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"Behind the sofa" is a British pop culture phrase describing the fearful reaction of hiding behind a sofa to avoid seeing frightening parts of a television programme (with the implication that one wants to remain in the room to watch the rest of the programme). Although the phrase is sometimes employed in a serious context, its use is usually intended to be humorous and/or nostalgic, and to evoke a pleasant, safe fear in a domestic setting.
==Origin in ''Doctor Who''==
The expression originated from popular media commentary on young children being frightened by episodes of the BBC science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', particularly during the 1970s. The idea that young children would hide behind furniture when especially frightening scenes were being shown, as they were unwilling to miss the programme altogether, was also popularized in the media.〔"Still, the Daleks are the boss space horrors, something to get the children hiding behind the sofa." 〕 The phrase is strongly associated with ''Doctor Who'' in the United Kingdom, so much so that in 1991 the Museum of the Moving Image in London named their exhibition celebrating the programme "Behind the Sofa".
"Everyone remembers hiding behind the sofa,"〔McKay, Sinclair. ("Guess Who's 30 This Year?" ). ''The Mail on Sunday''. Sunday 18 April 1993.〕 journalist Sinclair McKay wrote of the programme during its thirtieth anniversary year of 1993. "Remember hiding behind the sofa every time ''Doctor Who'' came on the television?"〔Pringle, Maggie. ("Dr Who's 30 Years of Time Travel" ). ''Daily Mirror''. Friday 17 February 1995.〕 the ''Daily Mirror'' newspaper asked its readers in a feature article two years later. In a 2006 interview with Sky News, Prince Andrew, Duke of York said that he hid from Daleks behind a Windsor Castle settee while watching ''Doctor Who'' as a child.〔Lyon, Shaun. (Outpost Gallifrey News Page ), ''Outpost Gallifrey''. Friday 21 April 2006.〕 ''The Economist'' has presented "hiding behind the sofa whenever the Daleks appear" as a British cultural institution on par with Bovril and tea-time.
Paul Parsons, author of ''The Science of Doctor Who'', explains the appeal of hiding behind the sofa as the activation of the fear response in the amygdala in conjunction with reassurances of safety from the brain's frontal lobe.〔Parsons, Paul. ("Who believes in who" ) ''Daily Telegraph''. Tuesday 28 March 2006. (URL accessed 30 March 2006.)〕
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