Time travel, feminism and the 7th Doctor

[athena25]

I make no apologies. The 7th doctor is my doctor. I remember being terrified of the Happiness Patrol long before I was old enough to understand how terrified I should have been - as a milk-free child growing up in a Northern town - of Thatcher. Ace was everything I wanted to be when I grew up, she took no nonsense, went everywhere,, did everything

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[wulfboy]

When I were a lad I wanted to do bad things to Ace, becase she took no nonsense, went everywhere, did eerything and often blew them up. Possibly not a good opening line when we're talking about feminism, but it's true, and I don't apologize.

I felt that Catherine Tate's recent run on Dr Who was positive - we had a female and male character who were not romantically involved, who appeared to just be good friends. Not the best series in the world, but that particular companion helped.

I desperately want Amelia Pond to not fancy the doctor and to have fun seeing lots of stuff and that.

I can't talk knowledgably about a lot of things but I do think that gender equality in terms of fiction has taken a bit of a knock.

[littleonionz]

I thought Catherine Tate's character was just awful. I'm not sure it is a gender crime to fancy people either, I know a lot of humes who spend a shed load of time thinking about other humes in a fruity kinda way...or maybe that is just me? I should prolly eat less steak.

[wulfboy]

I don't have issues with a companion fancying the doctor, I'm just concered that the "female companion fancies doctor" relationship is just an easy cop-out and that there are differnt male/female dynamics that could be explored in a show like Dr Who which is being watched by all sorts of people of all sexes and many age groups.

[athena25]

I think that fancying Ace just comments well upon your taste...

I'm ambivalent about Catherine Tate - I think she was funny but also that Donna was rather annoying, in places.

Amelia Pond I'm waiting and see-ing. Having her appear as a stripogram started it all off rather badly for me.

[renniek]

Yeah, the stripogram thing started it off badly for me, too, hoping she'll grow. Good to see the strong female character from the library reappearing, though.