Doctor Who
tv·TV-PG·May 11, 2024·
Doctor Who (recent): 9/10 woke overload. DEI-swapped cast, endless LGBTQ+ lectures, and rants on racism/toxic masculinity bury the fun—skip this politicized mess.
Doctor Who, in its recent seasons, centers on the adventures of a race-swapped, black gay Doctor played by Ncuti Gatwa, alongside diverse companions like the Indian-descended Belinda Chandra and transgender figures such as Rose Noble, but prioritizes aggressive progressive ideology over traditional escapist storytelling.
Episodes heavily feature LGBTQ+ representation—including gay kisses, pronoun lectures, non-binary aliens, and drag queens—alongside overt political messaging on racism, misogyny, toxic masculinity, incels, populism, AI dangers, and social injustices, often framed as lectures that alienate audiences. This ideological overreach, championed by showrunner Russell T. Davies, has sparked massive backlash, plummeting ratings, and franchise decline, earning an overall woke score of 9/10 for embedding DEI mandates and identity politics at the expense of coherent plots and broad appeal.
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We've run a full content analysis on Doctor Who and scored it 9/10 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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