Representation in New Who

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15 years ago

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!

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