Doctor Who Panel Q&A @ Comic Con 2009 (pt 3 of 4)

note: this doesn't continue directly from clip 2

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Entertainment

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• David Tennant
• Russel T. Davies
• Euros Lyn
• Julie Gardner
• Doctor Who
• Comic Con

[kewlkat8208]

I love David Tennant's smile. He is so gorgeous!

[TheOrangeDream]

Oh, no is she? I just thought she was really irritating and was teasing the Doctor all the time. And that she knew his real name and everything... it just bothered me. I really like the look of Amy to! I think she and 11 will make a good team. :) Ten/Rose's daughter... now that's an interesting thought!

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

@GirlVash Cornell who wrote both the novel and teleplay changes the Doctor's motivation, he becomes human to better understand Bernice's heartbreak; Bernice becomes his niece, so she can contact him but she is protected from negative post Edwardian morals. The DOCTOR would never leave his companion in a vulnerable position, but he does with Martha, tells her outright the TARDIS, therefore HE cannot help or protect her. She's on her own.

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

@GirlVash And what things that are not canon. The story takes place in 1913, and is adopted from a novel, where the Doctor's has his companion masquerade as his niece. Therefore any events and social conditions of 1913 are perfectly valid. And it is perfectly valid to question and challenge Cornell's choice to change the role the companion chooses from niece to Maid. He choose niece for Bernice to protect her; choosing maidservant doesn't protect Martha, it makes her more vulnerable.

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

@GirlVash Are so you saying Martha is a Doctor and a Black woman, she has no cause or right to feel abused or abandoned by the situation the Doctor and the TARTIS forced her into? It is Canon she felt both. In 1913 white and black Britions recognized prejudice and as individuals stood against it. So the statement that Martha Had to become a servant and endure racism alone in 1913 because of The Times is erroneous. As an Individual the Doctor had the means to make her time bearable.

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

The Doctor refers to the Tartis as she. And my discussion is if the Doctor's treatment of Martha was fair or ethical. On what planet is fictional canon a valid responsrbto a question of ethics?

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

History when discussing a program setbin the past is not valid? Cornell adapted his novel for screen and presented Martha'sbaccording to his limited knowledge of the livs of people of color. It may be DW canon that no other position was available, but canon as flawed as this merits criticism. Believe Cornell can handle it,

[GirlVash]

@Bobsyermomsuncle first of all you keep referencing things that aren't cannon. So therefore, interesting, but not a valid argument. Second, she's trying to become a doctor. You don't think she's had to deal with less than plesant aspects of the human body? And who said the tardis has a gender? It is alive, but it's grown from a seed. and while plants technicaly do have males and females to say, "oh well it's because it's a girl plant" is not really what comes to mind.

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

@GrilVash Nov. 10, 1913 Battersea's black mayor congratulates the people of the town for overcoming racial prejudice. That event is also a very large part of The Times.  There were activist of all complexions fighting for equality for women and minorities. For the DW producers to dimiss their writing as showing "the Times" is a disservice to those Brits. Lets leave it at: They wanted to show Martha's devotion to the Doctor, even in the face of his abandonment of her.

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

@kewlkat8208 You should go to BBC America and put in a vote for his new series to come to the US.

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

@GirlVash And think about it, how classically mysogisnitic and "blame the victim" is that as an official statement -- Blaming the Female Tardis and Martha for the Doctor placing his companion in a vulnerable position. It is his choice to become human rather than confront the Family because he feared he might have to kill them. They planned the story before they landed on Earth, he had plenty to decide, No, you'll be too vulnerable and as Peri says: Why should Martha have to suffer?