Responding to the findings of the survey in The Times newspaper, journalist Philip Howard maintained that, "to compare the violence of Dr Who, sired by a horse-laugh out of a nightmare, with the more realistic violence of other television series, where actors who look like human beings bleed paint that looks like blood, is like comparing Monopoly with the property market in London: both are fantasies, but one is meant to be taken seriously."
Som svar til de fund fra undersøgelsen i The Times avisen, journalist Philip Howard holdt fast i at, "at sammenligne voldeligheden hos Dr Who, udfaret af et heste-grin ud fra et mareridt, med en mere realistisk voldelighed fra andre TV serier, hvor skuespillere som ligner mennesker bløder maling der ligner blod, er som at sammenligne Monopoly med ejendomsmarkedet i London: begge er fantasier, men en er ment til at blive taget seriøst."