Disappointing Drinking Game #1: take a shot every time Supernatural, Dr. who, or Sherlock follow the Bechdel test. You’ll be fucking sober even if watch every single episode.
I don’t know about Supernatural or Sherlock, but for the past couple years I’ve been analysing Doctor Who and the Bechdel test. Results – long, long results – are due to be posted here sometime after Series Eight ends, but what the hell, I’ll take this opportunity. Here are the recent episodes so far that pass, and why:
In The Forest Of The Night: Clara and Ruby discuss the red ring on the tree, which turns out to be important to the plot later.
Mummy on the Orient Express: Before the conversation turns to the Doctor, Clara and Maisie converse as they break into a room. Prior to that, Maisie and her grandmother talk. (Maisie’s grandmother does have a name, I’ve just forgotten it.)
Kill The Moon: This whole episode revolves around three women talking whilst trying to make a hard decision.
Time Heist: Miss Delphox and her clone whose name I can’t spell talk (it ends in essentially murder, so it’s a hard scene to miss).
Deep Breath: Madame Vastra and Jenny talk, a lot, once telepathically for some reason.
Day of the Doctor: Osgood and Kate Stewart exchange some words, as do Osgood and her Zygon duplicate.
Name of the Doctor: Many words exchanged between Vastra, Jenny, River and Clara- the most significant scene between two women probably being the one where Jenny ‘dies’ apologising to her wife.
Nightmare In Silver: Clara and Alice Ferrin discuss how to stop the Cybermen.
The Crimson Horror: Constant conversations between Gillyflower, Ada, Jenny, Clara and Vastra
…and so on and so forth. (For more, right back to season one, see here.) Looking at that blog, I can see it’s more dedicated to shaming teenage girls and policing the way they express themselves far more than it’s dedicated to anything really to do with either Who, Supernatual or Sherlock, so I don’t know why I bothered- all the same, I’ll have that drink now.
