Now that the dust has finally settled on the Matt Smith era as everybody's favourite time lord and we're left with a magnificently angry looking Scotsman in his place, it's time for us to consider a few of the things the show can now do without. It's probably not unfair to say that in Smith's tenure as the Doctor, the show had become significantly more child-friendly. Now whilst I'm not saying that his spell was awful (far from it, there were some truly brilliant story arcs in there), the Smith era acted as a summation of things to avoid if you're wanting the series to be taking fully seriously as a sci-fi serial. Obviously it's hoping too much for the Doctor to go on a Malcolm Tucker-inspired foul-mouthed tirade to be see anywhere in his newest adventures, but instead, here are some of the slightly more realistic things we can at least hope to see a lot less of as Peter Capaldi brings his steely eyed grimace into the Tardis.
