Episode 51: New Companions and Diversity in TV
We return with an episode so bold and powerful it received an impromtu, mid-episode promotion from podlet to podcast! Pearl Mackie has officially stepped into the TARDIS as the Doctor’s newest companion, and Alasdair and Caroline are here to tackle this story from every feasible angle, including: Accents! Clothing choices! Fine-level parsing of lines in a promo video! So yeah, pretty much business as usual for your intrepid Debating Doctor Who team. And, just to really get back in the swing of things, we return to a topic we explored way back in our very first podcast, as we look at Caroline’s recent article for Quartz on diversity and Game Of Thrones and use it as a springboard to discuss diversity in genre television more generally. Our takes may or may not be fiery. We’re back and we mean business!