Exterminate!

[dragonyphoenix]

I'm watching Dr. Who: the 7th series. It's not terrible. I actually liked the trip to Narnia. I even enjoyed the Dalek episode even if I don't know when they started having human minions. But they've pretty much always been an enigma. When we first met them, they'd lived in a toxic wasteland for so long they couldn't survive anywhere that wasn't radioactive, and now look at them, wandering all about the universe, not at all concerned about the non-radioactiveness of it all.

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[untonuggan]

Also have you seen the older Dr Who series? I tried to watch it but I noped out during the first episode because of the Extremely Problematic Racism and I haven't dared try it again. Like, not that New Who doesn't have racism issues/sexism/etc. BUT I did not get as shouty.

Re: Agent Carter is an appropriate icon for basically everything

[dragonyphoenix]

I've watched a DVD containing episodes they still have of the original Doctor. I don't recall the racism, but then again I don't recall any people of color in it. I do recall an episode they'd lost chunks of and I was quite relieved because it sort of dragged on even with jumping from section to section and I think it would have seemed interminable otherwise.

Re: Agent Carter is an appropriate icon for basically everything

[untonuggan]

SO, the first episode I saw from old Who was The Aztecs and I'm not going to detail the racism/colonial/white savior syndrome, just let this screenshot speak for itself:


Barbara in high priest regalia on a temple in front of a possible human sacrifice

along with this bit from the description on Wikipedia:

With the TARDIS trapped in a tomb, Barbara is mistaken for a female reincarnation of the ancient high priest Yetaxa, and assumes her guise and identity. From her new position of power, Barbara sees her chance to bring an end to human sacrifice. She sees the good side of Aztec culture manifested in Autloc, the High Priest of Knowledge, and the gruesome side embodied in 'the local butcher', the High Priest of Sacrifice, Tlotoxl. As something of an expert on this period, she sees how advanced their culture really is and believes that if sacrifice were abolished, they would be spared destruction at the hands of the Spanish. The Doctor's urgent warnings that Barbara cannot change history fall on deaf ears, much to his fury.

(That and the white people playing alleged Aztecs had just terrible accents. Like, I get that it had a limited budget and also 1960s, but omg it was painful to watch.)

Re: Agent Carter is an appropriate icon for basically everything

[dragonyphoenix]

I don't believe I've seen that one. Even just seeing that image and knowing they're (most of them) supposed to be Aztec, I can see how problematic it was.