Doctor Who
TV Show • 2005 • Drama Report
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Yes
24
No
69
5
AliFoxhall
In School Reunion (S2 E4), K9 sacrifices himself to save the Dr. There is a new model at the end
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Yes
0
No
14
Yes
2
No
71
2
deanosaur
At at least one point in the series, a horse is implied to have been killed by a shapeshifting alien, which then imitated it.
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Yes
48
No
42
3
Rory_John14
A dinosaur dies in the episode Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
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Yes
28
No
51
3
VirTheQueer
In "Day of the Dinosaurs" (Series 7), dinosaurs are shown being abused and shot
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Yes
0
No
76
Yes
39
No
38
4
BrianWurtz
S12 E6 Multiple dead birds are shown throughout episode including the dissection of one. Alien bacteria is feeding on the plastic inside the birds. The episode emphasizes the importance of conserving our planet
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Yes
26
No
50
4
henryawells101
In the episode Survival, an Earth cat is savaged to death by an alien cat, although this scene is infamous in the fandom for extremely unconvincing special effects, so the blow MAY be softened. Proceed with caution.
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Yes
3
No
45
1
Pantalones
S2
E3
A robotic dog that was the pet of Sarah Jane and the Doctor is killed in an explosion. In the original series, the same robot dog accidentally drives into the ocean and short circuits. It is not a particularly lifelike dog but it might upset some viewers.
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Yes
0
No
77
Yes
75
No
43
13
henryawells101
Arachnophobes will want to avoid the TV stories Planet of the Spiders, "The Runaway Bride", and "Kill the Moon", as well as the novels "Festival of Death" and "The Crawling Terror" and the audio drama "Empire of the Racnoss".
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Yes
40
No
42
5
User9000
The Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar.
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Yes
74
No
42
11
river_night
The season 11 episode "Arachnids in the UK" obviously features spiders. Like, a lot of them.
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0
RLead
Literally all the time, the doctor himself is an orphan, and many children are kidnapped/left behind in multiple episodes
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Yes
1
No
39
Yes
37
No
39
4
Kell1963
In the episode "the idiots lantern" in series 2 there is a a teenage boy who is emotionally and (implied) physically abused by his father, at the end of the episode his father leaves but the boy decides not to cut contact
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Yes
25
No
37
3
ALittleBitKinder
There are several episodes where one-off characters are shown to be in abusive relationships (which are all portrayed as horrific, and usually end with the abuser facing some kind of comeuppance).
Additionally, there are some scenes where the main characters are shown committing abusive acts towards other main characters they have a close relationship with (including slapping them, yelling at them, and insulting them in a mean-spirited manner). These are almost always played for laughs, and the responsible characters aren't called out for their bad behavior.
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Yes
32
No
18
5
Wackd
Curse of Fenric and The God Complex both involve psychologically breaking characters through telling them their experiences thus far have been lies.
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Yes
24
No
23
0
Viomma
S1
E12
People are watched on televison non-consensually
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5
User9000
Patches in Gridlock.
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Yes
23
No
40
0
Viomma
S1
E9
While not abused, there is a seen with Jack having a drink, to skip skip the scene where is on the roof of a ship with Rose.
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Yes
6
No
64
1
oopsie
Travelling with the Doctor is described as being an addiction by 12 to Clara. Characters are seen drinking or in bars.
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Yes
33
No
16
0
Viomma
S5
E6
There is a scene where a main character is restrained to a chair in "Vampires of Venice"
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Yes
0
No
58
Yes
4
No
40
1
S11E8
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Yes
16
No
29
0
Pantalones
Missy and the Twelfth Doctor are shot with darts loaded with sedatives and they both pass out.
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0
Viomma
S5
E5
Skip the scene at the end of the episode with Amy and the Doctor when he's brought her back home.
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Yes
34
No
51
7
oopsie
No, but multiple times there is not consent in kissing someone.
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Yes
4
No
13
2
Pantalones
S3
E8
A boy is beaten up by his classmates, who have been bullying him due to his intelligence.
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Yes
0
No
16
Yes
59
No
31
6
Kell1963
In the episode Dalek the Doctor tortures a Dalek with electricity- you hear it screaming in a robotic voice
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Yes
5
No
54
1
robinjpeg
Yes and No. There are multiple instances where characters are going to be hanged, but they usually escape by some means. From what I recall, nobody actually dies.
