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OutOfHeretoday at 1:40 PM3 repliesview on HN

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Anonbrittoday at 5:10 PM

People have been making the same complaint about Dr Who for at least 40 years, couched in the language of the day. Same with Star Trek.

afavourtoday at 4:45 PM

I view Doctor Who as part of a great tradition of sci-fi that pushes boundaries. Tennant's era was a primetime TV show that featured gay characters (Captain Jack in particular) without treating it like it was a big deal. When at the time it really wasn't that common (particularly in kid-friendly TV).

These attempts overshoot at times, like when Star Trek TNG put male crew members in "skants"[1] but they can always course correct. If you let minor things like that ruin your viewing of the show then that's on you, not them.

[1] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_uniform_(2350...

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draygoniatoday at 4:26 PM

David Tennant was a great Doctor Who. It's definitely still a good show and I'm sure they didn't swap out the entire production cast between those seasons to 'wokify' it.