Doctor Who branded ‘homophobic’ for giving gay character 30 secs of screen time before killing him

The Sun ^ | 2nd January 2019 | Daniel Sperling

[wally_bert]

Dr. Who will be exterminated by Nurse Who.

[Bernard]

Are these minor characters wearing red shirts while on camera? That’s been tried before, and became an easy way to predict the fate of ........... minor characters in a (At least more than one episode) long-running dramatic series.

[MNDude]

Anyone here watch the new woman DW episodes?
Is so, how is it?

[null and void]

Eh? They had a major character who happened to be gay. At the end of his run, The Doctor went back before they met and set him up with a gay lover as a parting (a never have met-ing?) gift. That didn’t strike me as particularly homophobic at the time...

[fishtank]

Ensign Ricky....

Was that his name?

[fishtank]

[oldvirginian]

When wardrobe handed you the red shirt you knew you were never coming back. It usually took longer to put on the costume than it took your character to die.
Total air time? Usually less than two minutes.

[wally_bert]

Very mixed at best.

Way too much SJW.

[reg45]

It took me almost a month to get used to her accent.

[thoughtomator]

Reminds me of a satirical Kickstarter campaign for a game to be called “American School Shooter”, which was to feature a diverse cast of identity group characters as targets.

[tbw2]

Equity isn’t fair.
“We want equal representation - but you have to give us special privileges. The female and homosexual characters must then be given extra screen time and never die, in the name of fairness.”

[RightGeek]

They killed another one and the critics are too afraid to say so

[Dr. Sivana]

They had a major character who happened to be gay. At the end of his run, The Doctor went back before they met and set him up with a gay lover as a parting (a never have met-ing?) gift. That didn’t strike me as particularly homophobic at the time...

What year was that in? I let my kids see older Dr. Who episodes, but I don't want them exposed to that garbage.

[wally_bert]

Tom Baker stuff was the best.

[Tench_Coxe]

First season of the reboot with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. The gay character was Captain Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman (who is gay in real life).

[wally_bert]

I liked Torchwood.

[higgmeister]

I forced myself to watch until episode four. She was so-so but the last straw for me was the "council house" third world characters that dumbed down the whole concept of The Doctor. That one kid always talking to his step-granddad about "Me Nan" made me want to kick the TV right in. A pox on them.

It was much worse than when I refused to watch Sylvester McCoy's characterization of Doctor Who.

Great Britain is invaded by alien hordes for the first time since 1066 and the TV has to kowtow to the invaders. They can flush Cardiff into the sea.

[Glad2bnuts]

The new Doctor? Laughably bad writing is the hallmark of the reboot. It is hard to criticize an actress in these circumstances. I like her, but the brand is weakened by her IMO.

[txrefugee]

Because the 2% of the audience should tell producers how to script the show for the other 98% of the audience.