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Should the Doctor's assistant be asking him" when was the last time he had sex" at tea time??

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luciemule · 01/05/2010 08:36

I'm in no way prudish and certainbly don't want to diss DW, however I have just read this here and whilst a bit of a snog is fine with me at tea time, I really don't see why Amy has to ask the Doctor when the last time he had sex was and that she really doesn't mind a one-night-stand with him.
It's supposed to be a family tea time show and whilst DS and DD were scared witless last week in the angel episode, I thought that hiding behind the sofa was all part and parcel of DW! Sex however, isn't necessary at tea time when we're all sitting down to eat our saturday night tv dinner.
I think that if Graeme Norton (in the next Dorothy prgramme) asked Andrew Lloyd webber when was the last time he had sex, there would be an outcry!

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PrincessBoo · 02/05/2010 12:26

I'm not against a watershed - but I don't thimk that the mention of 'sex' contravenes the it does it?

It's not like they were writhing about on the bed making 'sex' noises.

cocolepew · 02/05/2010 13:24

It wasn't as bad as I feared, more subtle. DD2,8 yo, thought it was "disgusting" meaning kissing. DD2, 12 yo, said "was she trying to do it?" in he manner of a Victorian lady.

octopusinabox · 02/05/2010 13:25

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luciemule · 02/05/2010 15:59

I'm only 32 and not a prude at all but I think tv shouldn't portay sex and sexual behaviour at teatime. Eastenders at least is 7:30 so the kids are getting ready for bed etc.

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Rocinante · 02/05/2010 17:30

Did she actually say "sex" though? I thought she just asked if it had been a while...

As far as young DC would be concerned, it's just a kissing scene as they wouldn't understand the implication, not really a problem surely?

noeyedear · 02/05/2010 17:38

She didn't say 'sex' at all- It seems to have gone over the heads of the younguns, including mine. I think it was well done and a subtle adult joke, for what is a family show, not just a childrens programme. I thought it did well to have a bit of humour at the end, after an episode I thought was quite tense and scary. There was plenty more in the episode that i felt less suitable for children. I was terrified for a lot of it!

mummytime · 02/05/2010 17:49

It went over my kids heads, and from the trailer for next week I get the impression it is to explain why the doctor drags her Fiance along for an adventure.

PrincessBoo · 02/05/2010 19:47

My husband is a Dr Who geek to the max and on the forums he reads people have said that the sexy bit went over their kids heads and most thought she just wanted to kiss him.

For those that are old enough to know what's going on then surely that's an opportunity to have a discussion about the rights and wrongs of this.

I find it disconcerting that people are more up in arms about the innuendo than the violence in this episode.

KayHarker · 02/05/2010 21:10

Multitudes of snapped necks and we're in a tizzy about a girl getting a bit fresh with a guy in a bowtie. It does seem a little unbalanced.

emkana · 02/05/2010 21:15

I am certainly not one to say violence is less bad than sex for children to watch, but in Dr Who the violence is so obviously fantasy - I mean come on, stone statues that kill? And we always watch Dr Who confidential in which you see young women being done up to be the weeping angels, which totally deconstructs it. But the sexual innuendo I was not happy with, there's no place for it in a family teatime programme IMO>

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luciemule · 02/05/2010 21:46

hmm - as I switched channels at the crucial bedroom bit, I didn't actually see it and so was going by the newspaper article that quoted her saying about the sex thing.
Tbh, I think they could either have it purely for teatime viewing (like Merlin) or just put it on later, say at 8pm.

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Rocinante · 02/05/2010 22:39

Hang on, you didn't even see it and you're creating a thread about it?

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luciemule · 02/05/2010 22:47

Noooooo- I created the thread having read the article that quoted Amy as saying "when was the last time you had sex" Therefore, I was then a and wrote thread. As I had swapped channels at crucial bedroom bit, I could only assume that the quote from the paper was correct.

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RowlfTheDog · 02/05/2010 22:54

The last time I had sex at teatime was before I had children.

PrincessBoo · 02/05/2010 23:46

She didn't say that. She said something like 'it's been a while'.

Article was in the Daily Mail right?

KayHarker · 02/05/2010 23:53

he said he was 900 years old while fighting her off and she said 'ok, it's been a while then' or something along those lines. He then realized a plotline centred around Amy and said he needed to sort her out, which she took to mean... oh, honestly, moffat writes oblique innuendo much better than I do.

PrincessBoo · 03/05/2010 09:06

Yep. Oblique innuendo. Well put.

Storm in a blimmin' teacup methinks!

TheJollyPirate · 03/05/2010 09:10

I am a bit of a geek and think there is more to the scene of Amy throwing herself at the Doctor than meets the eye. Trust me - it's tied up with something bigger.

octopusinabox · 03/05/2010 10:10

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ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 03/05/2010 10:17

It's a good rule of thumb for life never to just assume that a quote from the Daily Mail is correct...

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luciemule · 03/05/2010 13:24

. I don't usually but I was a bit naive me thinks. I did actually think though that if they quoted it would have to be correct.

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TheJollyPirate · 03/05/2010 13:29

He actually said "it's all about you" in a pondering tone. Yep - definitely something bigger going on.

KayHarker · 03/05/2010 13:38

nd then he said, while she was on the bed 'we need to sort you out, Amy Pond' to which she said 'well, yeah' which still makes me titter like a teenager. Sorry, I shall not lower the tone any more.

PrincessBoo · 03/05/2010 21:59

No, do carry on. I love to cackle like a teen

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