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]

whoops that image did not resize sorry.

but since we're doing images etc can I just confess that also the actor who plays Amelia Pond is kiiiiind of amazing. Also the one who plays Martha Jones. Also River Song. I maaaay have kind of a Thing for certain companions/people.

I also have a fic idea where the Doctor has a companion who is a lesbian and her girlfriend thinks she's having an affair but actually she just Went To See The Universe with this Alien. So when they meet the girlfriend is all "I don't know about you, dude" and the Doctor is trying to remember what it's like to be around women who are totally 100% Not Attracted to Him. And then maybe one of them accidentally introduces the Doctor to a gay friend who is TOTALLY INTO THE DOCTOR. And maybe the Doctor realizes that it is not human women he's into, but *men* and then is like "wait I was trying to follow some prime directive thing with humans and relationships and waaat" and his companions are like "Dude are you homophobic?" and he's like "No but I didn't realize I was a little bit species-ist?"

I miiiight have put a lot of thought into this plotbunny.

Re: Agent Carter is an appropriate icon for basically everything

[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.

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[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.

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[dragonyphoenix]

I know a guy who's still a little bit in love with Sarah Jane.

I'm not following. Why would the Doctor not realize he's been attracted to men all this time?

Re: Agent Carter is an appropriate icon for basically everything

[untonuggan]

he has never had gay male companions and doesn't spend enough time with men? idk, new who only has female companions, i know old who is different. or maybe the latest incarnation has New Feelz.