My nearly-8 year old son has just gotten into Who with the 60th-anniversary specials + Church on Ruby Road.
He’s also watched Day of the Doctor, Power of the Doctor, and the first four episodes of Flux.
So far, he loves Tenant’s Doctors, quite like Gatwa and Whitaker’s, and has a soft spot for Hurt’s grumpiness as the War Doctor.
So, as the title says, what are your favourite Tenth Doctor stories that you think would be appropriate for 8-10-year-olds?
Difficult subjects aren’t a problem, as we watch and discuss difficult stuff all the time. However, I’d prefer to avoid stories that are super scary, as we’ll likely be watching them in my bedroom between 9pm and midnight for the next few nights while my wife and eldest are away at a Pokemon tournament in London.
Dopamine hits are welcome, and silliness will go down a treat.
I have seen all of the 10 episodes myself, but I have a terrible memory for NuWho and have yet to do a re-watch to rate them all.
My niece and nephew, who are 9 and 12, just got into Doctor Who as I told my sister to show them the 60th specials! So exciting to have them into it as well, we were chatting about them over Christmas.
I told them to watch Series 1 at some point, then when I went in to their room in the morning they were all together watching World War 3.
I said “Wow, you’re already on this episode!” and their dad said “No, Jake picked this one to watch because he liked the green alien monster in the picture” (Slitheen).
So they have not inherited my need for watching things in the correct order and they jumped into the second half of a two-parter. After that I played Dalek for them, which was me nerding out but they might not have totally ‘got’ it - Amber, my niece, doesn’t seem to love the show. I’m hoping she will click with Ruby!
Oh and they loved the Goblin song - especially as they also love Labyrinth!
Yeah my sister and I used to have Labyrinth on VHS when we were younger and watched it over and over, we used to play outside and pretend that the local pond was the Bog of Eternal Stench
We also loved The Dark Crystal so there were a lot of dark puppets in my childhood lol. Might explain why I like The Giggle and Ruby Road so much.
As for watching things in order - I’m sure he will grow into it!!
I was younger than 10 during his run and there are a lot of episodes I remember liking that were not as highly rated (Fear Her and The Idiot’s Lantern). There were some scary moments, but the only 10th Doctor episode that really scared me was Blink.
First night report, we watched School Reunion and Love & Monsters, he liked both, was a bit saddened by L&M, but super liked School Reunion, especially K9 and Sarah Jane.
I watched Love and Monsters when I was only 10 years old. The thought of losing my body and becoming a face trapped on a naked Peter Kay gave me nightmares. Maybe that one’s best avoided.
and they jumped into the second half of a two-parter. After that I played Dalek for them, which was me nerding out but they might not have totally ‘got’ it - Amber, my niece, doesn’t seem to love the show. I’m hoping she will click with Ruby!
