A BBC audience research survey conducted in 1972 found that, by their own definition of violence ("any act which may cause physical and/or psychological injury, hurt or death to persons, animals or property, whether intentional or accidental") Doctor Who was the most violent of the drama programmes the corporation produced at the time.
BBC一項在1972年進行的觀眾研究調查發現，符合他們自己的定義「任何可能在身體和/或心靈造成人、動物或財產傷害或死亡的行為，無論是故意還是事故，」《異世奇人》是那時該公司製作的所有戲劇節目中最暴力的。