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Fictional alien time travellers can’t be black, insist morons (newsthump.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I feel that lore-wise, the doctor changing sex was a bigger test of suspension of disbelief. But they prepped for it by having the Master do it. The Master has previously spent time being a walking corpse, so that is a fairly straight line of baby steps to get there.

Once that's been established, changing race is nothing. And arguably the doctor has shown a not insignificant amount of racial diversity already to prove it's not impossible.

The show just sucks for a variety of other reasons.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

The show just sucks for a variety of other reasons.

Terrible writing. It's been bloody awful for a few seasons now imo. I don't care about the race or gender of any of the actors, but you've got to give me good storylines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Considering the lore, the Doctor changing genders or race is very far down on the list of tests of suspension of disbelief.

I'm too busy being outraged over the Moon being a dragon egg to worry at all about any of this.