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buzzfeedau:

Steven Moffat on how @doctorwho will be addressing the dangers of time travel for the new POC companion, Bill (played by Pearl Mackie).

‘What do you want to say to children?’ is the biggest thing here.

You don’t want to feel as though you’re apologising for them, or saying that there is something for which they have to make amends.

You want kids to see their kind of face on-screen and to know that that kind of face is absolutely fine and always has been. That’s what you want to say: there is no case to answer.

So if you do make a great big fuss about it, then you might be the first people to tell those kids ‘hey, there’s something about which you have to be afraid’. I don’t want to do that. I want to say ‘the universe is full of people like you’. And, y’know, we’ve started doing that in our historicals too, because, actually, it’s historically accurate. They didn’t invent people of different colours recently, in fact white is the most recent colour, so we address it but we address it in a positive, optimistic, Doctor Who way.

kxsterborous:

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A/N: This gifset is for everyone who’s ever been told that their lives aren’t important because they lacked some kind of privilege – because of differences in socio-economic status, differences in education, differences in sexuality, differences in gender identity or expression, differences in physiology, differences in race, differences, period. This is for everyone who’s ever stood up for their rights or the rights of someone else, only to be told that society doesn’t have the time or patience for respect of human dignity.  Human progress isn’t measured by industry.

For the character meme: Bill Potts! -leinonline

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life
hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang
hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff
best quality: She’s warm and friendly to almost everyone she meets
worst quality: Honestly I’ve never been able to pin down what Bill’s worst quality is. “Unsure of herself in some aspects” perhaps
ship them with: Heather!
brotp them with: The Twelfth Doctor, and also the Thirteenth Doctor if they ever meet, which they better
needs to stay away from: British tabloid newspapers.
misc. thoughts: Please be in series 10 Bill