Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop
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I didn't really like it, because close to nothing is resolved. I mean, humans creating various of slave species? One of them can neither talk nor probably eat? And we don't even learn what happens to this one species when the Doctor leaves. While we know what might happen to the others (or what two choices they have), the issue of slaves that can't partake in one of the alternatives and might have a problem with the other is never adressed. Also Martha is black, in a time where racism exists, and she only has a short time of 'oh no, there are slaves again' and that's it? It lacks emotional depth and the real trauma that would be behind it, if you'd ask actual, marginalised people how they would fare in a situation like this. This is a bit too easy-going and could have been much more philosophical. And come on, we know Doctor Who CAN be philosophical. This would be a story for that side of it.
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I didn't really like it, because close to nothing is resolved. I mean, humans creating various of slave species? One of them can neither talk nor probably eat? And we don't even learn what happens to this one species when the Doctor leaves. While we know what might happen to the others (or what two choices they have), the issue of slaves that can't partake in one of the alternatives and might have a problem with the other is never adressed. Also Martha is black, in a time where racism exists, and she only has a short time of 'oh no, there are slaves again' and that's it? It lacks emotional depth and the real trauma that would be behind it, if you'd ask actual, marginalised people how they would fare in a situation like this. This is a bit too easy-going and could have been much more philosophical. And come on, we know Doctor Who CAN be philosophical. This would be a story for that side of it.