Some Thoughts on Dr Who

[gonzai]

Mind, prior to the 'new' Who, I saw exactly one episode of Dr Who. I found it while channel-surfing past PBS one night at least 10 years ago, and I have no idea how long it had been on before I landed on it; three excuciatingly long hours later, I gave up hope that it would ever end and went to bed. Besides being interminably long, extremely repetitive and arguably sexist, it was boring as hell. I didn't watch again until earlier this year, when I discovered the 'new' Who was actually rather good. After some research, I still don't know what I saw way back when, but I'm almost certain the Doctor was Sylvester McCoy, and it seemed to involve everyone wandering around a factory repeatedly and to no particular purpose.

More to my point, I was reading the Dr Who magazine featuring all of his companions from the new series, and it occurred to me that all three companions (Rose, Martha & Donna) have total shrews for mothers. Martha even has a potentially shrewish stepmother in her father's fiance. None of the mothers are likable; none support their daughters emotionally or professionally; all seem prone to flying off the handle or otherwise losing it; Martha's mother betrayed her to Saxon's people; Jackie slapped the Doctor, etc. I could see if one of the companions had a nasty mother, but all three? Does RTD or one of his upper-level compatriots have serious mother issues, or am I seeing something that isn't there?

Comments

[ahavia.livejournal.com]

I like Rose's Mom.

Yes, this Dr. Who is fantastic. In the episode where The Doctor meets Martha, and the hospital went to the Moon, there were these leather guys, called slugs or slags, and the Doctor said - "Basic leather all the way through. Someone's got a hell of a fetish."

I love that!
Ahavia