A TEENAGER who was looking forward to watching a woke message feels it was ruined by the makers blatantly shoehorning in characters and a storyline.
Ryan Whittaker, 19, had been enjoying the latest Doctor Who social engineering video with its unambiguous message that diversity is good, when it clumsily introduced a storyline about aliens and time travel.
Whittaker said: “I’d got really into the range of ethnicities and sexualities that were a positive example for any modern workplace, when suddenly an alien shapeshifter was threatening to destroy all life in the universe.
“Like, where did that come from? I don’t think a painfully obvious woke message is the appropriate place for Russell T Davies to blatantly insert his own science fiction narrative. Especially if young children are watching who don’t even know what an Osiran is.
“I’m not against dramas having stories in, I just thought it was really unsubtle. The episode about all white people being racist had a story of sorts, but it was totally forgettable and you didn’t care about any of the characters. That’s good writing.”
It is not the first time Whittaker has had his viewing pleasure spoilt recently by characters having to overcome challenges in an exciting and visually interesting way.
He said: “Apparently larger people can have sex too. I never knew that, so Bridgerton was a real learning experience for me. I’m going to tell all the plump people I know in case they didn’t see it.
“But then they bolted on a load of plotlines about secrets and love affairs in a sumptuous historical setting. It totally takes you out of the message.”
