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UK Daily Mail ^ | October 22, 2018 | Keiligh Baker

[C19fan]

Doctor Who delighted fans last night after the episode tackled the topic of racism in America as the Time Lord came face to face with civil rights hero Rosa Parks.

The episode began with the Doctor and her team landing in Montgomery, Alabama, where they experienced first-hand the brutal discrimination faced by the African American community during the 1950s.

It was written by author and former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman, who has written over 60 books for children and young adults, including the Noughts and Crosses series and Pig-Heart Boy - which was adapted by the BBC in 1999.

It is believed to be the first episode in the show's 37 seasons to be written by a non-white person, and Blackman has become the sixth women to ever write an episode.

[C19fan]

Need to rename the show Dr. Woke.

[originalbuckeye]

British husband was a big Dr Who fan from its inception. Haven’t watched it in years.....does it often go political now?

[I want the USA back]

Make Whitey Feel Guilty Again?

[V_TWIN]

Never seen the 1st episode, probably never will. This certainly doesn’t motivate me to start now.

[Gay State Conservative]

OK,fair enough..an episode about Rosa Parks.But I wonder when we'll see the Time Lord come face to face with the millions and *millions* killed by Stalin,Mao and Kim Il Sung.

[JimRed]

If the depiction of the maltreatment of blacks then is accurately portrayed, no problem. But I wonder if they also portrayed the use of the movement by the communists?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

It is believed to be the first episode in the show's 37 seasons to be written by a non-white person,

Its amazing that the PC-besotted BBC would have allowed only whites to write for this show until now.

[Altura Ct.]

tackled the topic of racism in America

GFY!

[EEGator]

Next up, the disproportionate amount of violent crime committed by Blacks?

[eyeamok]

Montgomery, Alabama, where they experienced first-hand the brutal discrimination faced by the African American community during the 1950s.

Funny how they never seem to mention the Political Party responsible for all the Racism and Lynchings.

Which Political Party were they Demonstrating and Fighting against?? That's right the Democrat Party!!!

By the mid-1860s, the Republican Party’s alliance with blacks had caused a noticeable strain on the Democrats’ struggle for electoral significance in the post-Civil War era. This prompted the Democratic Party in 1866 to develop a new pseudo-secret political action group whose sole purpose was to help gain control of the electorate. The new group was known simply by their initials, KKK (Ku Klux Klan).

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/05/the_secret_racist_history_of_the_democratic_party.html

[bk1000]

Nothing but white guilt and virtue signaling since Tom Baker’s tenure as The Doctor. Impossible to watch.

[EEGator]

Don’t worry, those limey fags will be facing Mecca 5 times a day soon enough.

[Dennis M.]

“Its amazing that the PC-besotted BBC would have allowed only whites to write for this show until now. “

Now we need an episode about Great Britain’s support for the south during the CW.

[V_TWIN]

Very well said. However, even as a Christian I’m afraid I cannot be responsible for things that happened before I was even born.

[SES1066]

Make Whitey Feel Guilty Again?

Anyone care to give odds on the possibility that the 'guilty' trend will be repeated?

LEFTism has replaced 'Puritanism' in the legendary H.L.Mencken quote; “LEFTism [Puritanism]: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Take a fun show and load it down with political pottage!

[rlmorel]

I have not watched the program, so I don’t now what has been ruined, but I do feee some sympathy for those who knew and loved the program, only to see what it has become.

[PIF]

Now renamed to “Ms Doctor WTF”

[PIF]

According to Wiki 10.9 million brits watched a fake story, about a fake american issue, about a fake american woman

[KarlInOhio]

A thread yesterday was titled "Doctor Who takes on worst enemy yet as show tackles racism for the first time"

So you have enemies who have threatened to destroy planets or even the entire universe, but the worst enemy is racism?

I can't imagine the Daleks saying "Back of the bus! Back of the bus!"

[escapefromboston]

Should have just been a straight historical episode , the SciFi aspect was completely unnecessary. BBC did a decent job of the setting and time period though.