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Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on The Politics of Doctor Who. It needs to be at least 2500 words.
Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on The Politics of Doctor Who. It needs to be at least 2500 words. McKee (2004), who studied fans of the series, found that the series appeals to people in all parts of the political spectrum and that these fans did not see the series as being political. Therefore, there was a way for each of these fans to read their own political preferences into the series. This essay will examine these three articles.
In the article “War Without End? Utopia, the Family and Post-9/11 World in Russell T. Davies Doctor Who,” author Alec Charles (2008) explains how Dr Who responds to the contemporary world. One of the major events of the 21st Century was 9/11, and Doctor Who is reflective of this event. In fact, the 9/11 tragedy has been reflected in popular culture, including movies such as The Day After Tomorrow, Cloverfield, I Am Legend and War of the Worlds. All of these films feature the destruction of New York City as their motif. This has been a trend that has always been popular, explains Charles (2008), as media science fiction has always tried to not only reflect popular trends but to predict new ones. To be on the cutting edge of a trend, so to speak, while also reflecting what has gone before. As an example of this, Charles (2008) points to Star Trek: The Next Generation, which featured a peace achievement between the Federation and the Klingons’ Evil Empire, which was reflective of the peace that was to occur between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world, at the end of the Cold War. These are a few of the examples of science fiction echoing real life, and commenting upon the political issues of the day while looking to the future to political issues of tomorrow.
It is in this context that Charles (2008) locates Doctor Who. Specifically, the new incarnation of Doctor Who is modern, where the previous version was archaic. The previous version, which ran from 1963-1989, featured an older actor playing the titular role, and the series became outmoded by the end of its run. In the new version, the titular hero is played by a younger man in a leather coat, who shares a kiss with a bisexual male companion, stirring up controversy and locating the series squarely in the 21st Century. .
