Doctor Who
tv·TV-PG·Nov 23, 1963·
Classic Doctor Who scores a pristine 1/10 on wokeness, delivering pure escapist thrills with monster adventures, moral simplicity, and zero identity politics or DEI agendas.
Doctor Who is a pioneering British sci-fi series centered on the adventures of an eccentric time-traveling alien Doctor and human companions battling iconic monsters like Daleks and Cybermen, exploring historical events, and encountering futuristic perils in family-oriented serials designed for edutainment and escapism.
Across the reviewed classic-era seasons spanning 1963-1989, the show maintains traditional casting with predominantly white British ensembles in archetypal roles, prioritizing thrilling monster-of-the-week stories, wonder, and moral simplicity over any ideological agendas. Its official overall woke score of 1/10 reflects the near-total absence of identity politics, DEI mandates, systemic oppression narratives, or LGBTQ+ representation, with only incidental 1970s-1980s liberal humanism or light satire serving adventure plots rather than driving them.
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We've run a full content analysis on Doctor Who and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Doctor Who's overall score.
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We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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