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‘Doctor Who’ Star Says “Doctor Woke” Criticism Means Series Is Simply Spreading Kindness (deadline.com)
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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sethu and Gatwa’s pairing means that two people of color will pilot the Tardis for the first time in Doctor Who’s history. “Ncuti was like, ‘Look at us. We get to be in the Tardis. We’re going to piss off so many people’,” she said.

I know he what he means, but to be pedantic, this is not the first time a person of colour person has been in the Tardis. There have been several black companions (Mickey, Martha, Bill Potts); there have even been two people of colour as companions at the same time (Ryan and Yaz). You could even say that Martha was the first black doctor to pilot the Tardis. :P

I'm happy to see a POC Doctor and companion though.

[–] Grostleton@lemm.ee 1 points 19 hours ago

Did any of those characters actually "pilot" the tardis? I remember incidents of them being "in" the tardis and it autopilots or is remotely sent away by the doc, but but never directly controlled by them in any meaningful way, though admittedly I'm a bit hazy on the Ryan/Yaz seasons at this point.