http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Dr_Who%3A_Back_to_the_futureDr Who: Back to the future - Revision history2026-05-09T09:43:57ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Dr_Who:_Back_to_the_future&diff=27372&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = Eastern Eye | file = 2018-11-02 Eastern Eye.jpg | px = 650 | height = | width = | date = 2018-11-02 | author = Amit Roy | pages = 9 | language = En..."2019-11-05T00:11:37Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = Eastern Eye | file = 2018-11-02 Eastern Eye.jpg | px = 650 | height = | width = | date = 2018-11-02 | author = Amit Roy | pages = 9 | language = En..."</p>
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THE new Doctor Who, played by Jodie Whittaker, is going back to India in 1947 in the sixth episode entitled Demons of the Punjab.<br />
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It has been written by Vinay Patel, who made a name with TV movie Murdered By My Father.<br />
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The story is set against backdrop of partition in India when one of the Doctor's assistants, Yasmin ("Yaz") Khan (Mandip Gill), attempts to discover her grandmother's hidden history.<br />
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I especially enjoyed episode three, Rosa, when the Doctor and her three assistants land in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 where a black woman, Rosa Parks, is about to change history by refusing to move from a seat reserved for whites on a local bus.<br />
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The new series, featuring the first female Dr Who, must be very<br />
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high quality because there was a carping piece in a tabloid which reported that "for some viewers, Jodie Whittaker's debut series as the Time Lord has become a tiresome ordeal of political correctness. What was once a determinedly far-fetched fantasy drama populated by Daleks and Cybermen has become a platform for social justice issues, complete with a racially diverse cast, they say."<br />
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An unnamed fan objected to the Rosa episode on the grounds that "the focus has been forcing inclusiveness by having such obviously diverse characters':<br />
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"Similar criticism is likely to follow an upcoming episode called Demons of the Punjab, set during the partition of India in 1947," the paper predicted.<br />
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But based on what I have seen so far, the new Time Lady somehow seems more "human" than the previous Time Lords and the story lines altogether more innovative.<br />
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Caption: MAKING HISTORY: Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who with her assistants; and (left) Rosa Parks<br />
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