@geekknocker123 These articles do a good job of exploring the history of social consciousness on Doctor Who:

Doctor Who’s History of Political and Social Consciousness

Doctor Who has always been political, and it has the right to be

Sylvester McCoy says Doctor Who has always been political as classic series lands on BritBox

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The Long Game, Turn Left, Oxygen. The Beast Below, The Christmas Invasion. The Zygon Inversion – probably some more.

In the series before the Gap, off the top of my head, The Sunmakers, The Happiness Patrol, The Green Death – and the Daleks themselves in many, many of their stories.

@geekknocker123 it has been said many times, but: Doctor Who has always engaged with political issues. Including, in the past, the dangers of all this plastic.

I actually had a conversation on another site where someone was saying how much better this issue was handled in the 70’s, which I found slightly amusing. Because here we are.

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