10 Fixes For Doctor Who's Future

10. Adopt A More Serious Tone

While there’s always been light and dark within Doctor Who, the show has perhaps veered a bit too silly in recent years.

For every grounded story like 73 Yards and Lucky Day there are about three things that are much more daft – from talking babies, singing goblins and the Twist at the End to Kate Lethbridge-Stewart telling the Doctor that we’re all his children (shudder).

This doesn’t mean that the show needs to deal with more adult themes in every single episode – rather that it needs to take itself seriously if it wants to be taken seriously by viewers.

Something that goes hand in hand with this is making Doctor Who scary again. Recent episodes haven’t been without their scary moments, but it feels like sending kids behind the sofa is no longer the biggest priority.

Kids love watching stuff that feels too old for them, so making the show scarier and more “grown-up” would almost certainly broaden its appeal. When you think back to the most iconic and beloved episodes in the modern series, they all fit this mould – whether it's Blink, The Waters of Mars, Heaven Sent or even something like Amy's Choice. So doesn't that tell you something?

Nobody's favourite episode is New Earth. Or Aliens of London, or The Lodger. Nobody's!

These dark and complex tales should be the backbone of Doctor Who going forward, which hasn't been the case in recent times.