{"id":273246,"date":"2013-06-14T01:52:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T01:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/06\/14\/i-also-think-the-role-of-the-assistant-has-changed-2\/"},"modified":"2013-06-14T01:52:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T01:52:22","slug":"i-also-think-the-role-of-the-assistant-has-changed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/06\/14\/i-also-think-the-role-of-the-assistant-has-changed-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

I also think the role of the assistant has changed since Steven Moffat started overseeing Doctor Who. Rose, Martha and Donna were chosen to travel with the Doctor because they showed in one way or another that they were smart and up to the challenge. Amy and Clara both come to the Doctor first and foremost as mysteries. Amy is the little girl who grew up with a rift in time in her bedroom wall, who doesn\u2019t know why she doesn\u2019t have parents. She spends many episodes being mystically both pregnant and not pregnant but doesn\u2019t know a thing about it and all our information about it comes through the Doctor. What the fuck is that?
\nSome version of Clara dies on screen twice before she is taken on as the assistant, and it seems like the Doctor takes up with her to find out why. In both cases, the woman is not of interest for her character or her abilities, but for some fundamental mystery in her being. The mystery isn\u2019t even a secret she\u2019s keeping, something over which she has control- it\u2019s something she does not know about, that the Doctor must puzzle out in his own mind. It\u2019s not about her- it\u2019s about what\u2019s wrong with her. When Steven Moffat took over Doctor Who, women became a problem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What is wrong with Doctor Who?<\/a> (via zelda-fistgerald<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Things about New!Who that I couldn\u2019t explain why felt wrong.<\/p>\n

(via bloggingthetrench<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I also think the role of the assistant has changed since Steven Moffat started overseeing Doctor Who. Rose, Martha and Donna were chosen to travel with the Doctor because they showed in one way or another that they were smart and up to the challenge. Amy and Clara both come to the Doctor first and … <\/p>\n

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