Speaking as someone who spent her wee years watching Doctor Who, I loved that episode, probably one of my favorites of the new series. As a child, the only thing second in terror to me besides the Daleks were the mutant maggots in the Green Death. (those things scared me so much that I swore off Doctor Who for good. Even when I was older and living in the US I'd quickly change the channel when I saw the credits pop up late at night on PBS.) Although the Cybermen came in a close third.
The thing to remember is, a child that stuff was genuinely scary and at times very terrifying. I have fond memories of sitting down to watch Dimensions in Time (a charity special featuring several incarnations of the Doctor which was broadcast in 3D, and according to wikipedia, was a crossover with Brit soap Eastenders. Something I had forgotten and which makes me really glad that I only have a six-year-old's memory of it.) and I got so scared when I first saw the Cyberman march across the screen that I whipped off my 3D glasses and kept them off for the rest of the special. Cybermen in 3D? Too much for me man. You read references to "behind the sofa" which is of course the traditional way to watch Doctor Who as a child. You crouch with your head above the couch and then duck down to hide during the scary parts. And the great thing about Doctor Who is that it spans generations. My Mom has fond memories of hiding behind the sofa when she was a little girl. And it warmed the cockles of my blackened heart when I read a news story about the BBC receiving complaints about the new series episode "The Walking Dead" being too scary.
And judging by the previews for the new series with Doctor no. 10 (which starts tomorrow! Internet don't fail me yet!) there are plenty more scares in store for the children of Britain. :D
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The thing to remember is, a child that stuff was genuinely scary and at times very terrifying. I have fond memories of sitting down to watch Dimensions in Time (a charity special featuring several incarnations of the Doctor which was broadcast in 3D, and according to wikipedia, was a crossover with Brit soap Eastenders. Something I had forgotten and which makes me really glad that I only have a six-year-old's memory of it.) and I got so scared when I first saw the Cyberman march across the screen that I whipped off my 3D glasses and kept them off for the rest of the special. Cybermen in 3D? Too much for me man. You read references to "behind the sofa" which is of course the traditional way to watch Doctor Who as a child. You crouch with your head above the couch and then duck down to hide during the scary parts. And the great thing about Doctor Who is that it spans generations. My Mom has fond memories of hiding behind the sofa when she was a little girl. And it warmed the cockles of my blackened heart when I read a news story about the BBC receiving complaints about the new series episode "The Walking Dead" being too scary.
And judging by the previews for the new series with Doctor no. 10 (which starts tomorrow! Internet don't fail me yet!) there are plenty more scares in store for the children of Britain. :D