7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Doctor Who (1963)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.7
Overview
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Gender Swap: Yes
Overview
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Doctor Who consistently champions themes of anti-authoritarianism, empathy, and the defense of the vulnerable against oppressive forces, aligning its narrative solutions with progressive values.
The modern iteration of Doctor Who demonstrates significant DEI through its explicit recasting of the traditionally white, male lead character with female and Black actors. The narrative further reinforces this by frequently critiquing traditional power structures and historical injustices, making DEI themes central to its storytelling.
Secondary
Doctor Who consistently portrays LGBTQ+ characters with dignity, complexity, and agency. Key characters like Bill Potts, Captain Jack Harkness, and Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint have their identities normalized and affirmed. The show integrates queer relationships and identities as natural elements of its universe, framing any prejudice as external and wrong, resulting in a net positive and validating impact.
The show depicts female characters engaging in and winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents. Examples include Leela, a warrior who uses her skills against tribesmen, and Yasmin Khan, a police officer who fights Sontaran soldiers.
The central character, The Doctor, was consistently portrayed as male across multiple regenerations for over five decades. In a later iteration of the show, the character was recast and portrayed as female, constituting a gender swap for this established role.
Doctor Who (1963) does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While the series explores diverse identities and transformations, particularly through alien biology and regeneration, these narrative elements do not directly address human transsexual experiences or identities as defined by the rubric.
The 1963 Doctor Who series is the original source for its characters. There were no pre-existing canonical characters from prior source material whose race was changed within this series. Any characters introduced were new to the show, not adaptations with altered racial portrayals.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.4
7.9
Critic Ratings
6.8
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