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On Saturday, Doctor Who returns, kicking off the second part of the seventh series with a James-Bond inspired episode that sees the Doctor and Clara whizzing round London on a motorbike. Which is exciting if you like interesting drama with witty banter and thoughtful concepts. But less exciting if you like interesting dramas that include women on their writing teams.
Because season seven of Doctor Who will feature no female scribes at all. Not in the bombastic dinosaurs and cowboys episodes that aired last year, and not in any of the new episodes we’re about to receive. In fact, Doctor Who hasn’t aired an episode written by a woman since 2008, 60 episodes ago. There hasn’t been a single female-penned episode in the Moffat era, and in all the time since the show was rebooted in 2005 only one, Helen Raynor, has ever written for the show.
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Why Doctor Who needs more female writers (via themostfeminist)
Dramatist and author Stella Duffy – who has noted the absence of women writers, and indeed directors, from Doctor Who on her blog – thinks that there needs to be a conscious effort to recruit writers from outside the usual small pool of male writers. “Try harder. Stop assuming that men can do the job well enough. If women are saying they feel left out (and they do), if women are saying they feel marginalised (and they do), if women are saying they do not see their voices on screen … Listen to them and do something about it,” Duffy says.
“We can knock and knock, but if they won’t let us in, we’ll never get to see how big the Tardis really might be inside. Right now, the Tardis only holds men, so maybe it’s not that big, after all.”
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This is a MAJOR problem. Also POC writers need to be involved as well which I’m almost 100% sure they haven’t at all
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concept: during the 50th anniversary of doctor who, instead of matt smith regenerating into a new doctor, steven moffat regenerates into a better writer
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- Been quiet
- Never say anything about the Doctor insulting her intelligence
- Never say anything about being compared to somebody she had no idea about.
- Did everything all the time so she wouldn’t be ‘useless’
- Not have any emotions whatsoever
- Not have any sort of romantic interests whatsoever
- Not exist.
Does that about cover it?
Never should have not been Rose Tyler.
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R.I.P Ray Cusick (1928-2013)
You gave us one of the most terrifying monsters on screen and will be honored as a true legend
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