So, the 12th Doctor has been revealed. If you're trying to avoid the knowledge of who it is until the show airs, I'd advise you to stop reading now... Go on, off you go.
Right.
I'm not complaining about the choice of the particular actor, or say that he wouldn't make a great doctor, but I must admit to still being a little disappointed at the doctor being yet another white male, while the women in the show are still relegated to 'companion' status. Why not a person of colour, or a doctor of a different gender? Yes, yes, they say they picked 'the best actor for the job' - but they didn't even hold casting calls this time. Moffatt said that he had the idea of Peter Capaldi, called him to his house to try out being the doctor, videoed the result, showed it to the rest of the team and they decided to cast him. They didn't give anyone else a chance, and I bet an actor of colour or another gender didn't even cross Mofatt's mind.
It's well known that he's not exactly progressive in his views,and this shows more and more throughout his episodes. Almost every female character has now been defined by her reproductive organs or her dependence on a man, and having virtually no agency of their own. I'm getting tired of such a lack of decent female representation in the media - of having to actively search such things out, rather than being able to just watch something and see women who are shown as fully-rounded characters with their own agencies rather than sexist tropes and stereotypes.
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