20 Worst Moments In Modern Doctor Who (According To YOU)
2. Sometimes I Think We’re All Your Children (The Reality War)
Nearly a year on, we’re still not over The Reality War’s hastily rewritten ending.
It wasn’t all bad. Jodie Whittaker turning up again was a joy, and the Doctor’s interactions with Poppy are kind of touching.
But then there was the character assassination of Belinda Chandra. The strange choice to regenerate the Doctor into Billie Piper. And, by far the most mortifying moment of all: Kate Lethbridge-Stewart telling the Doctor that she sometimes thinks we’re all his children.
The idea that the Doctor “saves all of us”, as Kate puts it, isn’t untrue. But everything about the way it’s conveyed here is farcical – from Jemma Redgrave’s totally straight line delivery to Murray Gold’s ridiculously over-the-top score, to the fact that it’s followed by a load of characters just staring at the Doctor in silence.
It also just doesn't make sense, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE HIS CHILDREN? Why would those words form in your brain?
It's also a little odd that Kate moves back to being a side character in awe of the Doctor rather than a formidable force in her own right. Although The War Between the Land and the Sea would certainly change that back again.