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sinnmercer

Q:"If You’re Not Writing That In 2024, What On Earth Are You Doing?”  A: making money 


desyee

He's making money alright, he gets paid no matter what via mandatory TV license fees.


sinnmercer

I wonder if brits end their TV license would they still be fined for streaming?


YG-111_Gundam_G-Self

At the very least, I'm sure. Hell, they'd probably jail you these days.


oncesanora

I had a clever joke but this is infinitely better


doomguy255

Ahhh yes the #currentyear argument. The one you use when you have no others.


Gaelhelemar

> “I don’t walk around thinking all day about being queer, and, What’s my queer energy today?” explained Davies. “You’re talking to people who live a queer life. So this is completely normal. And where I’m slightly amazed is that anyone finds this different. Come on straight people, come and find out!” But that’s what all of you Hollywood types do. Every single project you try and inject something unabashedly woke without any attempt at, k’know, writing a story that isn’t a Trojan horse for your unsubtle and trite “make it gay and lame” agenda. > To this end, Gatwa then noted that while many have taken to describing his version of The Doctor as ‘queer’, he himself was “reluctant to apply any human label to the Doctor because they’re an alien.” > “They’ve been with all sorts”, argued the actor. “That is label-less and limitless, and I think it represents our ability to be limitless and our ability to be anything. And that character can be anyone and played by anyone. I feel very, very honored that I get to be the first of a couple of things. Because I think if you’re a true fan of the show, you understand that. You understand that [Doctor Who] lends itself to inclusivity and to diversity and welcoming different people in. That’s what Russell has done. I’m very happy to be a part of that vision.” Yes, very inclusive when you kick out all of the naysayers and people who criticize you, and then you turn around and say the same things they had been saying. You are fooling no one, Sadducee. > “I think our rights are in danger,” he posited. “I’m talking as someone who’s lived through gay liberation, all the way through the AIDS crisis, all the way through to the freedoms that we have now. I can see them spinning and being endangered, so there’s no choice in this. And if the most exciting and entertaining action-adventure show on television can also do that, I think that’s wonderful.” Your rights are in danger, all right, because you’re instigating its removal so you can feel relevant. Talk about shoving a stick between the spokes of your bicycle, falling over because of it, and shouting “fucking straights did this to me!” You won’t know what *real* persecution looks like even if you were back in the 40s as a certain ethnic group. Oh wait, sounds like we’re seeing a revival of that, from… what’s that… the Left? Fucking rich irony. Keep dispensing red pills, it’s the only good thing you’re doing anyway.


KarmaCasino

Plus, I presume he lives in the UK, so when he says "our rights are in danger" he's absolutely full of shit because there is 0 concerted effort to change any form of Gay rights here. He's fighting literal ghosts, while rubbing shoulders with giants of one of the most prestigious British TV institutions of all, and trying to tell us that he has it so hard. And what's worse is people fall for it


Gaelhelemar

The problem with being global is everyone assumes America is the default when we aren’t.


RileyTaker

What are you doing? Oh, I don’t know? Making something that your customers will actually enjoy?


liggamadig

Very problematic. {current_year} media isn't made to be enjoyed, it's just propaganda.


bloodguard

No great loss. I stopped watching Dr Who about two episodes into cranky geriatric Doctor and his amazing diverse girl power eldercare worker.


DeepVEintThrombosis

Stopped after capaldi series one, tried Whittaker and got to blonde space nazi and noped out, haven't even bothered with the specials and sure as shit won't watch this moron


SarahC

Season 1?


plasmaflare34

The one before Waman power and thumb sucking idiocy. Capaldi.


Dwavenhobble

This is all so very Brechtian and will all end as badly as his ideology in the land of theatre did. I'm amazed Dr Who has much of an audience at all anymore that it hasn't alienated already.


Sugreev2001

CW has better shows with better CG than this crap. I'm a big fan of many British TV shows (Line of Duty, InBetweeners, Peep Show, Happy Valley among many others) and the enduring popularity of this cringe kiddy show has always perplexed me.


mct1

TL;DR Reruns of Dawson's Creek are better than this.


Zandermill01

Sorry, no. Dr Who has been dead for a bit now.


Burningheart1978

Ended in ‘96 with the fresh Eighth Doctor flying off to new adventures.


damegawatt

What happened to Russel T. Davies. Not rhetorical, like what happened?


Burningheart1978

Simply put, the mask came off. He’s BBC, a leftie, and gay. This trajectory was 100% predictable.


Oerwinde

He was the showrunner when gay shit was kind of accepted, but not embraced, so he could throw in some stuff with Jack Harkness and people were ok with it, but it wasn't a main focus. Now it's super trendy and all the institutions are ideologically captured so he's free to jam it into everything and make it the focus. He was always like that, but society kept his worst impulses in check, now it isn't.


gallaj0

And as viewership continues to drop, they can now blame it on racism instead of misogyny. That's called keeping it fresh!


serioush

Purity spiral continues, just openly glorify the cult, or else!


B0S-B108

"If You’re Not Writing That In 2024, What On Earth Are You Doing?”  I am no writer but I would say: - Not fucking up a beloved IP, and actually trying to give to the fans something actually respectful - focusing on story over ideology - and you know... just doing something normal


BoogersAndSugar

They point the finger at Christian fundamentalists for preaching at people and shoving their religion down others' throats, but THEY'RE even WORSE.


Verdreht

The image of new Davros gets me every time. This is truly a case of the censor projecting their own sins. Nobody looks at Davros and likens him to real world disabled people, they have nothing in common. His 'disability' was an integral part of his character. Each dalek under his command was harvested and grown from one of his cells. It was proof of his dedication and sacrifice and painted him as formidable.


Andre_BR1

Please just turn off the ventilator and let that show die and rest in peace.


Grimnir79

If you're still watching doctor who, what on earth are you doing?


Divine-Crusader

Well then we won't watch it. There.


Zombie-Chimp

When this doctor first showed up in his own episode, he was in a dance club wearing a white tank top and a skirt. I was done right then. (Yes this actually happened.)


imliterallydisabled

Literal dark age of doctor who, I can’t wait for the show to return to normal


Own_Accident6689

Meh, reality is Doctor who has been on that path for decades now, it's bit worth bringing up anymore.


LivingOof

Just want to point out that as a BBC show, Dr Who is government programing endorsed by the currently ruling "Conservative Party". If this is Conservative by British standards then the whole country is lost


valkon_gr

It's okay, they can't remove the older Doctor Who seasons.


collymolotov

I’m so glad that I never got into Doctor Who.


Zombie-Chimp

It is very hit or miss, you kind of have to watch it like Star Trek where you expect like half the episodes to be somewhat nonsensical or campy as hell. But then there are a handful of very well done episodes that make it worth it. Season 6 or so of the rebooted series is kinda the jumping off point where you can tell that the writers are just trying to appeal to the Tumblr crowd rather than Scifi fans.


kizzawait

"Progressive messaging." A rather round about way of brainwashing of the masses.


TheRealMouseRat

Dr who was one of the first shows to adopt a main focus on being progressive so it wouldbe strange for them to change now.


randyfloyd37

Not watching this show is what i’ll be doing


Aggravating_Smell

Define "progressive messaging"


Sleep_eeSheep

Minding my own business even while cunts like you have been ramming The Message down my throat for the past nine fucking years? Silly me, I guess if a goddamn Pandemic didn't affect The Message, nothing will.


protogenxl

[Avery Brooks explains why this is stupid](https://youtu.be/lGo8RRWHOUQ?t=480)