Who is the world's most gentle doctor?

title	Publication	date
News violence 'necessary'	Press Association The Irish Times	1972-01-27
Points of View	The Times	1972-01-27
BBC get new code on TV violence	London Evening Standard	1972-01-27
B.B.C. Study Finds U.S. Fare Twice as Violent as British TV	The New York Times	1972-01-27
Violence every half hour	The Guardian	1972-01-27
BBC Study Claims TV Violence Needed	Associated Press Albuquerque Journal	1972-01-27
TV violence 'discounted'	The Guardian	1972-01-27
Great sponsor of the violence campaign	The Times	1972-01-27
Violence is not really Dr Who's cup of tea	The Times	1972-01-29
Who is the world's most gentle doctor?	Daily Express	1972-01-29
Children of the violent box	London Evening Standard	1972-02-02
The BBC's study on violence BBC makes important contribution	The Stage and Television Today	1972-02-03

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• Publication: Daily Express
• Date: 1972-01-29
• Author: Martin Jackson
• Page: 20
• Language: English

OF ALL the out-of-this-world places to find Dr. Who, none is more unbelievable and fantastic than his arrival this week in the B.B.C.'s Top Ten "blacklist" of most violent TV programmes.

Even more stunned by the event is the good doctor himself, actor Jon Pertwee, whose seven-year-old son is understandably a devoted fan of the series.

"Rubbish," snorted Jon Pertwee in his best irascible Dr. Who manner." Our programme isn't violent, it is all just fantasy. There is no blood, no pain, it wouldn't upset an 80-year-old maiden lady, and my seven-year-old loves it.

"Of course the whole point of science fiction is to be a bit scary, but I think the most alarming item in the programme is our electronic theme music at the beginning. And that is always shown with a rather benign picture of me assure the viewers."

Tonight's "DR. WHO" (B.B.C.1, 5.50 p.m.) begins a new adventure with some "old enemies, the reptillian Ice Warriors from Mars. He also meets a hideous race of one-eyed vegetables and an evil genius operating inside a sort of iron lung.

But there is one incident the audience researchers on the look-out for violence must watch: Dr. Who is challenged to a gladiatorial contest by a seven ft. muscle man.

Don't worry, Dr: Who disposes of the villain with a touch of do-it-yourself karate.

Caption: Jon Pertwee as Dr. Who -— the non-violent winner

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