10 Doctor Who Episodes That Had The Balls To GO THERE

Kinda sends the Fifth Doctor and his companions into a surreal, psychological nightmare on the paradise planet of Deva Loka.

Instead of relying on standard sci-fi monsters with ray guns, the story dives into religious symbology, analytical psychology, and an ancient evil: the second member of the Pantheon of Discord on this list, the Mara.

The Mara is a godlike being that assumes the form of a giant snake and has a penchant for possessing people, most notably Tegan. And this is where the story really gets weird. These sequences take place within Tegan's head, a black void filled with a creepy elderly couple dressed in all white and playing a chess game, alongside a host of other trippy and chilling visuals.

There are moments in the story that really push the boundaries of what was possible within the limits of the technology available to them, especially the rituals with the Kinda in the third episode. It's avant-garde, unapologetically weird, and driven by intense, theatrical performances more so than anything else.

By pushing children’s television into dark, existential territory, Kinda shows the series was willing to swap pulse rifles and lizard costumes for pure psychological dread.