I stopped watching years ago, the Rosa Parks episode, half-way through. My first Doctor was Tom Baker when I was a kid. I was a bit sad that the show was no longer something I wanted to watch, but I figured it was just me getting old, and it had become a show for a younger audience.
I stopped watching years ago, the Rosa Parks episode, half-way through. My first Doctor was Tom Baker when I was a kid. I was a bit sad that the show was no longer something I wanted to watch, but I figured it was just me getting old, and it had become a show for a younger audience.
It’s always been for a younger audience. It literally started out as a children’s educational program.
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.