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Yes
23
No
16
Yes
0
No
50
Yes
27
No
44
4
User9000
In Mummy on the Orient Express a ghostly finger passes through the Doctor's eye. No harm, but super creepy.
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Yes
0
No
51
1
robinjpeg
Not at all
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Yes
0
No
40
Yes
17
No
43
Yes
9
No
21
1
In S3 E2, Smith and Jones, people are shown struggling to breathe when oxygen is running out, however there are no deaths.
In the season 4 episode, Turn Left, it is mentioned that people died due to asphyxiation, but it is only mentioned.
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Yes
5
No
33
Yes
22
No
11
0
S5
E1
One character is knocked out by another with a bat, a character is knocked out through alien abilities
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Yes
42
No
32
7
valkyrie_cain
In S5E5, Angles Take Manhatten, someone breaks their own wrist.
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Yes
26
No
38
3
Aneesa
In S12 E7, a character is able to detach their fingers from their hand, but it is not gory.
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Yes
3
No
9
Yes
36
No
41
5
oopsie
There is a whole character who rips out the teeth of their victims and places them on their face.
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Yes
5
No
31
Yes
37
No
30
6
CLPPRBRD
S7E5 - The Angels Take Manhattan.
Huge spoiler: 2 main characters fall to their dead to create a paradox
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Yes
33
No
36
7
Wackd
Planet of Fire involves a character burning to death on-screen. Dark Water claims that humans are conscious postdeath and spend their final moments mentally begging not to be cremated; this turns out to be false.
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Yes
1
No
53
Yes
14
No
40
1
robinjpeg
S5
E8
Series 5 Episodes 8/9 (The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood) shows multiple characters being sucked underground by the earth, which leads you to believe they’ve been suffocated. It is later revealed that they weren’t actually suffocated in the earth, and they’ve been taken captive by an underground civilization. Nobody is actually buried alive, but at first it may seem like they have been.
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Yes
47
No
36
9
PiotrL
S02E01 Doctor gets his hand chopped off by the Sycorax in a sword fight.
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Yes
35
No
34
6
User9000
Time Heist.
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Yes
5
No
53
2
Woopmir2008
It depends on if you count an alien eating its own species
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Yes
21
No
24
1
Viomma
S4
E3
**Spoiler warning for planet of the Ood** we watch a human become an Ood and its nasty. To skip, about 40 minutes in when The Doctor says "Oh they've been preparing you for a long time" to Halpen skip ahead by about one minute.
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Yes
0
No
45
Yes
14
No
35
1
Pantalones
Amy and Rory's baby is abducted from them
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Yes
35
No
34
3
Nebulacat
In one episode, three people get possessed by aliens and have to be killed to get rid of the aliens. One of them is a little girl.
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Yes
23
No
18
1
Pantalones
There are several instances throughout the seasons but one of the bigger instances is the Tenth Doctor sacrificing himself to save Wilf from deadly radiation. In the 8th season Danny Pink sacrifices himself to give a child another chance at life. The Twelfth Doctor sacrifices himself so a group of humans can escape from Cybermen.
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Yes
23
No
15
1
Pantalones
Many aliens, both minor and major characters, die. The Doctor is an alien who looks human, as are other Time Lords and Ladies, and they die in some season finales, too.
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Yes
8
No
4
Yes
0
No
48
Yes
1
No
40
Yes
10
No
34
2
Doggo201
A house blows up and toys are inside
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Yes
2
No
8
Yes
49
No
30
5
Nebulacat
Rose Tyler's father and Mickey's grandmother are both dead.
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Yes
34
No
23
Yes
37
No
29
1
Amy kissing the Doctor the night before her wedding to Rory
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Yes
7
No
42
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
42
No
36
4
valkyrie_cain
S1E3 The Unquiet Dead features an alien with similarities to ghosts.
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Yes
51
No
23
4
oopsie
Usually mild ones, such as in Heaven Sent.
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Yes
15
No
33
3
Pantalones
S1
E1
Autons are basically living plastic that looks like mannequins. These alien mannequins pursue Rose and the Doctor.
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Yes
2
No
39
Yes
42
No
29
4
oopsie
In the Family of Blood/Human Nature, several people are possessed/ taken over. Also in Midnight there is an unknown creature that possesses.
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Yes
25
No
41
0
Wackd
A major plot point in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. Characters in Carnival of Monsters resemble clowns; this may not have been intentional.
