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Is Dr Who on a mission to tick every single box?

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Bestseller · 28/10/2018 19:08

It great to see more diversity and I quite like the female Doctor, but it's starting to feel like they're actually taking the mickey out of themselves (or us?) and playing some sort of game to see how many boxes they can tick.

One of the opening lines tonight "I'm your niece's wife" although it appears not to be relevant to the story.

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BagelGoesWalking · 29/10/2018 23:42

I agree with IWannaSee. I really want to like it, but the Doctor is not a fleshed out character yet and yes, a bit boring.

NobleGiraffe what's the significance of Park Hill Flats for us non- Sheffielders?

Didn't like it when Yaz told her mother to shut up!

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 29/10/2018 23:55

Wasn't the lady in the race the other week gay too? I think Bradley said "they killed my wife" and she said "mine too".

ErrolTheDragon · 30/10/2018 00:40

Wasn't the lady in the race the other week gay too? I think Bradley said "they killed my wife" and she said "mine too".

She might have been from an all-female species!

Some of you are over-analysing. It is back to being a family show, and most kids don't see the boxes we do. It's been observed that men tend to think women are over represented when thy get to about 30%... I suspect the same sort of thing may happen with gay people.
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MathsQuery · 30/10/2018 05:48

The thing I've noticed is how they've changed the dynamics. When the doctor was male he was very much 'in charge' and his female companion was the side kick. Now the doctor is female and they've created this 'team' of companions it feels like she's less in charge as it were and everything is more a team exercise. Why can't the female doctor have a male companion who looks starry eyed at her like they've done before? Probably not explaining myself well but I sort of feel like they are playing down the strength of the character because the lead is now female.

survivalmode · 30/10/2018 07:11

You're wrong @MathsQuery - the Doctor has had more than one companion before

Quickerthanavicar · 30/10/2018 07:26

Every day I feel more and more like Charlie Brown. Good grief yet again.

ErrolTheDragon · 30/10/2018 07:59

Maths - I thought The Doctor actually was very much in charge, making the decisions- but using the others abilities like a good leader. It was particularly clear (possibly deliberately scripted thus) in the last episode - even the 'Trump' figure ended up doing (more or less) what she said.

zippey · 30/10/2018 08:11

The new doctor isn’t a woman, she is a time lord. And to suggest trans is offensive to trans and gender critical activists!

I quite like the new series. I agree that you can see it as box ticking, but I’ve no problem with this.

zippey · 30/10/2018 08:12

And no, the doctor is definitely in charge.

AnneTwacky · 30/10/2018 08:27

I like the new series of Doctor Who. I think it's got some of it's levity back after being more serious over the last few series.
I can't see the issue with greater representation.

Glasgowbound · 30/10/2018 08:28

I like the complete lack of female socialisation she displays in how she moves and talks. Unlike most of us she is not operating under any awareness of a “male gaze”

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 30/10/2018 09:18

That's true Errol. Perhaps there's not much point in applying human characteristics to the aliens!

Robotindisguise · 30/10/2018 09:24

I can’t tell you how much it means to my newly diagnosed DD that there’s someone in the Tardis who is dyspraxic. These things matter.

glamorousgrandmother · 30/10/2018 09:46

Park Hill flats in Sheffield were built in the 1960s to replace slum housing and had many unheard of mod cons at the time like central heating and garbage disposal units. They might have been some of the original 'streets in the sky' . Unfortunately they deteriorated over the years and there were social problems meaning they ended up being emptied. They have now been renovated and, I believe, they are quite popular. I think they have listed status.

noblegiraffe · 30/10/2018 09:53

Park Hill Flats were a notorious no-go area. They’re renovating them and trying to rehabilitate their image. The views from Yaz’s flat were amazing!

susiella · 30/10/2018 13:54

As an ex-Sheffielder, currently living in exile in North Notts, the fact that this series is partly set in Sheffield is one of the main things keeping me watching.

BagelGoesWalking · 30/10/2018 14:10

I'm a southerner but I also really like the fact that it's set in Sheffield. Too many tv drama/shows are set in a London.

Ashamed to admit I've only been in Sheffield for a night and a day when visiting for the University open day last year. Really liked what I saw of the city, loved the views from the elevated uni campus, the area around the city. DD went somewhere else in the end but I will definitely go back again.

bolyston · 18/02/2021 22:08

If the line was 'your nephew's wife' would you have been whinging about it not being relevant to the story?

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