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ohputitdowngrantaire:

dancingcabinet:

I thought it was time to give some thought to what the Doctor-assistant relationship is, what function the assistant has on the show, how Doctor Who distributes personal qualities by gender, and why I now hate this lovely show that I used to love.

Damn, this rings true and it breaks my (1) heart.

“[in Moffat’s Who] the woman is not of interest for her character or her abilities, but for some fundamental mystery in her being. The mystery isn’t even a secret she’s keeping, something over which she has control- it’s something she does not know about, that the Doctor must puzzle out in his own mind. It’s not about her- it’s about what’s wrong with her. When Steven Moffat took over Doctor Who, women became a problem.”

I love this article.

Hang on, that might be true to a certain point, but Moffat’s women characters also help solve a lot if problems too.

It would be lovely to go back to companions whom the Doctor invites along because they’re awesome/can handle shit/great company, instead of “it wasn’t right, you alone in that big house without any parents and a giant crack in your wall” or “what’s the deal with Clara I need to figure this out”, but I think both Amy and Clara have proven themselves to be more than their mysteries; the fact that even after “solving” the mystery of the crack (because you and I both know it was not entirely resolved(, the Doctor continued to interrupt Amy and Rory’s lives to take them on cool adventures, because he would be lonely without them.