“Well, it’s wonderful!” Mark Gatiss beams, when asked by
RadioTimes.com how it feels to have written an honest-to-goodness Doctor Who Target novelisation.
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“I mean, obviously, I did four of them [Doctor Who novels] years ago, but they weren’t Targets, were they? They were New Adventures [original novels put out by Virgin Publishing between 1991 and 1997], and then BBC Books… but this is is a
Target book – it looks like one! It’s amazing.
“I mean, even to have those things, like ‘The Changing Face of Doctor Who’ [a blurb printed on the first page of Target novels, identifying which Doctor was featured in the book], and I think I smuggled in a little asterisk – ‘see Doctor Who: The Snowmen’ or something like that. It makes me very happy indeed to have those in.
With rumors circulating that Jodie Whittaker may depart the lead role at the end of her third season, it seems right to reflect upon her time in the TARDIS. In particular, one of the most revealing and interesting aspects of that time: the persistent criticism that the show’s recent seasons have been “too woke” or “too politically correct.” It’s interesting to think about what those phrases mean, particularly in the context of the most conservative stretch of
Doctor Who in over three decades.
The recent seasons of
Doctor Who overseen by Chris Chibnall have been criticized in some quarters for being more radical than the ones that came before. This is a frequent attack in the British tabloids;