But just because a TV series is guilty of crimes against fashion and good storytelling does not mean it can be blamed for a wider cultural malaise. In the case of Doctor Who and Luke Skywalker, it’s worth considering, moreover, whether Fletcher truly believes the angry nerds who consume these properties are the ones getting into scraps outside the pub at 2am or wandering around with knives concealed on their person. They are surely more likely to be wandering around a comic book convention with replica lightsabers stuffed down their trousers.

Fletcher, as many online commentators have observed, came across as especially distraught about The Equalizer, which is about to receive a gender-flip do-over with Queen Latifah replacing the great Edward Woodward. During this part of the speech, the MP’s voice cracked with emotion. And understandably given Woodward’s Equaliser was first broadcast in 1985, when Britain was famously unblemished by inner-city rioting, football hooliganism or rampant misogyny

The entire argument is redundant anyway as there is little firm evidence of a link between TV violence and real world crime. “The notion that children will model what they see in media and become more aggressive if they watch a lot of violent media has intuitive, simplistic appeal,” said Psychiatric Times in 2016. “A violent video game might increase frustration in one player who does not enjoy the game, but legitimately relax another after a stressful day. And a non-violent video game could do the same.”