Dr Who: A Culture War Casualty

Prissy activists have used Dr Who as a vehicle for messaging

[harryhutcherson]

We don't have actors today. What we have are a bunch of narcissists who play themselves with a different name and outfit.

[sneeringimperialist]

Davros was never disabled. He was a 2 million year old mummy on technological life support! Writers that can't tell the difference should lose their jobs.

[SilverGroveCult]

If it’s about representation I want an Asian doctor, we represent 60% of the world’s population after all.

[rallan]

Note that the British Prime Minister, Scottish First Minister and Welsh First Minister are all unelected.

[benpeters-brown]

I got off doctor who towards the end of capaldi. Boy what a blessing that turned out to be

[blatherskite]

The real irony of what's happened to shows like Doctor Who is that the shows that have been harmed the most by the "woke" movement are the shows that were already "progressive" but knew to keep it as subtext. What seems unforgivable to the woke crowd isn't shows that were antithetical to their beliefs, but shows that were already "progressive" and just didn't go far enough for their liking.

[sidvanhound]

They hate you, you walk away, they hate you more because you walked away.

[kingclover]

Since I'm gay myself, I could never figure out what it is that turns me off so much about actors like him and their identity politics and even the whole diversity and inclusion thing. I think the thing I hate is their self-congratulation and self-glorification. And the way that they denigrate everybody else with their condescending lectures in order to make themselves look heroic. And they don't seem to realize or care that this is the reason that people dislike them. It's their attitude of moral superiority .

[princeeverlove]

David Tennant knew very well how much the Fans loved DR. WHO and his 10th Doctor...and for a load of cash betrayed us all...no longer my Doctor

[rosanna]

I've been a whovian since the 1970s and I pretty much checked out in Capaldi's 2 season. I tried to give Jodie a chance but I just could not stand the writing. no one wants to be lectured, they want to escape.

[Worm.In.Waiting]

So the 12th doctor truly was the last doctor.

[lasercraft]

Peter Capaldi was the last Doctor, and nobody can convince me otherwise.

I have no problem with the Doctor being a woman, or the Doctor being black... Except that when they did that they stopped being "the Doctor, " because suddenly those were their defining traits. Not the Doctor's cleverness, otherworldly intelligence, kindness, and compassion. Every regeneration has their own unique personality, but they all had that spark that makes the Doctor who they are. And that spark is just missing from these new Doctors. They don't care about writing Doctor Who, they care about preaching a message.

[toxictony]

Russell T Davis was on Breakfast TV here in the UK, and he goes, 'It's 61 years old, but the last 61 years don't matter...' So yes, here we are. What has gone before is irrelivant. Just forget about it. The sad, sad reality of our times. sigh

[Trazynn]

Torchwood was wildly popular and every lead character has had some romantic scene with both men and women at any point in the show. The Doctor Who universe never had anything to prove, the fans are not bigots that need to be lectured to. And yet they did it anyway.

[enigmaodell]

I can’t believe this man is the purest gay stereotype I think I could find.
Very odd.

[nalublackwater]

The Red Nose Day special with Rowan Atkinson was supposed to be a parody, yet it has more charm and love for the original than any Doctor Who series since Capaldi's run.

[Horse_In_A_Bookcase]

“Destroy a monster with twerking” is the best was to sum up what’s been coming out of Hollywood

[ShadesOfKnight]

Proof that the doctor was NEVER supposed to chase being cool:

“It’s a fez. Fezes are cool.”

[couldnotbereachedforfurthe]

It's amazing how many activists claim to have found solace in worlds like Doctor Who (as it was) then want to completely obliterate it, then remake it to suit to their current ideals.

[TeWhero]

Honestly, actors need to know. We don’t value their opinions.