‘Doctor Who’ season 8: BBC defends dark storyline of ‘Dark Water,’ finale in general

Clearly, viewers of British television like to issue official complaints about almost everything, and that include shows that they legitimately like.

The latest example of that? Qualms that many had about the last episode of “Doctor Who,” entitled “Dark Water,” being a little too dark for its own good. It contained a thought-provoking story about the afterlife, and also one about how an army of the dead was seemingly being constructed to take down the living. The realization of Missy as a Master at the end of the installment was enough to make your jaw drop.

Anyhow, back to some of the complaints. The BBC actually chose to respond in the end to some of the statements made about the episode, and reminded everyone with short attention span that the series has been crafting these sort of darker storylines for quite a long time:

“Doctor Who is a family drama with a long tradition of tackling some of the more fundamental questions about life and death.

“We were mindful of the themes explored in Dark Water’ and are confident that they are appropriate in the context of the heightened sci-fi world of the show.”

The truth of the matter here is almost that having a controversial episode is a good thing. It gets people talking about your show in a way that they otherwise may not have been, and if nobody has any thought-provoking questions or feelings, you run the risk of coming across as bland.

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