Specifically, they wanted 10% of the Earth’s children or all life on Earth would be wiped out.
What makes this premise so horrifying isn’t just the fact that it involves children; it’s the reason these strangers from another world want the kids.
They don’t need the children to survive; they want them because the chemicals in the children allow the 456 to get high.
But surely the Doctor will arrive to save the day? Sorry, it’s not that type of story.
To say Children of Earth is darker than a goth’s favourite pair of black jeans doesn’t do it justice.
