Representation in New Who

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So! I’ve been thinking about New Who in terms of representation- the various tropes the writers employ and what it seems to say about race and sexuality and gender. This is more of a resource than any sort of real comment, because it takes me a long time to come up with coherent meta.
Anyway, click the link and you’ll find stuff underneath.

Characters of colour

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
Rose Mickey No No
The End Of The World Jabe (?) Yes (Jabe) Yes Jabe is a ‘tree’, and so not meant to represent a human, but she is
played by a black actress
The Unquiet Dead
Aliens of London Mickey Indra, Toshiko, the Asian couple at Jackie’s flat Yes (Indra) No
World War III Mickey No No
Dalek
The Long Game Cathica No No
Father’s Day Mickey (young)
The Empty Child
The Doctor Dances
Boomtown Mickey No No
Bad Wolf Roderick, Crosby, unnamed female programmer Yes (Crosby) No
The Parting Of The Ways Mickey Roderick, unnamed female programmer Yes (Roderick, unnamed female programmer) No

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Christmas Invasion Mickey Major Blake Yes (Major Blake) No
New Earth Mickey Sister Jatt(?) No No
Tooth And Claw
School Reunion Mickey Mr Wagner Yes (Mr Wagner) No
The Girl In The Fireplace Mickey Katherine No No
Rise Of The Cybermen Mickey Ricky, Ricky’s gran, The President Yes (The President) No
The Age Of Steel Mickey Ricky Yes (Ricky) No
The Idiots Lantern
The Impossible Planet Zach, Danny, unnamed security guard
The Satan Pit Zach, Danny, unnamed security guard Yes (unnamed security guard) No
Love And Monsters Bliss Yes Yes
Fear Her Chloe, Trish, Kel No No
Army Of Ghosts Mickey Adeola, Dr Singh, Trisha Goddard, some other newsreaders Yes (Adeola) No
Doomsday Mickey Dr Singh Yes (Dr Singh) No

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Runaway Bride Lance Yes (Lance) Yes
Smith And Jones Martha Julia, Francine, Clive, Tish, Leo No No
The Shakespeare Code Martha No No Martha brings up the question of racism here, but it’s slightly glossed
over
Gridlock Martha Cheen No No
Daleks In Manhatten Martha Solomon No No
Evolution Of The Daleks Martha Solomon Yes (Solomon) No
The Lazarus Experiment Martha Tish, Francine, Leo No No
42 Martha Erina, Francine Yes (Erina) No
Human Nature Martha No No Martha has to face racism in this- which begs the question of why the
Doctor thought the 1910s were a decent place to hide
The Family Of Blood Martha No No
Blink Martha Billy Yes (Billy) No
Utopia Martha No No
The Sound Of Drums Martha Francine, Clive, Tish, Leo, Leo’s wife and baby No No
The Last Of The Time Lords Martha Francine, Clive, Tish, Leo No No

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
Voyage Of The Damned Morvin, the kitchen staff member who speaks to Alonso Yes Yes An old trope- the black man dies first. In this case…twice.
Partners In Crime Penny No No Penny (who has been generally brave and clever) is passed over in favour
of Donna
The Fires Of Pompeii
Planet Of The Ood Solana
The Sontaran Stratagem Martha Private Grey Yes (Private Grey) No 
The Poison Sky Martha Clone Martha  Yes (Clone Martha) No
The Doctor’s Daughter Martha No No
The Unicorn and the Wasp Mrs Chandrakala Yes (Mrs Chandrakala) Yes There was a dodgy joke cut out of this, see me rant about it here
Silence In The Library Other Dave, Anita, Dr Moon No No
Forest Of The Dead Other Dave, Anita, Dr Moon Yes (Other Dave, Anita) No Dr Moon never technically existed as a person? But he’s still there
at the end.
Midnight DeeDee, The Hostess Yes (The Hostess) No The Hostess never gets a name- although RTD may have been trying to
make a deliberate point here about the Doctor’s privileged position, I
don’t know
Turn Left The Fortune Teller, Captain Magambo, Mr Chowdry Yes No Martha dies offscreen
The Stolen Earth Martha Suzanne, Francine Yes (Suzanne) No
Journey’s End Martha, Mickey Francine, unnamed woman killed by Daleks, unnamed man at Osterhagen
Station, Anna Zhou		 Yes No