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0
RLead
S8
E3
it is mentioned
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Yes
2
No
30
Yes
41
No
32
8
cornbreadcake
in "The Long Game" there's a scene where Adam, after receiving his upgrade, vomits from the shock of seeing his own brain. However the vomit itself is turned into an ice cube.
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Yes
45
No
30
4
voidgaze
aliens in london/world war three/boom town feature the slitheen, who are aliens inside of human skin suits and often “have issues with the gas exchange” (leading to the iconic line “do you mind not farting while im saving the world?”)
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Yes
2
No
0
Yes
1
No
0
Yes
0
No
43
Yes
9
No
39
1
Yaz is a cop
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Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
42
Yes
7
No
47
Yes
26
No
43
3
capnbrowncoat
In S11-E1, a character states that they did have cancer, but are in remission. There is no evidence the cancer has returned.
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Yes
21
No
37
1
In S3 E2, the Shakespeare Code, the Doctor, Martha and William Shakespeare go to an asylum to talk to a patient there and the people there are treated incredibly badly.
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Yes
27
No
30
Yes
51
No
27
3
oopsie
Multiple characters are doctors/nurses, and Smith and Jones takes place mostly in a hospital.
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Yes
1
No
55
1
Not explicitly but the doctor is sometimes accused of lacking empathy/emotion for not expressing it normally. Characters are teased/othered for being “weird”/“different”.
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Yes
0
No
1
Yes
13
No
27
Yes
2
No
37
Yes
3
No
38
1
The Master is haunted by the 'drums', a repetitive series of taps, which the audience hears in the season 3 finale, The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords
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Yes
43
No
32
8
VirTheQueer
In "Water on Mars" [SPOILERS] the Tenth Doctor attempts to save a group of scientists on Mars but upon returning them to Earth, the leader immediately kills herself upon walking into her house.
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Yes
19
No
19
0
Viomma
S1
E2
There are subtle mentions of the doctor having ptsd, but nothing extreme.
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10
NONE
Not technically an eating disorder, but Season 4 Episode 1 features a weight loss drug, and several times throughout the episode characters point out how much thinner/better they feel taking the drug and loosing weight, which may be upsetting to some viewers dealing with eds.
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Yes
13
No
39
Yes
10
No
54
8
angeltoycole
not in a suicidal manner, but characters do intentionally harm themselves on several occasions, such as one character breaking her own wrist to escape a trap.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Yes
1
No
41
Yes
26
No
30
0
Viomma
S1
E3
Rose and the doctor a stuck in a small space behind bars from 43 minutes in until 46 minutes in.
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Yes
0
No
44
Yes
11
No
31
0
S5E3 a scientist prepares to shoot himself but is stopped
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2
The Master is often referred to as being insane
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Yes
41
No
16
3
NONE
Often when the TARDIS teleports, it creates a shaky affect, throwing the inhabitants throughout the cabin
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Yes
40
No
14
0
Pantalones
There is not a TON of bad language but "bitch" or "bitchy" is used a few times, as well as "hell" and "damn." So it's not squeaky clean but it's not a lot.
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Yes
12
No
28
1
S6E7
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Yes
7
No
41
2
cass2004
In "Sleep No More", multiple characters look directly into the camera
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2
S5
E2
The setting is under total surveillance
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Yes
9
No
30
Yes
0
No
57
Yes
0
No
55
Yes
26
No
40
2
SqueakSquawk4
[Spoilers] In S11E5, a guy gives birth to his son on a hospital spaceship being attacked. The Doctor's companions cut the two umbilical chords.
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Yes
0
No
42
Yes
0
No
57
1
oopsie
No, but characters believe that someone may have or that she was wrong about being pregnant. Same character is infertile eventually.
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Yes
19
No
35
Yes
23
No
42
0
S5E14 “g*psies”
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2
cha0ticneutralsystem
Lizard/reptilian aliens infiltrate powerful government positions multiple times throughout the series
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Yes
0
No
42
Yes
58
No
38
3
valkyrie_cain
In S11E4 Arachnids in the UK, a woman is explicitly introduced who has a wife, who is then killed lated in the episode.
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5
guppy
An Alien character (Strax) who doesn't understand human gender cues often/constantly uses He and She for the wrong characters (Humans who are presumably cis). This is presented as funny.
