Clip from Episode 267 - Doctor Who Series 11, Gender, and Political Regression

This is a clip from this week's full podcast, in which we covered a lot of topics, including this season of Doctor Who and its many creative failings. I wanted to clip out one part of that discussion and share it separately, however, because I think it's the most important part of our comments, and I think it speaks to something few critics are genuinely trying to grapple with this season: Have Chris Chibnall and the Doctor Who creative team done right by the character and the responsibilities of representation in their push for greater on-screen diversity this year? As Sean and I argue here, the politics of this season are actually shocking regressive and pro-status quo, and in creating the first female Doctor, Chibnall's writing has reduced the character to a shallow series of heavily gendered 'quirks,' with the most important character in the season, the character through whom all of the major themes flow, being the one middle-aged white guy on screen. It's a nuanced, complicated discussion, but I wanted people to hear this section if they hear nothing else, so it's excerpted here for that purpose. Enjoy. Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our podcast about the wide and wonderful world of anime: https://www.japanimation-station.com Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKSubscribe to our YouTube channels! Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation  Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcastSupport the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffOriginal Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman