Doctor Her is a blog about all things Doctor Who, from a feminist perspective. While Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Sarah Jane Adventures have all been written about by feminists online, there are very few spaces where Doctor Who and feminism are the focus. This is one of those places. Here you may find reviews of [...]
It’s sure quiet around here…
You may have noticed that the posting has been slow around here lately. We’ve all been busy, and hit a lull. Life, school, kids, you know. But a slow period is a great time for guest posts or post suggestions. Is there a topic you’d like to see us write about? Is there a post [...]
I need…fish fingers and linkspam!
At A Shouty Girl with a Scarf, you can read a hilarious bit about how things with River Song would have ended differently if she’d met a Spunky Bisexual Tumblr Girl. This is a riff off the Sassy Gay Friend videos on Youtube. On Courtney Stoker‘s Tumblr, she talks about how she thinks Doctor Who [...]
Companions in Comics: Miranda, the Doctor’s Daughter
This post contains spoilers for Lance Parkin’s novel Father Time and the comic Miranda. How might the adventures of a Time Lady differ from the Doctor’s? One answer to this question is offered by Miranda (2003), a comic devoted to the Doctor’s daughter. My previous three posts focused on companions in Doctor Who Magazine. Miranda [...]
“Where is the Beauteous Majesty of Gallifrey?” Ophelia played by Martha Jones
Martha Jones is the lost companion, the forgotten companion, the rebound girl after Rose broke our Doctor’s heart before he found a friend. She sets her demanding life aside to be what the Doctor needs because she loves him. Meanwhile she tries to be the dutiful daughter to a family in crisis. She strives to save [...]
Did I mention my linkspam travels in time?
From Are Women Human?, a list of race-swapped Doctor Who characters that is absolutely fucking awesome. SO MUCH I want Richard Ayoade to play Rory. From The Murverse, a post telling the author’s daughter that they are hated for being female: There is nothing worse than being a girl. I’m not saying this as a [...]
Domesticating the Doctor III: Marrying the Ponds
The Eleventh Doctor crashes literally in Amelia Pond’s back yard, and from that point on is irretrievably tangled in her life and her family – though with the exception of dancing with them (presumably) at her wedding, he remains largely apart from, and free from any association with, her parents and aunt. Indeed, the whole [...]