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Yes
1
No
60
8
voidgaze
no, but there is a lot of racism in season 11 episode 2 “rosa”, which is about rosa parks and the american civil rights movement
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Yes
39
No
36
1
Wennella
Voyage of the Damned special
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Yes
7
No
54
3
WillD
In some episodes, yes
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Yes
5
No
60
2
voidgaze
there are no slurs used, but there is some mild homophobic language from the master directed at captain jack harkness (although, time lords dont share human ideas of gender and sexuality, so take that as you will)
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0
In S3 E2, the Shakespeare Code, the Doctor compares the men playing women in the Globe to London today, stating 'London never changes'
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Yes
1
No
41
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
20
No
30
5
Mychael
The doctor is 903 while Rose is 19. Do with that information as you will
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Yes
0
No
10
Yes
1
No
65
0
No, but the romantic arc between the Doctor and River turns out to be squicky when SPOILER in S6E7 it turns out the Doctor raised her.
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Yes
0
No
43
2
Pantalones
There are relationships between humans and aliens and different species, like Jenny and Vastra or Rose and the Doctor. However all parties are intelligent species and can give full consent.
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Yes
1
No
44
0
S5
E1
Character is however naked off screen
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Yes
6
No
36
0
Viomma
S1
E9
There is a scene with Rose while she is hanging from the air that someone makes some uncomfortable comments about her, once she is no longer hanging it stops.
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Yes
6
No
61
7
Felicia Flutters Schuman
S*x is alluded to often but the most ever shown is kissing. One character's conception is discussed at length.
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1
MediaTech
No, but some are made fun of for being scared e.g Mickey in S2E3 'School Reunion'
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0
Graham, the 13th Doctor's companion, has cancer, but does not die.
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Yes
0
No
41
Yes
0
No
37
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
13
No
32
0
Pantalones
In the episode "The End of Time" a few unlucky homeless individuals are shown receiving food from a charity. They are murdered soon after by the Master.
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Yes
1
No
38
Yes
46
No
25
13
noname93
In the Christmas special "Last Christmas" the Doctor says he knows he is in a dream because Santa is there, and Santa isn't real
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Yes
15
No
46
7
henryawells101
By far most episodes have a happy ending, either on TV or any other medium, with the Doctor saving the day with minimal loss of life, before, after being thanked by the survivors, going off to another adventure.
However, there are some rare exceptions to this rule, including, but not limited to, The War Games (the Doctor is successfully captured and executed by the Time Lords, before regenerating), Doctor Who and the Silurians", The Sea Devils", "Warriors of the Deep" (in all 3 cases, the Doctor fails to make peace between humans and an intelligent reptile race called the Silurians, resulting in a huge death toll for both species) "Blood Heat" (novel, the Doctor is forced to destroy an entire alternate universe), "He Jests at Scars" (audio drama, the Valeyard and Mel get trapped in suspended animation for all eternity, forever concious but unable to move or even scream), "Lucie Miller"/"To the Death" (two-part audio drama, three of the Doctor's companions die, driving him almost to insanity), and "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (two-parter, the Doctor is forcibly seperate from his companion Rose Tyler).
As I said, this is not a complete list, as there are probably more I've forgotten, not seen/read/listen to, or you may disagree on whether it counts as 'happy', but MOST stories not on this list SHOULD be safe.
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Yes
13
No
28
Yes
36
No
37
4
Wackd
At least two characters die in car crashes, one in Father's Day and one in Dark Water. Both events occur offscreen.
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Yes
33
No
32
2
Aneesa
A plane almost crashes (but eventually safely lands) in "Spyfall Part 2".
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Yes
48
No
33
6
abundanceoflove
In s1e8 - “Father’s Day”, Pete (Rose’s dad) is hit by a car.
In s4e12 - “Turn Left”, Donna walks in front of a lorry and is hit.
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Yes
23
No
28
2
Mychael
It's usually quite mild if it is present
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Yes
34
No
28
9
Wiw
In "Turn Left", in an alternate history where the Doctor dies, a space Titanic crashes into Buckingham Palace, annihilating London.
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Yes
46
No
22
7
NONE
Guns are scene/used multiple times throughout the series, but it should be noted The Doctor has a deep hatred of them, refuses to use them, and distances himself from those who do.
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Yes
36
No
39
6
valkyrie_cain
In S11E8 The Witchfinders, a character drowns during a witch trial. There are also several attempted drownings which do not result in death.
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