor Who and Violence - Part 2

Death counts per episode doesn't mean it's because the Doctor was particularly violent. However, so far I've found 2 avid Doctor Who fans (of which one is an anorak) who pointed out the 5th Doctor really is quite violent. Also the TARDIS index files site claims the 5th Doctor the most violent of all of the Doctor's incarnations.

Still laughing, though.

Sources:
Doc Oho's Big Finish Blog
the Anorak reviews
TARDIS Index Files

Doctor Who and Violence

This is an interesting subject, especially when discussed in combination with Doctor Who.

The show started as a children's (boys aged 8-15 and the occasional nerdy girl) show and grew out to be a family show. It's a science fiction/adventure (/fantasy/etc) show. The combination of the abovementioned soon sparked into discussions about the violence showed in the ...uh...show.

It's also said that the Doctor is a pacifist. Hmmm, yeah...Not quite true, he has been known to punch/fire/blast creatures out of the sky or in the face.

Interest in this subject and the fact that I'm setting up to write my first Doctor Who fanfic, I'm doing some research. Here's the first fun fact. Let's first look at the overall death count per episode.

I took this from The Big Doctor Who Death Count.

This made me laugh, because the top 3 stories are all 5th Doctor stories. The sweet, amiable 5th Doctor. Not sure the death count is so high because he's more violent, or less able to prevent death, or because he apparently doesn't go as far to prevent death (cares less?) than his predecessors and successors.

May I also point out there's no 6th Doctor story present, while this incarnation of the Doctor was always regarded as the angry/most violent one.

The research goes on.

Ressurrection of the Daleks (5th Doctor)
The Caves of Androzani (5th Doctor)
Earthshock (5th Doctor)
Spearhead from Space (3th Doctor)
Dalek Invasion of Earth (1st Doctor)
Seeds of Death (2nd Doctor)
Remembrance of the Daleks (7th Doctor)
the Tomb of the Cybermen (2nd Doctor)
the Ark in Space (4th Doctor)
Carnival of Monsters (3rd Doctor)

I'm like...

Hehehe...I must admit that sort of pleases me. I never know who my favourite Doctor is, but I did figure that I would probably get along best with the 5th or the 8th Doctor. So yes, very pleased!!!

Number 3 does worry me though and is incorrect if you ask me. 1) I'm not a tin dog 2) I suck at maths 2) I can't scream propperly (cigarettes and all which is also not Mel at all) 3) and once again, I'm not of tin making!!!