tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32669046.post2058421805204563620..comments2023-04-01T15:23:35.778+01:00Comments on De-blog: The 13th Doctor - does gender matter?Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32669046.post-90571182922981294412017-07-24T23:25:28.631+01:002017-07-24T23:25:28.631+01:00First, thank you. :) It took me a while to figure ...First, thank you. :) It took me a while to figure out what it was I wanted to say, by which point I'd written half of this blog post as a reply to Hans, so I copied and pasted it to work with later.<br /><br />There was something that felt 'off' about the whole thing, and it wasn't the casting of a woman per se. I think it's more my fear that they will get it wrong, simply by it being tokenism and only about money and viewers in the BBC's eyes, yet it is culturally important - maybe not to many, but certainly to a significant minority (I'm all about the oxymorons today, lol).<br /><br />Younger people are much more discerning viewers. They don't grumble and keep watching; they change channels, so if the Beeb do get this wrong (and can't you see them blaming it on 'viewers didn't want a female doctor'?) then I fear it may be the end of DW.<br /><br />And Star Trek really needs to up its game. Infinite universe, infinite possibilities (OK, not infinite when largely confined to the Alpha Quadrant) and yet patriarchy and heterosexuality are still the norm for almost every species? Hmm.Debbie McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32669046.post-58612092526561331922017-07-24T23:06:14.566+01:002017-07-24T23:06:14.566+01:00I'm only wading in because 1. This showed up o...I'm only wading in because 1. This showed up on FB, so I read it; 2. I think you said it better than 99% of the posts I've read so far; and 3. You mentioned Star Trek, which I could talk about forever and ever.<br /><br />I have no dog in this. I haven't watched DW since the late 1970s/early 1980s when my mom and grandmother watched what were, I assume, reruns on our public broadcasting station. It terrified me because I was probably 4 or 5. I tried to watch a few years ago, and I still found it...strange, I guess? I don't think I'm quite geeky/nerdy enough to truly get it, which is kind of a bummer. Anyway, I think my kids watch online or at their friends' houses, and they sure as heck know more than I do.<br /><br />The big thing for me is: yes, keep pressuring them to do better. To do more. Because yeah, I'm freaking pissed off that ST did a nice job having woman as captain...for like 5 minutes, and then they went all the way tf back to having white dudes. (I guess they thought their one black man, plus their one woman, were good enough.) And I don't think they've had women in any other similar high-level roles since Voyager. Humph. DW had better step up the game and *at least* surpass ST in that regard! ST seems to think if they give us one gay Asian (movie) and one (white) gay officer in the new series, we'll all go home happy. "Look! We diversified!" They can go away with that nonsense. I may be a tiny bit passionate about this.<br /><br />Anyway, my kids are excited about the new Doctor. So they'd better not screw this up, LOL.AM Leibowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209724829228883552noreply@blogger.com