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Originally Posted by Ragged Robin
Oh absolutely, it's always been a family-centric show. With the new Doctor they are attempting to make it a bit more "dark" and a bit more "mature" but it's still layered in that kids won't really pick up the more adult/complex issues and will enjoy the quirky Doctor stuff and the monsters. You can be assured that the show will never cross the line into horror
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Agree with this. At the same time, there are so many back seasons you could always start on older seasons first and take your time getting to the last couple of seasons. I think it started to get a bit darker as the last Doctor was being phased out. The "Name/Day/Time of the Doctor" trilogy that says goodbye to the eleventh Doctor and hello to the twelfth was much darker/mature than any others from the rebooted series. At least from what I remember. As a childhood fan, seeing Tom Baker was awesome. I'll remember these episodes longer than any other from the reboot so far.
I would highly recommend introducing the earlier Doctors before the reboot. The FX obviously suck, but the stories were still a lot of fun. I think 7 or 8 is perfect for these, as the FX usually aren't as important for kids anyway. The somewhat hammy acting won't be eye-rolling either!
Netflix has a bunch (not all) of episodes from the original series run. Worth checking out.