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Next Doctor Rosita No No
Planet Of The Dead Barclay, Carmen, Lou, Captain Magambo No No
Waters Of Mars Tarak, Maggie, Mia Yes (all except Mia) No
The End Of Time pt 1 Joshua Naismith, Abigail Naismith, Shaun Temple No No All these characters are temporaily turned into the white Master
The End Of Time pt 2 Mickey, Martha Joshua Naismith, Abigail Naismith, Shaun Temple No No

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Eleventh Hour Dr Ramsden Yes Yes We don’t actually see Ramsden die, so there’s a chance she survived
The Beast Below Liz 10, the Winder No No
Victory of the Daleks
The Time Of Angels One of the Clerics No No
Flesh and Stone One of the Clerics Yes (the Cleric) Yes
Vampires of Venice Guido, Isabella Yes (both Guido and Isabella) Yes
Amy’s Choice
The Hungry Earth Nasreen No No
Cold Blood Nasreen No No
Vincent and the Doctor
The Lodger Steve, the woman lured in by the spaceship Yes No
The Pandorica Opens Liz 10 No No
The Big Bang Christine, Amelia’s psychiatrist No No

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
A Christmas Carol
The Impossible Astronaut Waiter in diner, Carl the FBI man No No
Day Of The Moon Carl the FBI man, homeless man No No Canton’s unseen and unnamed other half
Curse of the Black Spot Pirate No No
The Doctor’s Wife
The Rebel Flesh
The Almost People
A Good Man Goes To War Colonel Manton, Lorna Yes No Colonel Manton is very much the bad guy
Let’s Kill Hitler Melody (?) Melody Hard to say Ditto Mels regenerates into the white Alex Kingston- not a death as such,
but she still turns from a black character to a white one
Night Terrors
The Girl Who Waited Yes Yes
The God Complex Rita Yes Yes
Closing Time Shona, George, the little boy Yes No ..No only if you count the little boy
The Wedding of River Song

Episode POC regulars POC others One or more POC characters dead by end of episode All POC characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Asylum of the Daleks Harvey Yes Yes
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship Nefertiti, Indira No No The two aforementioned women do briefly talk to each other, too
A Town Called Mercy The Preacher No No
The Power Of Three Ranjit (Rory’s friend) No No
The Angels Take Manhattan Hood No No
The Snowmen Clara’s friend Clara’s friend never shows up again!
The Bells Of St John Angie and Artie Maitland Nabile (the man in the wifi at the beginning), Alexei, Mr Maitland No No
The Rings Of Akhaten
Cold War
Hide Hila No No
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS Gregor, Tricky and Bram Van Baalen No No They die, but come back!
The Crimson Horror Angie and Artie Maitland No No
Nightmare In Silver Angie and Artie Maitland Beauty No No
The Name Of The Doctor Angie and Artie Maitland No No

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters
(I’ve counted River, with a question mark, just because some of the things she’s said gives me a feeling she’s not straight)

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
Rose
The End Of The World Cassandra Yes Yes (but she comes back) Cassandra says she grew up a boy, so she counts?
The Unquiet Dead
Aliens of London
World War III
Dalek
The Long Game Cathica announces “Ladies, gentlemen, multisex, undecided or robot-“
The Empty Child Jack Algy No No
The Doctor Dances Jack Algy No No Nancy blackmails the man who catches her by threatening to expose his affair with another man
Boomtown Jack No No
Bad Wolf Jack No No
The Parting Of The Ways Jack No No Well, Jack does die, but then comes back to life

