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All of time, all of space, anyone could be The Doctor, and anyone can watch the show. Sorry mid-40s white man, this week the spotlight is on somebody else, but that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy it.
November 25, 2023 at 10:58 PM
All of time, all of space, anyone could be The Doctor, and anyone can watch the show. Sorry mid-40s white man, this week the spotlight is on somebody else, but that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy it.
In 2023 it'll continue to branch out, covering more topics, more people, touching more lives. It blows my mind that some people out there will read this thread like it's a horror story. It's the reason why Doctor Who is the best show ever.
November 25, 2023 at 10:57 PM
In 2023 it'll continue to branch out, covering more topics, more people, touching more lives. It blows my mind that some people out there will read this thread like it's a horror story. It's the reason why Doctor Who is the best show ever.
And from there we're now in an era: one of non-binary representation, trans representation, sexuality, identity. No longer is the show bound to slight political criticism. Can you imagine penning any of these topics into a script in the 60s? You'd never be allowed to write again.
November 25, 2023 at 10:57 PM
And from there we're now in an era: one of non-binary representation, trans representation, sexuality, identity. No longer is the show bound to slight political criticism. Can you imagine penning any of these topics into a script in the 60s? You'd never be allowed to write again.
From there to the present day we visit Rosa Parks and MLK, Time Lords can change race and gender, The Master is a woman, characters who aren't straight start to pop up. More and more people get to point excitedly at the screen and go "hey they're like me!"
November 25, 2023 at 10:56 PM
From there to the present day we visit Rosa Parks and MLK, Time Lords can change race and gender, The Master is a woman, characters who aren't straight start to pop up. More and more people get to point excitedly at the screen and go "hey they're like me!"
As we glide through the 2000s, it's hard to keep up. The Prime Minister is killed and the cabinet replaced by aliens in skin suits, we meet a 51st century pansexual, and the corporate media controls humanity. Oh sorry, that's just in 2005.
November 25, 2023 at 10:56 PM
As we glide through the 2000s, it's hard to keep up. The Prime Minister is killed and the cabinet replaced by aliens in skin suits, we meet a 51st century pansexual, and the corporate media controls humanity. Oh sorry, that's just in 2005.
After being off-air for 16 years, Doctor Who returns in 2005. After 8 incarnations of well-spoken upper class men playing the role, it's some northerner from Salford. 42 years, and The Doctor finally sounds like a bloke from down the road.
November 25, 2023 at 10:55 PM
After being off-air for 16 years, Doctor Who returns in 2005. After 8 incarnations of well-spoken upper class men playing the role, it's some northerner from Salford. 42 years, and The Doctor finally sounds like a bloke from down the road.
1988, and The Happiness Patrol. Helen A, our Margaret Thatcher stand-in, is overthrown when The Doctor encourages the suppressed and slaughtered workers to rise up and overthrow her themselves.
November 25, 2023 at 10:55 PM
1988, and The Happiness Patrol. Helen A, our Margaret Thatcher stand-in, is overthrown when The Doctor encourages the suppressed and slaughtered workers to rise up and overthrow her themselves.
Jumping to 1980, NURSE WHO? dominates the headlines as Tom Baker (the 4th actor to play The Doctor) responds when asked about his successor: " certainly wish my successor luck whoever he, or she, might be".
November 25, 2023 at 10:55 PM
Jumping to 1980, NURSE WHO? dominates the headlines as Tom Baker (the 4th actor to play The Doctor) responds when asked about his successor: " certainly wish my successor luck whoever he, or she, might be".
Does it need mentioning? Episode 2, still 1963. The Daleks: machines only capable of hate who wish to destroy anything non-Dalek. Overt parallel to Nazis and the extermination of anything unlike themselves.
November 25, 2023 at 10:54 PM
Does it need mentioning? Episode 2, still 1963. The Daleks: machines only capable of hate who wish to destroy anything non-Dalek. Overt parallel to Nazis and the extermination of anything unlike themselves.
Let's start in 1963. The final part of Doctor Who's very first episode concludes with The Doctor teaching ideas of socialism to cavemen.
November 25, 2023 at 10:54 PM
Let's start in 1963. The final part of Doctor Who's very first episode concludes with The Doctor teaching ideas of socialism to cavemen.
Hello, a thread on why #DoctorWho hasn't just gone woke. It always has been.
November 25, 2023 at 10:53 PM
Hello, a thread on why #DoctorWho hasn't just gone woke. It always has been.
What happened to you Duolingo bird
October 28, 2023 at 2:11 PM
What happened to you Duolingo bird