What annoys me most about the Doctor-Companion dynamic is that it mostly seems to exist now because That's How It's Always Been Done, which is always the worst reason for keeping any tradition going. I can forgive 60s and 70s Doctor Who because of the time they were around and people like Verity Lambert and Delia Derbyshire were real pioneers in the whole Women Being Taken Seriously In Entertainment thing, but there is no exuse for 2000s Doctor Who to still have the female character be a combination of eye candy and rescue fodder.
I was disappointed that 'DoctorDonna' didn't become a longer term thing, and as much as I find Alex Kingston attractive, I don't want River Song to just end up as eye candy spending all her time winking and saying "sweetie" and "spoilers" instead of being a well rounded character.
It's particularly frustrating because my own writing has shown me first hand that it's quite possible for men to write very good female characters (I get good feedback from the women in my writing group, in any case). Being a male writer is no excuse for not making your female characters just as fully realised as the menfolks.
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Date: 2013-06-30 10:40 am (UTC)I was disappointed that 'DoctorDonna' didn't become a longer term thing, and as much as I find Alex Kingston attractive, I don't want River Song to just end up as eye candy spending all her time winking and saying "sweetie" and "spoilers" instead of being a well rounded character.
It's particularly frustrating because my own writing has shown me first hand that it's quite possible for men to write very good female characters (I get good feedback from the women in my writing group, in any case). Being a male writer is no excuse for not making your female characters just as fully realised as the menfolks.