@syzygy, I agree that the Doctor doesn’t need to be the sole saviour, but that doesn’t mean he needs to be as weak and feckless as he’s been portrayed this season. In this latest episode he’s clearly responsible for reckless homicide.

Is the Doctor supposed to be the hero or the villain of this show?  I ask because, so many times this season, he’s either been shown to be the cause of the problem in many of the episodes, or someone else solves the problem for him.  In this episode he recklessly caused Colonel Childozie’s death, and it’s also implied that he’s the one who b…[Read more]

@bunface

All we can say is hooray that the dwindling group that only puts their faith in white saviours is doomed!

I think you misunderstand what a “white saviour” is.  It’s not a saviour who happens to be white.  It’s someone with an arrogant saviour complex, who thinks he or she is entitled to intrude in on a society and offer unsolicited h…[Read more]

I don’t know why people are assuming it was because of race.  His skin color wasn’t the only thing that set him apart.

That was a very sad ending.  I kind of suspected it early on, but it was really savage the way they treated him, just because they didn’t like his facial hair.