Doctor Who: 10 Things Series 8 Must Do To Be The Best Yet

5. Get A New Sense Of Humour

If anyone is in doubt about the nosedive family friendliness has taken over the course of Modern Who please check out this rundown of the Doctor's recent raunchiness. It is not all bad, an innuendo or two makes the older members of the viewing audience feel they are in on something. Surely no one wants to return to the point in time of such censorship where as Peter Davison explained, he €œwasn't allowed to put arm around female companions€ because that would imply something naughty had gone on in the TARDIS. Being more open-minded about the Doctor romantic interests has had an upside. Still with a new Doctor aboard comes the hope that we find some classier form of comedy than discussing the intricacies of sex with a Zygon. There are less tired and overused ways to bridge the gap between young and old than reinventing the "sonic screwdriver equals manparts" joke. For the true best series ever instead of resorting to dumping everyone's mind in the sewer, series eight should derive its cleverness in other aspects of the story. Swap dirty jokes out for obscure historical references, or puns, or large words that will improve vocabularies of the less verbally dexterous.