It's the Master! (Step in Time): Hearts of Darkness and Postcolonial Paradoxes in <i>Doctor Who</i>

Mafe, Diana Adesola

doi:10.1111/jpcu.12277

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“…Science fiction media like 100 has always maintained an intimate relationship with colonialism. The alien invasion, the procurement of land, sexually fetishized scientific experiments (“probing”), the genocide of indigenous populations (humans), the construction of difference, and the threat of exploited human labor (slavery) are all science fiction staples that can be traced back to reimaginings of European colonial and imperial conquest (Abbott; Langer; Mafe; Rieder; Veracini). For instance, as Ytasha Womack notes, the transatlantic slave trade was like something out of science fiction.…”

Section: Neocolonial Dystopiasmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Places, New Races: Neocolonialism and Postracial Racism in The Young Adult Dystopian Series, The 100

Rickards¹

2020

The J of Popular Culture

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Section: Neocolonial Dystopiasmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Places, New Races: Neocolonialism and Postracial Racism in The Young Adult Dystopian Series, The 100

Rickards¹

2020

The J of Popular Culture

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“Job Done, History’s Safe”: Doctor Who and the Wibbly Wobbly Lessons of the Past

Miller,

Gardner

2024

Time Travel in World Literature and Cinema

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Colonialist Pasts and Afrosurrealist Futures: Decolonizing Race and Doctorhood in Doctor Who

Asif

Saenz

2017

J Med Humanit

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Originally premiering in 1963, the BBC television series Doctor Who has long been criticized for essentializing colonial scenarios and failing to address issues of race and post-colonial realities. As a white male with the privilege to explore time and space, the titular Doctor stands in contrast to his human companion Martha Jones, a Black woman who represents the first and only main character in the show to be a medical professional of color. The relationship between the Doctor and Martha inherently demands an exploration of the meaning of doctorhood. In studying the ways in which these characters embody the idea of "doctor," we examine how race structures their approach to medicine, heroism, and colonialism. Whereas the Doctor personifies the figure of colonizer and post-colonial white savior, Martha emerges as a radical figure whose doctorhood potentially challenges and dismantles the colonial history of medicine. Through Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist lenses, Martha represents a potentially subversive figure who offers a visionary medicine rooted in social justice.

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It's the Master! (Step in Time): Hearts of Darkness and Postcolonial Paradoxes in Doctor Who

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

New Places, New Races: Neocolonialism and Postracial Racism in The Young Adult Dystopian Series, The 100

New Places, New Races: Neocolonialism and Postracial Racism in The Young Adult Dystopian Series, The 100

“Job Done, History’s Safe”: Doctor Who and the Wibbly Wobbly Lessons of the Past

Colonialist Pasts and Afrosurrealist Futures: Decolonizing Race and Doctorhood in Doctor Who

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