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[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 118 points 2 weeks ago

If they think Doctor Who has "gone" woke, they have not been watching.

I remember Captain Jack Harkness flirting with anything that moves, regardless of gender identity or species.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 22 points 2 weeks ago

I have to disagree a bit here, the recent writing has tried to very heavily shoe-horn it in, whereas in the past it was much more naturally present.

I think the worst one for me (before I quit watching) was with the enormous spiders in the hotel run by a very Trumpian figure.

"Trump" wanted to just shoot the enormous spider, but the Doctor stopped him saying "no weapons, ever". The spider then died an agonizing death caused by suffocation on-screen mere seconds later. Her offspring was lured and locked into a storage room with food, after which they would surely either cannibalize themselves or starve. Actually shooting them would've been a mercy at that point.

When presented with the Doctor's solution versus the "Trump" solution, I felt more sympathy for "Trump". And I fucking hate that guy. That's when I knew the writing just wasn't for me anymore.

There's a reason even the more diehard Whovians, who are very much considered "woke" are tuning out. It's not the cast, it's the writing.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Arachnids in the uk was 7 years ago, with a different cast, a different show runner, hell a different production company and channel.

So if it was the one that made you quit watching, how can you opine on the current run?

[-] seventythreeyards@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Arachnids in the uk was 7 years ago

Oh ffs I wasn’t ready for that gut punch.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

wait until you hear about eccles' season....

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