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10-15-2018, 08:17 PM
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/annie-piper/2018/10/15/doctor-whos-bizarre-anti-gun-agenda-brains-beat-bullets
By Annie Piper | October 15, 2018 2:00 PM EDT
Sunday night, Doctor Who debuted its second episode in its much anticipated 11th season on BBC America. The show, a British classic beloved by many in America, typically stays away from politics as it focuses on a science fictional universe. That being said, it is somewhat known for its focus on diversity, pacifism and all things “anti-violence”--which, all things considered, I am mostly willing to tolerate in a world where almost every show is littered with explicit jabs at conservatives and conservative policy. In the episode “The Ghost Monument,” (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/74694-s11e02-the-ghost-monument/?do=getLastComment) however, Doctor Who really put the “fiction” in science fiction with a bizarre anti-gun rant.
When the Doctor and her companions find themselves on a foreign planet they come into some lethal opposition. Ryan Sinclare (Tosin Cole) suggests something reasonable--using a gun for self defense. To his surprise, the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/59785-the-thirteenth-doctor-jodie-whittaker/?do=getLastComment)) is not on board.
By Annie Piper | October 15, 2018 2:00 PM EDT
Sunday night, Doctor Who debuted its second episode in its much anticipated 11th season on BBC America. The show, a British classic beloved by many in America, typically stays away from politics as it focuses on a science fictional universe. That being said, it is somewhat known for its focus on diversity, pacifism and all things “anti-violence”--which, all things considered, I am mostly willing to tolerate in a world where almost every show is littered with explicit jabs at conservatives and conservative policy. In the episode “The Ghost Monument,” (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/74694-s11e02-the-ghost-monument/?do=getLastComment) however, Doctor Who really put the “fiction” in science fiction with a bizarre anti-gun rant.
When the Doctor and her companions find themselves on a foreign planet they come into some lethal opposition. Ryan Sinclare (Tosin Cole) suggests something reasonable--using a gun for self defense. To his surprise, the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/59785-the-thirteenth-doctor-jodie-whittaker/?do=getLastComment)) is not on board.