 

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Christmas Invasion
New Earth Cassandra Yes Yes
Tooth And Claw
School Reunion
The Girl In The Fireplace
Rise Of The Cybermen Ricky, Jake (?) No No
The Age Of Steel Ricky, Jake (?) Yes No Ricky and Jake were orignally written as gay, but it never made it in
The Idiots Lantern Tommy was originally written as gay
The Impossible Planet
The Satan Pit
Love And Monsters Elton mentions a old female couple who live in his old home
Fear Her
Army Of Ghosts
Doomsday

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Runaway Bride
Smith And Jones
The Shakespeare Code Shakespeare No No
Gridlock The old couple No No
Daleks In Manhatten No No
Evolution Of The Daleks
The Lazarus Experiment
42
Human Nature
The Family Of Blood
Blink
Utopia Jack No No Well, he doesn’t stay dead
The Sound Of Drums Jack No No
The Last Of The Time Lords Jack No No

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
Voyage Of The Damned
Partners In Crime
The Fires Of Pompeii
Planet Of The Ood
The Sontaran Stratagem Donna mentions an old boyfriend who moved in with a man
The Poison Sky
The Doctor’s Daughter Donna mentions a friend who had twins with a turkey baster, she might have been a lesbian
The Unicorn and the Wasp Yes No
Silence In The Library River?
Forest Of The Dead River? Yes? Yes? River lives on, sort of
Midnight Sky Yes Yes
Turn Left
The Stolen Earth Jack Ianto No No
Journey’s End Jack Ianto No No

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Next Doctor
Planet Of The Dead
Waters Of Mars Yuri mentions in passing that his brother has a husband
The End Of Time pt 1
The End Of Time pt 2 Jack No No Alonso?

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Eleventh Hour Jeff was originally meant to be written as gay (presumably they’d have
cut the ‘get a girlfriend’ line)
The Beast Below
Victory of the Daleks
The Time Of Angels River?
Flesh and Stone River?
Vampires of Venice
Amy’s Choice
The Hungry Earth
Cold Blood
Vincent and the Doctor
The Lodger Craig mentions the Doctor might want to bring a boyfriend home
The Pandorica Opens River?
The Big Bang River?

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
A Christmas Carol
The Impossible Astronaut River? Canton No No
Day Of The Moon River? Canton No No Canton’s unseen and unnamed other half
Curse of the Black Spot
The Doctor’s Wife
The Rebel Flesh
The Almost People
A Good Man Goes To War River ?, Madame Vastra, Jenny The Fat Thin Gay Married Anglican Marines Yes- the Fat One dies No The marines actually did get named in DWA- they’re Dominicus and Lucas,
although I dunno which is which
Let’s Kill Hitler River?
Night Terrors
The Girl Who Waited
The God Complex
Closing Time River (?) The running joke is that the Doctor and Craig are a gay couple- I think this could either be taken as homophobic (gay panic) or anti-homophobic (everyone is completely fine with a gay couple having a kid) depending on your pov
The Wedding Of River Song River (?)

Episode LGBT regulars LGBT others One or more LGBT characters dead by end of episode All LGBT characters dead by end of episode But/also
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Asylum of the Daleks
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship No No
A Town Called Mercy
The Power Of Three Laura (Amy’s friend) No No She’s the one marrying her girlfriend
The Angels Take Manhattan River ? No No
The Snowmen Madame Vastra
The Bells Of St John
The Rings Of Akhaten
Cold War
Hide
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS
The Crimson Horror Madame Vastra, Jenny
Nightmare In Silver
The Name Of The Doctor River ?, Madame Vastra, Jenny

The Bechdel Test
(Bechdel test)

