Parents Fear 'Doctor Who' Is Too Scary Now

The United States hasn't seen it yet, but the recent two-parter of "Doctor Who" that aired on BBC featured the Weeping Angels, the characters created by new showrunner Steven Moffat during "Doctor Who's" third season in the popular and Airlock Alpha Portal Award-winning episode "Blink."

This weekend, vampires will invade the British airing of the series, which has some parents wondering: Is "Doctor Who" getting too scary for kids?

The series has always been geared for a family audience, with the classic series adding the caveat that it should be scary. Some of those scares were replaced with higher drama and action when Russell T. Davies revived "Doctor Who" in 2005. But now that he has departed and Moffat has taken over, the scares are back, according to The Daily Mail.

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