Doctor Who: 8 News Stories That Never Die
3. Fans Complain The Show Is Too Political
Nothing generates clicks and newspaper sales than dredging the culture war battlefield for contentious opinions and faux outrage. Things have only gotten worse with the Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall era which has become the latest battleground. Over the past four years, there have been headlines in various papers such as "Doctor Who viewers rage at 'unbearable political correctness' as another female Doctor is revealed" or "Has Doctor Who become 'too woke' for fans?"
The Jeremy Vine Show in the UK even asked viewers if Doctor Who had become too politically correct. It's just another way that social media heavily informs journalism these days. At some undisclosed point in recent history, pasting tweets into an article became an acceptable news item. The problem with this is that social media is so vast and diverse that you can literally find anyone who shares your intended narrative, regardless of the truth.
Case in point, the Guardian, who back in 2020 said that rather than being "too woke", Doctor Who was "more offensive than ever". As long as this cultural tribalism continues to dominate our discourse, you can expect the "Too Political" story to continue long into RTD's comeback era.