The Doctor's defining characteristics—compassion, intellect over violence, humanism in the philosophical sense—tend to be derided in men, and having the hero of a sci-fi show be all about words over fists is quite rare and significant from a feminist perspective.
Good points :) I feared this entry would make me come off as really regressive, but I mean that's honestly how I feel. We can debate over whether the concept of gender is more fluid for Time Lord's, and perhaps it is, but the Doctor has still always been presented as a male character who is constantly regenerating into the male form, in-show is there really that much justification for him to become a woman on his 13th regeneration?
Idris Elba
Ooh I would die if they ever cast him *g* Sadly it's not looking likely though as his career has really taken off, I can't see him wanting to be tied down to DW at this point :/ But yeah, I'm all for a PoC Doctor too, there's not an sticking point for me in the same way as the Doctor switching genders is.
My biggest objection to, say, Tennant, was that he never sold alienness to me; my favourite Doctors seem the least human.
ITA! Tennant was my least favourite Doctor because he always just seemed too ~hipster cool~ to me, I could never quite gel with him :(
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Date: 2015-08-02 08:07 pm (UTC)Good points :) I feared this entry would make me come off as really regressive, but I mean that's honestly how I feel. We can debate over whether the concept of gender is more fluid for Time Lord's, and perhaps it is, but the Doctor has still always been presented as a male character who is constantly regenerating into the male form, in-show is there really that much justification for him to become a woman on his 13th regeneration?
Idris Elba
Ooh I would die if they ever cast him *g* Sadly it's not looking likely though as his career has really taken off, I can't see him wanting to be tied down to DW at this point :/ But yeah, I'm all for a PoC Doctor too, there's not an sticking point for me in the same way as the Doctor switching genders is.
My biggest objection to, say, Tennant, was that he never sold alienness to me; my favourite Doctors seem the least human.
ITA! Tennant was my least favourite Doctor because he always just seemed too ~hipster cool~ to me, I could never quite gel with him :(