Comments | persiflage_1: New Doctor Who's Women

persiflage_1

New Doctor Who's Women

Sep 28, 2014 12:22

I am really loving Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, and I love the relationship between Twelve and Clara most of the time, but having watched last night's episode (The Caretaker), I am getting really tired of New Who insisting that the companion should choose between her boyfriend and the Doctor, and making her a prize for the males to fight ( Read more... )

doctor who, actor: jenna coleman, actor: peter capaldi, character: twelfth doctor, character: clara oswald, feminism

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tardis_mafia September 28 2014, 18:09:03 UTC

Ugh. I've seen this so many times, and I'm so damn sick of it. Like women are incapable of having a relationship with a man while having a friendship with a man...

persiflage_1 September 28 2014, 18:15:09 UTC

It really is infuriating that men still believe this crap in the 21st century! Doctor Who needs some female script writers at the very least (what I'd really like is a female showrunner!)

tardis_mafia September 28 2014, 18:18:47 UTC

Agree with both! I don't watch DW anymore, but I hate the concept of a female companion having to choose between the man she loves and the Doctor.

persiflage_1 September 28 2014, 18:28:26 UTC

Yes. It was a tired trope back in 2005. It should be dead and buried by now.

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ravenskyewalker September 28 2014, 21:18:44 UTC

I have a ridiculous adoration for Capaldi as the Doctor, so love watching him even when he's being a pig. Shame on me, right? But he was being too piggish to Danny about how a former soldier had to be a PE teacher, not a math teacher -- hello, Brigadier? (I don't even like Danny as he's usually written, and that was too much ( ... )

persiflage_1 September 29 2014, 05:22:53 UTC

I felt like reminding Danny that plenty of soldiers don't SHOW their fear, even if they're feeling it - they just get on with what needs to be done.

I don't understand TV relationships, I know that much!

clocketpatch September 28 2014, 22:45:16 UTC

If there was a like button on lj, I would be pressing it repeatedly on this post.

persiflage_1 September 29 2014, 05:23:30 UTC

LOL Thanks.

mulder200 September 29 2014, 05:00:27 UTC

I agree. The men fighting over women? So tired!

persiflage_1 September 29 2014, 05:24:02 UTC

So very done with that shit!

alto2 September 30 2014, 13:43:49 UTC

I come at this from a slightly different angle, which may or may not be accurate. Ever since The Eleventh Hour, it's been quite clear that Moffat is rewriting all the shit Rusty got wrong--and let's face it, there was a lot. I see this storyline as a continuation of that process. That was clearly the point of the whole Amy/Rory/Eleven thing--Eleven rejects her attempt to kiss him, forms an actual, healthy relationship with Rory...totally opposite of how Nine/Ten handled Rose and Mickey. That, I found refreshing ( ... )

persiflage_1 September 30 2014, 15:27:43 UTC

Given the Doctor's now telling everyone he's over 2000 years old, harping on about the actor's age is really the most pointless and dumbest thing they could do ( ... )