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 [...]
The Crimson Horror and Sexual Assault
Trigger warning I think some of us are in mourning. The Doctor as an asexual character is officially dead. In “The Crimson Horror”, the Doctor first flirted with (/at) Jenny, then grabbed her, dipped her, and forced her into a kiss. When slapped by her afterwards, he made a joke about it, didn’t apologize, then [...]
Domesticating the Doctor Part VI: Soufflés in the TARDIS
[Crossposted at TansyRR] Previously on Domesticating the Doctor, we looked at our hero’s distaste of the domestic sphere throughout the Classic Years (with a brief holiday from it when he was Jon Pertwee), we looked at the three Mother-in-Law characters from the RTD era and how this new, rebooted version of our hero coped with [...]
The Girl Who Fell Out Of The World: or, The Importance of Being Tegan
Before we begin: Janet Fielding is battling cancer. I’d like to take a moment to wish her the very best of outcomes, and to point you all to her online support group slash charity page: projectmotormouth.org.uk Mouth on Legs Tegan Jovanka, everyone’s favourite trainee Australian flight attendant, is one of the Doctor’s longest-serving companions. She [...]
Just this once, everybody linkspams
If you haven’t seen it yet, this beautiful TARDIS dress cosplay is stunning. Unsurprisingly, but sadly, the cosplayer faced a bunch of fat-shaming on Facebook where the pictures were uploaded: As stfuconservatives on Tumblr pointed out: “I think my favorite fat-shamer here is Daniel Marquis, saying ‘Cool but not particularly attractive.’ Remember, ladies: your pursuits [...]
Domesticating the Doctor Part V: Divorcing the Ponds
[Cross-posted at my blog, tansyrr.com] The Christmas decorations are still up, we’ve only just started eating the pudding (if I’d known it only took 3 minutes in the microwave I might have cooked it on Christmas Day) but the festive season is pretty much over in our house. Time to chew over the 2012 Doctor [...]
Verity!
Completely self-promotery, but I wanted to point you all at Verity! (or the Verity podcast), a brand new Doctor Who podcast featuring six women. Our first few episodes are up, including a teaser, a practice ‘get to know you’ episode, and the first real one, in which we review The Snowmen. The mission statement of [...]
My bustle’s stuck!: Women vs. Victorian values in “The Snowmen”
tl;dr: Steven Moffatt brings us the very best Christmas gift of all: his A game. Spoilers for “The Snowmen” (a.k.a. the 2012 Christmas special)
