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BBC denies Doctor Who 'anti-ginger' regeneration (Agenda against red-haired people is alleged)
The Times (U.K.) ^ | January 6, 2009 | Adam Sherwin

Posted on 01/07/2010 12:30:19 PM PST by Stoat

“I’m still not ginger,” cried the new Doctor Who after his latest regeneration. But the BBC has insisted that the Time Lord intended this as a statement of regret after it received complaints from viewers.

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Angry parents complained to the BBC that the comment, made in an episode seen by 11 million viewers, would encourage bullying of their ginger haired children. But the BBC said that the Doctor was actually disappointed that he had not joined the ginger ranks.
The statement read: “We’ve received complaints from viewers who believed a line in Doctor Who: The End of Time was insulting to people with ginger hair.

“We would like to reassure viewers that Doctor Who doesn’t have an anti-ginger agenda whatsoever. This was a reprise of the line in the Christmas Invasion episode in 2005, when David Tennant discovers that he’s not ginger, and here he is, missing out again — disappointed he’s still not ginger.”

The statement concluded: “In addition, the Doctor’s previous companion Donna Noble [Catherine Tate] and his new one Amy Pond [Karen Gillan] are both redheads.”

Last year the BBC responded to complaints from EastEnders viewers when the ginger hair of the character Tiffany was mocked.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: antiginger; bbc; denial; drwho; ginger; gingers; racism; redheads; television; thegword
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21 posted on 01/07/2010 1:17:28 PM PST by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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To: Stoat

Catherine Tate skit about a shelter for abused gingers — whom even the police diss.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fdce88e2ba/the-ginger-refuge-w-catherine-tate-from-greatest-comedy-sketches


22 posted on 01/07/2010 1:26:42 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: numberonepal

This appears to be turning into a ‘red-headed hotties’ thread, which is fine by me ;-)


23 posted on 01/07/2010 1:28:02 PM PST by Stoat (Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: Stoat

and me. i love redheads.


24 posted on 01/07/2010 1:40:59 PM PST by BenKenobi (;)
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To: La Lydia

FUNNY! Thank you for posting :-)


25 posted on 01/07/2010 1:49:43 PM PST by Stoat (Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: BenKenobi
and me. i love redheads.

Agreed.  Roma Downey's hair is one of the things that made Touched By An Angel so special...that and her Irish accent

"sigh"


26 posted on 01/07/2010 1:59:56 PM PST by Stoat (Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: Stoat

I love Catherine Tate. She is always hilarious. “Am I bovvered?”


27 posted on 01/07/2010 2:00:34 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: Stoat

King David was a ginger


28 posted on 01/07/2010 2:03:53 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Stoat

Take any hottie and give her red hair! Voila! Megahottie!


29 posted on 01/07/2010 2:26:38 PM PST by reg45 (Be calm everyone. The idiot children are in charge!)
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To: Stoat

In Britain the word “ginger” can mean red haired or having fair complexion but it can also be used to describe a guy who’s light in the loafers.Don’t know if this has been pointed out yet.


30 posted on 01/07/2010 3:37:43 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: JoeProBono
Still not Ginger

31 posted on 01/07/2010 5:59:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Stoat

32 posted on 01/07/2010 6:08:47 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: a fool in paradise

No, “ginger-haired” or ginger-headed has been around for many generations. Such as Malcom X would have been called “that ginger-headed fellow...”


33 posted on 01/08/2010 9:54:36 AM PST by Clock King (There's no way to fix D.C.)
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To: Clock King

But calling someone “a ginger”?


34 posted on 01/08/2010 10:13:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Al Gore was more concerned with the evil influence of heavy metal than that of radical Imam.)
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To: a fool in paradise

US english - UK english? I don’t know. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a long-standing racial/group aspect to using it as a noun in the UK.


35 posted on 01/08/2010 11:38:16 AM PST by Clock King (There's no way to fix D.C.)
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To: JoeProBono

Check out that ginger ho!


36 posted on 01/08/2010 11:41:19 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Stoat
My brother's a ginger. He just married an Asian girl.

I told him his kids are going to be Ginger Ninjas. I only hope they use their powers for good instead of evil.

37 posted on 01/08/2010 11:43:44 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: La Lydia

The group Improv Everywhere did a fake protest of a Wendy’s fast food restaurant because their logo has girl on it who is ginger and they consider it racist.

http://improveverywhere.com/2007/07/24/redheads/


38 posted on 03/31/2010 4:17:06 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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