How is doctor who sexist

Being upset about a female main character in a television show that has cracks in the universe, a giant invisible beast stalking Vincent van Gogh and a plethora of fictional alien races playing key roles is sexist.

Yet media and fan reactions to the announcement show how Whittaker is taking on an uphill battle. This kind of reporting after a massive career break rarely, if ever, happens to men. It stands to reason the same might be true for the Doctor. There is no big stone tablet out there in the galaxy that demands all of our Time Lord regenerations be played by white men.

And, unlike other great British multi-occupancy fictional roles think James Bond, for example , shape-shifting is an established part of the narrative here. The Doctor can be anyone.

Literally anyone. The real question we should all be asking — the only complaint we should have — is why have Doctor Who bosses waited so long to give us one? When Doctor Who was at its height of popularity remember when a whopping Moore's analysis has this to say about the character played by Alex Kingston.

Ironically, the woman who is often propped up as proof that Steven Moffat is, in fact, not a sexist was one of the worst in terms of the Bechdel test and overall independence of thought and character. She also never passes it on her own after Series 5. It is worth noting, however, that River Song's average speaking time was three minutes and six seconds according to the study - more than Rose Tyler two minutes and 37 seconds. Some critics have said the Bechdel Test is far too simplistic a measure of female involvement.

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Sexism was the idea that all members of one gender were superior or inferior to another. Women in the early 17th century were often suspected of witchcraft and burned or drowned for it.

Otherwise, woman were frequently regarded as lesser than their male counterparts at best.