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Title: Where did all the women go? Post by: Saber on February 06, 2012, 08:45:13 pm With the exception of the voice on the computer, I don't think this story has a single woman in it. We know there are Time Ladies and female Gallifreyans, so where were they all? Seems odd to me to not even have some as extras.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: Saber on February 06, 2012, 08:45:26 pm With the exception of the voice on the computer, I don't think this story has a single woman in it. We know there are Time Ladies and female Gallifreyans, so where were they all? Seems odd to me to not even have some as extras.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: Tardis-Console on February 08, 2012, 03:05:02 pm You know, I can't say I even noticed. I think some of the characters could have easily been played as women, but I don't think the story felt like it lacked females. Perhaps for the time it made more sense to have a large male cast, especially given the 'high council' setting. It seems like something that would be more male dominated.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: Exterminate on February 08, 2012, 08:00:25 pm The Time Lords have always felt like a very male dominant race to me, so it didn't really feel unusual for there to be a lack of women in the story, and it certainly didn't suffer for it.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: Nyki on February 08, 2012, 10:29:47 pm I think at the time it would just have been taken as "that's the way it is". The issue does get shown up more when you get to there being high-ranking Time Ladies in the 5th and 6th Doctor stories.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: TheDoctorDonna on February 09, 2012, 01:36:54 am Part of me feels like the lack of females in this is really obvious, but I think it may be down to the lack of companion more than anything else. Until this point, the Fourth Doctor had always had a woman with him and I think because of that I noticed the absence more. From a story perspective though I think it works.
I think at the time it would just have been taken as "that's the way it is". The issue does get shown up more when you get to there being high-ranking Time Ladies in the 5th and 6th Doctor stories. Maybe Womens Lib' had a growth spurt in the intervening years? :P Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: Roranicus on February 09, 2012, 08:51:36 pm I think that the lack of women was obvious and sort of my only gripe with the story. It just felt a bit too male heavy.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: Aneurin on February 10, 2012, 03:08:20 pm I didn't mind it. I don't think it would have worked in many stories, but it really fit this one. It made sense that it was so male oriented.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: Peri-Peri on February 10, 2012, 09:11:19 pm I think TC and Nyki are right. At the time it probably wouldn't have stood out at all to see a high council with male only members. I don't think the story suffered as a result but I don't think it would go down as easily these days.
Title: Re: Where did all the women go? Post by: ardalyon on December 16, 2013, 02:29:45 pm I wonder whether the reason Sarah-Jane couldn't go was because she was an alien or because she was a woman |