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  Stephen Fry stated that Doctor Who is a children's programme. In a sense he is right as children do watch it and their parents buy them the toys, but it is not exclusively a children's programme. It is, and always has been, a family programme - a big difference. Some stories are more childish than others, but by and large there is something for everyone each year, and the whole family can watch it all together. The likes of The Empty Child, Blink, The Family of Blood and The Satan Pit were certainly not aimed at a juvenile mentality.
  
  It's quite ironic that Fry was penning a script for Doctor Who himself a couple of years back - funny how he didn't mention it! Clearly he has not considered Ashes to Ashes, Wallander or Being Human when he made the thrust of his article.
  
  From it's 2005 regeneration (pardon the pun) it has put family drama viewing in a tea time slot back on the map. Some worked better than others - Primeval, Merlin, Robin Hood and (the admittedly dire) Demons would never have existed without it. It wasn't that many years ago and all we had was Noel Edmonds with that pink Blobby thing as the centre point of family Saturday viewing. Hurrah for the good Doctor!

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