Even U.N.I.T. know their dating is fucking up.
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot [x]
If you’re ever feeling sad, remember that IAN MCKELLEN was officially involved in the Doctor Who 50th
Okay, I’m going to bed now, but I just wanted to tell everyone that IN ADDITION to everything we’ve seen today
- The Christmas special is just over a month away
- Alex Kingston’s make-up artist tweeted about working with her on Doctor Who
- Freema Agyeman and Noel Clarke have been photographed together with a child actor who looks very much like he could be a Smith-Jones child
- Peter Capaldi’s costume might well be revealed soon
- The Silence are back
IT’S NOT EVEN OVER YET, here’s to the next fifty years
Really, though, how dare they take Queen Elizabeth 1 and turn her into another lovesick woman waiting for her beloved Doctor?
Queen Elizabeth 1 who did not marry because she considered herself married to her country. Queen Elizabeth 1 who did not marry because she had seen what became of her poor half sister Mary who lost the support of the people and almost suffered a rebellion when she married a Spanish royal. Queen Elizabeth 1 who did not marry because she believed that to be a fair and just leader, she could not let her heart rule her head. Queen Elizabeth 1 who did not marry because was abused by a man she was supposed to be able to trust in her early teens. Elizabeth 1 whose mother was brutally slaughtered by her husband and so did not trust in love.
It’s insulting and poor sexist writing to disregard that important choice on her behalf. It’s upsetting, and predictable, and everything I expected from Steven Moffat, who cannot seem to write a significant female character who isn’t in love, obsessed with, or entirely reliant on the Doctor.
As much as I had issues with some of the writing around Liz 1, it may be worth pointing out that pretty much all of the “Elizabeth I is obsessed with the Doctor and married him” started with not Moffat, but Russell T Davies.
Amy Pond has no characteristics > In her first series, she isn’t largely neutral towards kids, not really getting them and speaking to them like they’re on the same level as her. (This isn’t a complete contrast to Clara, as well, because obviously Clara has no characteristics either). This doesn’t start to change later on as she matures as a person and gets her own childhood back, because Amy has never had the slightest shred of character development ever.