#colonialist underpinnings of the explorer archetype in british media; the doctor included. he’s not a

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just gotta wait 16 years, hang in there 🤞🤞

#incredible just HOW meta this story is. in a bitter cynical pissed-off ‘just cancel the show already let it die’ sort of way #the giggle said … bet👀 #nothing i love more than media about media. tv about how evil tv is. theatre where the characters look up into the audience and say #you’re keeping us dancing against our will for your own entertainment. let us go. it’s cinematic sado-masochism #love all the side characters. captain cook with his ‘specimen’ as an obvious doctor foil (the pith hat and RP and general #demeanour of an imperialist ‘explorer’ is a surprisingly lucid deconstruction of the #colonialist underpinnings of the explorer archetype in british media; the doctor included. he’s not a #god of ragnarok or a creepy clown; he’s a perfectly amiable english gentleman with stories to tell of his travels and tea to sip; but he’s #arguably more evil than any other side character in this serial) #jamie catches up #dw #doctor who #the greatest show in the galaxy #doctor who meta #seven #seventh doctor #sylvester mccoy #ace mcshane #sophie aldred #jamie.txt