10 Times Doctor Who Was Way Too Murderous For a Family-Friendly Show 

When you have a show about an alien who flies around the galaxy fighting monsters, it's almost impossible to make that show suitable for children. As much as we all adore the Doctor and all the companions for their dedication to saving the Earth from anyone who might want to attack it, there are always casualties associated with their actions.

Some episodes are better than others, but some really make you wonder if you are watching a family show or an R-rated horror movie. Well, at least they make the show more Halloween-appropriate, we suppose.

Here are 10 episodes where Doctor Who completely crossed the line between family-friendly and disturbingly violent.

Love and Monsters

Some people might argue that death isn't the worst thing that can happen to a human, but living in certain conditions is. Leaving Ursula in a non-human state was one of the Doctor's worst moments, and the great guilt he carried with him for many years. Although she went on to live a happy life, the prospect still sends shivers down our spines.

Arachnids in the UK

The Doctor's pride in being humane and kind was one of the recurring themes in the New Who series.

Though the classic series Doctors were far less emotional about violence, the Doctor who just came out of the war certainly was. So when the 13th Doctor leaves mutated spiders to slowly suffocate as a sign of humanity, it not only disturbs us, it makes us raise our eyebrows.

Day of the Moon

Of course, the only real way to remove the Silence from Earth forever was to make humans aware of their existence and send the message to kill them on sight. But that wasn't the only thing the 11th Doctor did to them. Well, technically the rest was done by River Song, but the Doctor cheered enthusiastically as she killed them one by one.

Revolution of the Daleks

As we all learned during the long run of Doctor Who Reboot, there's nothing or no one the Doctor ever loved more than his TARDIS. Not only was it alive, but it was loving, trusting and helpful throughout the entire journey. That is why the Doctor agreeing to sacrifice her was such a poorly written decision, comparable to murdering a best friend.

The Vampires of Venice

While it wasn't exactly the Doctor's fault, the extinction of the entire Saturnyns race will certainly weigh heavily on his shoulders. As the Doctor knelt at the water's edge, mourning the death of the last family who were just looking for a way to continue their existence, we all mourned with him on the other side of the screen.

The Runaway Bride

The drowning of the Racnoss babies, on the other hand, was entirely the 10th Doctor's fault. For a man who prides himself on his kindness and eschews the use of weapons of any kind, he had a lot of nerve to just stand there and listen to the mother's heartbreaking screams.

Was she a villain in the story? Absolutely. Did she have a right to protect her babies? Of course she did.

Aliens of London

The most disturbing technique aliens can use to hide is the "human suit" or "skin suit." It appeared in the fourth episode of the first season of the reboot, and we were all as horrified as Rose to witness the deaths of those who were later used as cloaks. To this day, that episode remains just as gruesome.

Silence in the Library

Remember the creature (or should we say “creatures”?) that managed to strip all the flesh off a human's bones in a matter of seconds? The death of Miss Evangelista in The Library and her chilling screams will forever remain scary and a little too violent to show to children. Especially considering the heartbreaking dialog with Donna a few moments later.

The Parting of the Ways

Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for Doctor Who background characters to die during the adventures of the Doctors and their companions. However, the mass death on Floor Zero during the Dalek attack was the one that scarred many Whovians the most. The tragedy of losing so many innocent lives is incomparable.

Spyfall

Was the Master the Doctor's greatest nemesis throughout the series? Yes, he was. Did he deserve the fate that the 13th Doctor inflicted on him? Not at all. Doctor Who hit an all-time low when the Doctor revealed Mater's true appearance to the Nazi Germans and ran away.

That was an unnecessarily cruel and slightly cowardly decision that only highlighted Doctor’s questionable morals.