10 Most Inappropriate Doctor Who Moments

Doctor Who is a show with so many unforgettable moments spread across its near 60 year history.

From the very first regeneration transforming William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton, to the meeting of David Tennant and Matt Smith in the Day of the Doctor and beyond, every Whovian can recall plenty of scenes that they love and perhaps a couple that they hate as well.

But alongside all these great moments, there have been plenty of episodes that have caused controversy. Something as small as a dirty joke or a character doing something very off-putting, can clash with the tone and deeper themes of the show and greatly affect how we see an episode or character. While some of the examples on this list are only minor, they left a big impact on the fanbase - and not in a good way. In fact, some of these were so inappropriate they'll live on forever in Who infamy...

So the moment in question here isn’t inappropriate, but the response from several viewers was.

Ever since the show was revived in 2005, Doctor Who has featured multiple LGBTQ characters, most notably companions Captain Jack Harkness and Bill Potts. Yet despite this being the case, some people couldn’t stand watching a lesbian couple kiss on television.

In Peter Capaldi’s debut episode as the Twelfth Doctor, Deep Breath, Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint, a married couple who had already made several appearances on the show prior, share a kiss (or technically an exchange of oxygen). It was a seemingly harmless moment in a rather forgettable episode.

Yet some out-of-touch viewers found it to be deeply offensive and Ofcom received six complaints that the BBC were promoting a: “Blatant gay agenda.”

Whatever that means.

While the show does occasionally knock you over the head when it’s trying to make a point, this moment certainly wasn’t one of them. Television should be inclusive and those that criticised this moment and others like it, were deeply in the wrong.