Has Political Correctness Ruined Dr Who?

[thesshhh]

I think so. It’s pathetic now

[thesshhh]

I’ve always thought Bradley Walsh looks like he could be a relative of Norman Wisdom, though many thought that of Lee Evans. Another like Craig Charles who looks like he needs a good hose down

[DeeLicious]

that article in The Sun has nailed it

[Kromovaracun]

I actually think the current series is quite strong. The episodes have lost some of the stupid bombast and superheroics that were introduced in the Tennant years and feel much closer to the low-key "adventures in time and space" theme which I think works best for the show. They've also got rid of the ridiculous obsession with metaplot which plagued Smith/Capaldi.

People who are upset about it being "too pc" need to get a grip imo. I don't really care if the showrunners want to showcase diversity if the stories are better - which they are. Jodie Whittaker is not my favourite Doc but it's a perfectly workable version of the character.

[dance2trance]

The notion of a Time Lord implies a hierarchy founded on the concept of men being superior to women. That must change.
A larger proportion of the UK population is LGBTQ+ than of Afro-Caribean origin particularly when the LGBTQ+ proportion by its nature includes non caucasians so the programme is now homophobic with its screaming message and mission to encourage non caucasians but not LGBTQ+ people to achieve. It was not always so.
Rosa Parkes might have been a USA icon but we are in the UK so why does that interest us? The UK did not have segregation. The only angle is BBC sales to USA. Stephen Lawrence's murder clearly means nothing. The Doctor Who programme might fantasize about a 1955 bus but not about a London bus stop in 1993.

[cassa333]

I found it over emphasised ‘the black struggle’.

[woofgang]

It interests me at any rate because its history...in particular because its history that looks likely to be repeated if we don't remember it.

[retrocop]

If I were a multiple amputee returned from Afghanistan I really do not believe my heart would be lifted by some luvvie trying to emulate my condition on a kid's programme.

[woofgang]

ok now you have lost me completely

[DeeLicious]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6324799/Doctor-sparks-fan-backlash-Time-Lord-branded-TVs-politically-correct-show.html

[Mamyalynne]

Those with arachnophobia should stay away this evening :-)

[mushroom25]

//That must change.
A larger proportion of the UK population is LGBTQ+ than of Afro-Caribean origin particularly when the LGBTQ+ proportion by its nature includes non caucasians so the programme is now homophobic with its screaming message and mission to encourage non caucasians but not LGBTQ+ people to achieve. It was not always so. //

I'm guessing that you don't watch the show, D2T, for if you did you'd recall that Bill Potts, companion to Peter Capaldi's Doctor, was LGBT...….

[AuntLydia]

Last night's episode was the most ridiculous and dire yet. A loosely disguised pistol wielding Donald Trump figure building luxury hotels on landfill when giant spiders were breeding on the methane fumes.

They managed to get in Americas policy on Global warming, Donald Trumps opinion on the US gun laws and the shooting of endangered species all in an hour.

This is supposed to be a fun "out of this world" programme with some scary bits, not a political platform based around Sheffield.
Bring back the daleks, cybermen and some decent 'companions' for the increasingly irritating Doctor.

[Kromovaracun]

I think the Stephen Lawrence murder might be a bit heavy for the tone of the show. It would be a bit like introducing Fred and Rose West as villains in an episode.

//Rosa Parkes might have been a USA icon but we are in the UK so why does that interest us?//

Because they go across all time and space, for goodness sake. Plus the show has its roots in being educational - look at the old Hartnell eps which were constantly pausing to give viewers a lesson on magnetism or the aztecs or whatever.

[maggiebee]

Pardon my ignorance, but I always thought that Dr Who was a children's programme. My kids certainly watched it when they were young.

[Kromovaracun]

I think it's designated a "family" programme. So it's certainly supposed to be child-friendly.

[Kromovaracun]

To tell you the truth, I can't really explain why I watch it. When I was a child I watched all the old ones on repeat before the reboot started, so I was something of a little Whovian by the time the rebooted series started and just sort of continued watching. I can't honestly say I love it or that I'm some superfan though. And I confess to being a bit baffled by the fact that it has gained such a following in Canada and the USA.

[Canary42]

It certainly seems to have upset the misogynists and the xenophobes, which can't be a bad thing.

[AuntLydia]

We watch it as a kind of Tradition as all my kids have watched some form of Doctor Who over the years . I would say its a family show, right from the beginning there were scary monsters for the kids and a bit of eye candy in the form of Companions for the parents . The pull was scary bits and way off planets with exotic life forms. So far in this series they have had two episodes in Sheffield and the special effects budget, or more more pertinently lack of it, is showing. The difference between David Tennants 'Arachnid speaks volumes

http://www.arghink.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/empress-racnoss-300x225.jpg

And Last nights

https://tibs3.threeifbyspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DW_1104-SpiderWebLogo900x450-800x400.jpg

[Old_Geezer]

She's doing ok, but clearly isn't the Dr. The other PC changes don't much help, but can be overlooked. Didn't feel that the last episode really concluded properly. But overall not that bad.

[IJKLM]

Quite liked the spiders, but thought the ending was extremely unsatisfactory.

The businessman was criticised for his 'mercy killing' (even with different motivation) that made for a quick end for a spider suffocating from lack of oxygen, while the Doctor trapped the remaining spiders in a room with no hope of exit and limited food, that would probably lead them to death through cannibalism.

Previous Doctors would have transported the spiders to a suitable new home planet and let them live happily ever after.

As for Jodie Whittaker, she's the Doctor. She's different from previous ones. What's new?