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
Rose Yes – Rose, Jackie, Clive’s wife Yes -Rose/Jackie Yep- about Rose’s job and her getting compensation
The End Of The World Yes – Rose, Jabe, Cassandra, Jackie, Rafalo Yes – Rose/Rafalo, Rose/Jackie and Rose/Cassandra Sort of in the case of Rose/Rafalo- they talk about other things before Rose mentions the Doctor- yes in the case of Rose/Jackie and Rose/Cassandra
The Unquiet Dead Yes – Rose, Gwyneth Yes Yes- they do talk about boys, but also ‘the angels’ and other things
Aliens of London Yes – Rose, Harriet, Jackie, Margaret Yes Yep – Jackie has a tearful conversation with Rose
World War III Yes – Rose, Harriet, Jackie, Margaret Yes Yep- Rose and Harriet exchange a few lines, Jackie pleads with Rose
not to leave
Dalek Yes- Rose, Diane, the female soldier No No
The Long Game Yes- Rose, Cathica, Suki Yes Yep -Suki and Cathica talk about their job
Father’s Day Yes- Rose, Jackie, Sarah Yes -Rose/Jackie No – Rose and Jackie talk about Pete
The Empty Child Yes- Rose, Nancy No No
The Doctor Dances Yes – Rose, Nancy Yes Rose reassures Nancy that Britain wins the war
Boomtown Yes- Rose, Margaret No No
Bad Wolf Yes- Rose, Lynda, Crosby, unnamed female programmer, the Ann Droid,
Trin-E and Zu-Zana, the many speaking extras		 If the Ann Droid counts as a female character, yes Rose argues with the Ann Droid
The Parting Of The Ways Yes – Rose, Lynda, Jackie, unnamed female programmer, many speaking
extras		 Yes Not sure- Rose and Jackie exchange lots of words, but it is mostly
about the Doctor or Pete

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
The Christmas Invasion Yes – Rose, Jackie, Harriet, Sally Yes Rose and Jackie discuss Harriet, and later the christmas tree, briefly. Jackie talks on the phone to an unseen female friend. Harriet and Sally talk about the Sycorax.
New Earth Yes- Rose, Jackie, Cassandra, Sister Jatt, Matron Casp, a few other Cat Nuns Yes – Rose/Cassandra, Jatt/Casp Rose and Cassandra insult each other, Jatt and Casp talk about their patient (who is a man, but they’re not seeing him as even human, and concerned only with their work- I think it counts)
Tooth And Claw Yes- Rose, Queen Victoria, 
School Reunion Yes- Rose, Sarah Jane,  Yes – Rose/Sarah Jane Rose and Sarah Jane talk a lot about the Doctor, but they do mention
other things over the course of their brief rivalry
The Girl In The Fireplace Yes- Rose, Reinette, Katherine Yes – Rose/Reinette and Reinette/Katherine No -Rose/Reinette talk about the Doctor, Reinette/Katherine talk about
the King
Rise Of The Cybermen Yes- Rose, altJackie, Rita-Ann, Mrs Moore Yes Rose and altJackie talk
The Age Of Steel Yes- Rose, altJackie, Jackie, Mrs Moore No No
The Idiots Lantern Yes- Rose, The Wire,  Yes Rose and the Wire exchange a few words
The Impossible Planet Yes- Rose, Ida, Scooti No -although Scooti does say one line to Rose ‘You’re not one of those
Friends Of The Ood, are you?’		 No
The Satan Pit Yes- Rose, Ida No No
Love And Monsters Yes- Rose, Jackie, Ursula, Bliss, Bridget, Elton’s mum Sort of The women of LINDA exchange some words
Fear Her Yes- Rose, Chloe, Trish Yes Trish and Chloe have many conversations
Army Of Ghosts Yes- Rose, Jackie, Yvonne, Adeola Yes Rose and Jackie mostly just talk about Rose’s grandad’s ghost, but
Adeola and Yvonne have a brief exchange
Doomsday Yes- Rose, Jackie, Yvonne Yes Jackie shouts at Yvonne

