Sorry straight white men, Doctor Who was never made for you.

What about the whole anti abortion message with the moon episode? Or the Isis Zygon episode.

What I find really interesting is people complain the show is now "woke" but when it was in an era they liked they look the other way.

This is why I hate the word woke as everyone has a different meaning for the word and everyone twists it. If it's shoving ideals and messages on the screen then kill the moon certainly fits this. The 3rd doctors era has a lot of messages in it.

I suppose the message of the articles headline is the show should be for everyone. You keep mentioning the doctor should be a grandad but male doctors where never seen as a grandad. The first doctor yes but the character had changed since then. They are also an alien.

I was also not keen on the idea of the doctor changing to a female back when it was announced but then I realised 2 things. Firstly the show was getting a bit stale and needed to do something different but secondary, I realised I was basing an alien on a human

I don't understand who it's altering a character who could literally be anyone. That was the whole point when Hartnell had to leave. The doctor regenerated into someone new.

I've been watching since the 4th doctor, and the show has always been progressive. I do call bullshit on colour and sexuality not bothering anyone. Do you not recall the backlash Martha got?

Galifrey is a fictional planet. The doctor is not human. Why should human rules apply to them? Also, I don't think the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th or 11th doctors could really be considered grandfathers.

>Let's be honest with SCD, is its audience going to be predominantly straight males? Cause I don't know any who willingly watch it.

True.

But it's always been like that. Strictlys also been kicking for some time.

To be honest you could argue Chibnall's era was actually anti woke as it's messages where messed up and not properly thought out.

I mean Spyfall part 2 has the doctor turn off the masters perception filter so the Nazis see him for who he is, which is problematic considering the master was played by an Indian actor so the doctor basically used the masters skin colour against him.

You also have stuff like the doctor not wanting Robertson to shoot the spider who is clearly in pain, and the show basically shows us leaving it to suffocate is the better solution.

The main one you could argue about is Orphan 55, as the ending was very lecturing to the audience. However the problem isn't the message but the delivery. No one is disagreeing that pollution is bad just that the message should have been better incorporated into the episode.

That's the point really, the show has always been woke, sometimes the messages are just written poorly. Genesis of the daleks is not subtle about it's nazi elements, but I also personally feel it also is able to represent the idea of racism itself so that future people may still find it relatable to current events. It's also an entertaining story.

I'm also not a fan of the timeless child but it's been done and we'd be stupid to think RTD would go against his friend. He's explained he isn't going to focus on the scfi parts of it but explore how it effects him. By having Ruby also be adopted they can explore this without having to delve into the lore which is probably the best way they could use it