Doctor Who 11.05
What a terrible, pointless, boring episode.
The surprise mpreg was hilarious. And not in a good way.
I am APPALLED at the premise. No one wants to relive the Partition through the point of view of the colonisers who caused it in the first place. NO ONE.
It's like -- I'm struggling to find an analogy here, but imagine if a white American protagonist were to go back in time and witness his ancestors murdering millions of Native Americans. And the story would be pretty much about how progressive and kind-hearted he is (look, he even has a Native American sidekick!), as opposed to those horrible ancestors of his. Yeah, no.
Do. Not. Want.
Trying very hard to reserve judgement until the actual episode, but I have no hope.
On a far more positive note, I thought Next of Kin was fabulous: not just the parts set in England but also those in Lahore. There was also some (very brief) f/f content. From reading reviews, I know many viewers were unhappy with the idea of a Muslim family affected by terrorism, which seems the worst kind of cliché, but Archie Panjabi and Jack Davenport were both as amazing as they always are, and I thought the story was sensitively told. (Take notes, Chibnall, for pity's sake.)
Ugh, Doctor Who is suddenly making me feel so awful. This is one of those times I'm just going to tell myself that it's just TV; no need to get upset about it. But still.
Crossposted at https://asra.dreamwidth.org/151497.html.
The surprise mpreg was hilarious. And not in a good way.
I am APPALLED at the premise. No one wants to relive the Partition through the point of view of the colonisers who caused it in the first place. NO ONE.
It's like -- I'm struggling to find an analogy here, but imagine if a white American protagonist were to go back in time and witness his ancestors murdering millions of Native Americans. And the story would be pretty much about how progressive and kind-hearted he is (look, he even has a Native American sidekick!), as opposed to those horrible ancestors of his. Yeah, no.
Do. Not. Want.
Trying very hard to reserve judgement until the actual episode, but I have no hope.
On a far more positive note, I thought Next of Kin was fabulous: not just the parts set in England but also those in Lahore. There was also some (very brief) f/f content. From reading reviews, I know many viewers were unhappy with the idea of a Muslim family affected by terrorism, which seems the worst kind of cliché, but Archie Panjabi and Jack Davenport were both as amazing as they always are, and I thought the story was sensitively told. (Take notes, Chibnall, for pity's sake.)
Ugh, Doctor Who is suddenly making me feel so awful. This is one of those times I'm just going to tell myself that it's just TV; no need to get upset about it. But still.
Crossposted at https://asra.dreamwidth.org/151497.html.