It was but the Doctor always won even though you had to wait a week to find out. Thats why there are all the old jokes about watching it behind the sofa. The new series even had a sofa-a-meter where kids could rate it.
I could n't sleep for a few nights because of this robot who could disintergrate walls. I kept seeing him in the walls of the house.
Also the actors playing the Dr were older gentlemen quite grandfatherly.