Dr who

I love Midnight, its one of my favourites. The concept is brilliant, the acting superb. But I think the female characters are not particularly well written. They are just all a bit two dimensional. Until they are possessed by an alien of course. And I do appreciate that this is a children's show, or at least a show that children should be able to watch and understand.

It doesn't stop me from watching RTD, I do like his programes, but really for the plot, or ideas, I just don't expect to believe the characters.

I really recommend Years and Years, I was glued to it.

The women stuck on the spacecraft in Midnight were believable too imo, I'm thinking the young scientist lady who's partnered with her patronising creepy boss and the woman who ends up getting possessed (can't remember their names, been a while since I watched that episode!
Never seen Years and Years

Yes granted, but I am struggling to think of another tbh. The mum in Years and Years was well rounded, but I think that may be due to the magnificent Anne Reid than the script. They seem to be a bit 'stock' generally, to me anyway.

Rose (Billy piper) was a believable female character

Pennywise meets Liberace and his piano.

I don't think RTD writes particulaly believable female characters.

I watched It's A Sin the other week. Very moving, but I was also struck at how the mother was blamed for the guy shagging around and giving lots of men HIV; she was a devil. The gay man had no capacity for right and wrong, so damaged was he by the evil woman, and she was awful.
The other main female character was an angel. She lived through the gay men like she had no other life, but to party with them and nurse and care for them.

It was like the women were judged through their behaviour towards the men. That was their point .

RTD has got some unresolved misogynist issues to deal with I suspect. A psychoanalysist could have a field day with some of this, I'm sure.

He's still a great writer. And although, as I'm a literal witch in his eyes, I still enjoy his work.

RTD knows how to make great television, he knows how to pull the heartstrings. And he knows how to push his views and perspectives too.
He's too clever and he knows people are sick of being clumsily preached at.
I'm sure he'll be going for rip roaring adventures again. I'm sure we'll get a good side helping of "be kind and inclusive".
I'm excited about the cast LOTS of talent there. I just want the good Dr Who back.

There was the character Cassendra, who claimed to have grown up a boy, but then after 7008 plastic surgery operations seemed to be a narcissistic psychotic female killer who was essentially just a piece of skin with a face.
How lovely pre QT Doctor Who was!

Those terrible terves, aligning themselves with (fascist) Daleks again!

How did you access RTD's computer?? 😂

His first words better be "Still not ginger!"

Just kidding, I stopped watching DW back at the end of Capaldi's run.

I think some people are confusing the character of Rose, (not Rose Tyler), played by Yasmin Finney, that will be in the special with David Tennant, with the new companion played by Millie Gibson

Doc is black

Nope. The companion at the moment is a male with a trans identity. So male doctor, male companion, male villain. So diverse, much inclusivity

The companion is female

Dr Who and its all male cast. How very progressive

Would you be ok with someone from the black and white minstrel show joining the cast?

In that way, that's the way its not ok.

Back behind the sofa I go...

Yes - the shoes look so very painful. Makes me wince….

The question is how 'political' this appearance ends up being I suppose.

I agree, sadly recent series don’t look good on that score. On the bases of recent episodes I wouldn’t be totally surprised if the Earth had been destroyed because TERFs had failed to accept men could be women, the Dr manages to tweak the chameleon circuit of the tardis so it becomes a progress pride flag, Terfs are dispatched to oblivion with the Darleks, and the poor oppressed transwomen creep out of hiding into the daylight of a brand new dawn.

If Jinx is some sort of random Alien villain then it could be ok - who’s to say that alien culture doesn’t dress men in weird, to Earth eyes, relatively feminine stereotyped costumes. I would have a lot more problems if the produces try to claim they are a woman.

To sit on the fence - I think the promo pics look good and in a lot of ways, Jinkx is a good fit. Jinkx is from a theatre-comedy-musical background and has always been a geeky, more 'old school' drag queen who never had a sleazy, sexy act. Jinkx has just been playing Mama Moreton on Broadway. So is actually capable of doing the job rather than it being any kind of stunt casting.

However Jinkx has identified as non binary for the last few years and considers themselves to be trans with it, and anything that perpetuates more of that meaningless nonsense is a turn off for me. The question is how 'political' this appearance ends up being I suppose.

Panto

Vada!