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
The Runaway Bride Yes – Donna, Sylvia, Nerys, the Racnoss Yes Yes- Donna and her female relatives/friends exchange words, and later she threatens the Racnoss
Smith And Jones Yes- Martha, Tish, Francine, Julia, Annalise, the Plasmavore Yes Yes- Martha and Tish talk on the phone, Martha and Julia talk about the mysterious happening, Francine and Annalise argue
The Shakespeare Code Yes- Martha, Lilth, Queen Elizabeth, the barmaid, the other Carrionites Yes The Carrionites discuss their plans
Gridlock Yes- Martha, Cheen, Novice Hame, Valerie, the Cassinis Yes Martha and Cheen talk, the Cassinis talk
Daleks In Manhattan Yes- Martha, Tallulah Yes No – they talk about the men in their lives
Evolution Of The Daleks Yes – Martha, Tallulah Yes Martha and Tallulah work out the Dalekanium
The Lazarus Experiment Yes – Martha, Francine, Tish, Lady Thaw Yes Yes
42 Yes – Martha, Francine, the mysterious blonde woman Yes Yes- Martha’s conversations with her mother
Human Nature Yes- Martha, Joan, Jenny (how many Jennys are in this thing?), Sister
Of Mine, Mother Of Mine		 Yes Martha and Jenny talk
The Family Of Blood Yes- Martha, Joan, Sister Of Mine, Mother Of Mine Yes Martha gives Joan a verbal smackdown regarding her intelligence
Blink Yes- Martha, Sally, Kathy Yes Sally and Kathy talk about their own TV show as they wander into the
house
Utopia Yes- Martha, Chantho Yes Martha asks Chantho about her speech pattern
The Sound Of Drums Yes- Martha, Francine, Tish, the mysterious blonde woman, Lucy Yes No- it’s all about the Master
The Last Of The Time Lords Yes – Martha, Francine, Tish, Lucy, Professor Docherty Sort of Martha and Professor Docherty exchange words about the Toclafane, then later Martha gives her flowers- no real conversation, though

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
Voyage Of The Damned Yes- Astrid, Foon No No
Partners In Crime Yes- Donna, Sylvia, Penny, Ms Foster, Stacey, Suzette Yes Donna’s conversations with her mother about getting a job, Stacy’s conversation with Donna (she talks about her boyfriend too, so make this one a ‘sort of’?), Ms Foster’s conversation with Penny, Sylvia’s conversation with her friend Suzette
The Fires Of Pompeii Yes – Donna, the Sisterhood, Metella, Evelina Yes The Sisterhood to each other and Donna, Donna and Evelina
Planet Of The Ood Yes – Donna, Solana No No
The Sontaran Stratagem Yes – Donna, Martha, Sylvia, Jo Yes Sylvia tells Donna off for leaving the car keys
The Poison Sky Yes – Donna, Martha, Clone Martha, Sylvia Yes Sylvia talks to Donna on the phone, Martha talks to her clone
The Doctor’s Daughter Yes -Donna, Martha, Jenny Yes Donna talks to Jenny (and names her)
The Unicorn and the Wasp Yes – Donna, Agatha, Lady Eddison, Robina Redmond, Mrs Chandrakala Yes There are short exchanges between most of the ladies
Silence In The Library Yes – Donna, River, Anita, Miss Evangalista Yes Donna asks River if she is around in the future
Forest Of The Dead Yes- Donna, River, Anita, Miss Evangalista Yes Donna and Miss Evanglista in the park
Midnight Yes- Donna, Skye, DeeDee, Val, The Hostess Sort of Everyone talks at once (especially Skye…) but the women do exchange
a few statements. Not really a conversation though.
Turn Left Yes- Donna, Rose, Captain Magambo Yes Rose and Donna have many conversations about Donna’s destiny
The Stolen Earth Yes – Donna, Rose, Martha, Sarah Jane, Francine, Suzanne, Sylvia, Harriet,
Gwen		 Yes Harriet to the various companions
Journey’s End Yes- Donna, Rose, Martha, Sarah Jane, Francine, Sylvia, Gwen, Jackie,
unnamed woman killed by the Daleks, unnamed woman at Osterhagen Station, Anna Zhou		 Yes Jackie apologises to the unnamed woman, Rose tells Jackie off for coming
after her, the woman at the Osterhagen Station tells Martha she’s going to hell, Martha and Anna talk about the Osterhagen Key

