The new spin off Class premiered this week on ABC2.

I'd seen some reviewers say it "is aimed at a younger audience" but it seems to be a comment made by people who don't know what they are talking about and think Doctor Who is aimed at an older audience than they think.

Because based on those commentsI had assumed it would be somewhere closer to Sarah Jane Adventures a show that I quite enjoyed (although the introduction of Sky in the last season was a worry) but no it's no SJA!

Mild Spoilers follow It was actually surprisingly violent. Rated M on ABC2 there is much more blood than the average Doctor Who episode. I think - it's possible I just noticed it more as I expected this to be a "kids show", but in the two episodes they've shown so far one character has been splattered in the face with human blood several times, there's been limbs cut off of school kids, and humans skinned with gory remains to be seen. Pretty sure this sort of stuff is more implied in Doctor Who.

The first two episodes were alright and I'm going to stick with it. They knowingly reference that the premise is familiar (they are literally at a high school on a hellmouth by another name) but at least seem to be doing something different with it. Their Giles is the anti-Giles and so far the most entertaining character.