Thing is, though, as I have been give to understand, the ritual sacrifice was, at least on some occasions, considered to be a huge honour for the ‘victim’, as it conferred benefits in the afterlife!
It’s one example, at least, of the ‘bestiality’ of the ‘savage’ tribes being illustrated out of context! 
1980: Not concerned about animal testing
The past is another country – they do things differently there. How true – I can’t see this cartoon appearing today.
1981: Dr Who’s opponents
Jokes about Daleks were quite common at the time. I never watched Dr Who but I rather think they were being portrayed as seekers of world domination.
You…you…never…watched…Doctor Who? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Plus, that cartoon was in the days well before the Daleks evolved to be able to levitate!
Stairs hold no fears for them now! 
Dr Who began late in 1963. I was 32 years old. Bit late to start surely?
You’re never too late for Doctor Who!
When the ‘new’ series started, I was well in my prime, but still watched it!
And all the series since! :-p:-p
Not I.
I was an avid viewer of Doctor Who when it was a children’s science fiction series.
When it became overtly PC, I stopped watching the rubbish.
I wouldn’t have said that either the Christopher Ecclestone version or the David Tennant version were particularly PC.
(By the way, by ‘the new series’, I meant the ones starting with Ecclestone, after the long break).
1981: Is there a hidden meaning?
There surely must be a hidden meaning here. Is it perhaps an alternative to the elephant in the room?
That’s a weird one, isn’t it?
Or a variant of the dead cat stratagem whereby a dead cat is thrown onto the table to divert attention away from something unpleasant?
1981: The master key
It has been made to look like a conventional key. But the important thing is its role as a battering ram. Another case of putting modern concepts into a scene meant to be placed in the past.
1981: His Master’s Smell
A dog listening to a gramophone was a very well-known advertisement for HMV. This joke links that icon with the glue sniffing epidemic that was very common at the time.
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1981: His Master’s Smell
A dog listening to a gramophone was a very well-known advertisement for HMV. This joke links that icon with the glue sniffing epidemic that was very common at the time.
The dog probably liked the combined scent of old dust and Bakelite 78s!
1981: Medical trickery
Having prescribed a placebo, the doctor is not worried about side effects because they can’t be real. Not the kind of joke that we would expect to see in the pages of Punch.
1981: Not exotic at all
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Imagine their disappointment that their arduous journey has brought them to something utterly ordinary.
Just goes to show:-
There’s no place like home despite you thinking the grass is always greener.
Other combinations of metaphors are available.