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
The Next Doctor Yes- Rosita, Miss Hartigan No No
Planet Of The Dead Yes- Lady Christina, Captain Magambo, Carmen, Angela No No
The Waters Of Mars Yes – Adelaide, Mia, Maggie, Steffi Yes – Adelaide has short conversations with her various female crew
members and her daughter		 Yes
The End Of Time, part one Yes – Donna, Sylvia, the mysterious Time Lady, Abigail Naismith, Minnie, Addams Yes Donna and Sylvia talk
The End Of Time, part two Yes – Donna, Sylvia, the mysterious Time Lady, Abigail Naismith, Addams, Rose,
Jackie, Martha, Sarah Jane, Minnie, Verity		 Yes No- Jackie and Rose talk about men

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
The Eleventh Hour Yes- Amy, Amelia, Mrs Angelo, Dr Ramsden Yes -Amy and Mrs Angelo No- they talk about the Doctor
The Beast Below Yes- Amy, Liz 10, Mandy Yes Amy talks with Mandy
Victory of the Daleks Yes – Amy, Miss Breen No No
The Time of Angels Yes – Amy, River Yes Amy and River talk mostly about the Doctor, but other things come in
too
Flesh and Stone Yes – Amy, River Yes Not for long, but they do talk
The Vampires of Venice Yes – Amy, Isabella, Roseanna Yes -Amy/Isabella, Amy/Roseanna Amy to Isabella regarding the school, Roseanna to Amy regarding her
transformation into a vampire
Amy’s Choice Yes – Amy, Mrs Poggit No No
The Hungry Earth Yes – Amy, Nasreen, Ambrose, Alaya No No
Cold Blood Yes – Amy, Nasreen, Ambrose, Alaya, Restac Yes -Ambrose/Alaya and Ambrose/Restac Ambrose threatens Alaya with torture, and then, well, tortures her- Amy and Nasreen debate with each other (and Eldane, but not all the time) about sharing the Earth-
Ambrose later demands that Restac and her army leave the planet alone.
Vincent and the Doctor Yes- Amy, the murdered girl’s mother No No
The Lodger Yes- Amy, Sophie, the two women lured in by the spaceship No No
The Pandorica Opens Yes- Amy, River No No
The Big Bang Yes – Amy, River, Amelia, Aunt Sharon, Amelia’s psycharist, Tabitha Yes Yes- Sharon and the psycharist discuss Amelia, Sharon talks to Amelia,
Amelia asks who Amy is

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
A Christmas Carol Yes- Amy, Abigail No No
The Impossible Astronaut Yes- Amy, River, the little girl Yes Amy asks River about the astronaut suit
Day of the Moon Yes – Amy, River, the little girl, Madam Kovarian Yes Amy apologises for shooting the girl
The Curse of the Black Spot Yes – Amy, the Siren, Madam Kovarian Yes No – Amy asks the Siren to let Rory go
The Doctor’s Wife Yes – Amy, Idris, Auntie No No
The Rebel Flesh Yes – Amy, Jen, Cleaves Yes Cleaves gives orders to Jen
The Almost People Yes – Amy, Jen, Cleaves, Madam Kovarian Yes Madam Kovarian to Amy
A Good Man Goes To War Yes – Amy, River, Lorna, Madam Vastra, Jenny, Madam Kovarian Yes (Amy/Kovarian, Vastra/Jenny, Amy/Lorna) Yes in the case of Vastra/Jenny and Amy/Kovarian, but Amy and Lorna
only really talk about the Doctor
Let’s Kill Hitler Yes – Amy, Amelia, Mels, River Yes Most of Amy and Mels’ conversations are about the Doctor or Rory, but
when the two of them are at school there’s that little talk about Mels
always being in trouble
Night Terrors Yes- Amy, Claire, Mrs Rossiter No No
The Girl Who Waited Yes- Amy, Older Amy, the Interface, the check-in Girl Yes Yes- Amy and the Interface talk, Amy and the check-in girl talk, and
while Amy and Older Amy mostly talk about Rory, they talk about other things
too, like Amy’s cat
The God Complex Yes- Amy, Rita No- they only really have one line together ‘Don’t taunt the clown!’ No
Closing Time Yes- Amy, Sophie, Val, Shona, assorted little girls Sort of A little girl asks Amy for her autograph
The Wedding Of River Song Yes- Amy, River, Kovarian Yep Amy talks to Kovarian about her daughter before killing her. Later on, Amy and River talk about Kovarian before they move on to the Doctor

Episode More than one woman Who have a conversation About something other than a man
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe Yes – Madge, Lily, Billis, the Wooden Queen, Amy Yes (Madge and her daughter, Madge and Billis) Yes – (although it’s worth pointing out that Billis isn’t actually named and we only know her name from the credits.)
Asylum of the Daleks Yes – Amy, Oswin, Amy’s make-up assistant, Darla Not really, Amy and Oswin only share one line. “Looks like someone’s never been to Scotland”
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship Yes – Amy, Nefertiti Yes Yes, Amy fangirls over Nefertiti
A Town Called Mercy Yes – Amy, Sadie, the narrator No No
The Power Of Three Yes – Amy, Kate, Laura Yes Yes – Amy and Kate exchange words when Kate is showing her and the Doctor round the tower
The Angels Take Manhattan Yes- Amy, River Yes No, their conversations are about the Doctor
The Snowmen Yes- Clara, Madame Vastra, Jenny, the Ice Governess, Francesca, Alice, Clara’s friend Yes Yes, all the women talk about lots of things
The Bells of St John Yes- Clara, Angie, Miss Kizlet Yes -Clara and Angie have a conversation at the beginning Yes
The Rings of Akhaten Yes- Clara, Ellie, Merry Yes Yes, Ellie tells her daughter she will always protect her and Clara talks to Merry about being brave
Cold War No, just Clara. First episode so far to have just one female role
Hide Yes- Clara, Emma, Hila Yes Yes, Clara and Emma do talk about the Doctor but they talk about other things too
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS No- second episode so far to have just one female role (although the TARDIS is referred to as ‘she’) No No
The Crimson Horror Yes – Clara, Madame Vastra, Jenny, Miss Gillyflower, Ada, Angie Yes Yes, a lot
Nightmare in Silver Yes – Clara, Alice, Angie, Beauty, Missy Yes Yes
The Name Of The Doctor Yes – Clara, River, Madame Vastra, Jenny Yes Yes

I would have mentioned characters with disablities, but there’s so few of them there didn’t seem like much point…

Also! This will be updated as new episodes air. Tell me anything I’ve missed! :D

edited 13/9 – Added notes about (among others!) the death of the Fat One, Amy and Nasreen’s debate, Rose and Raffalo’s conversation, the women in The Christmas Invasion, the Cat Nuns, Partners In Crime, River’s death, the women of Journey’s End, Addams from The End Of Time, Professor Docherty, Colonel Manton, and Lorna (I can’t believe I forgot Lorna, she’s one of my favourite supporting characters). Thanks guys!

edited 16/9 – Added notes about the The Unquiet Dead, The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Evolution of the Daleks, The End of Time, The Doctor’s Daughter, and the bloke from The Doctor Dances

edited 19/9 -Added The God Complex, and a note about The Long Game

edited 5/10 -Added Closing Time and The Wedding Of River Song

edited 19/5/13 – Added Series Seven!