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Originally Posted by Ragged Robin
Other than River Song, there hasn't been a romantic interest between Doctor and companion since technically Rose (you could argue Martha since she liked him but that wasn't reciprocated, even then that was several companions and years ago). There doesn't have to be romantic interest between the two for there to be sexist content.
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Amy Pond and Matt Smith's doctor had a romance arc going for Karen Gillan's entire run on the series, even with Rory there. And there were certainly moments teased between Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman, although they moved away from that towards the end.
That to me is more sexist than anything the Bechdel test can come up with, because it essentially creates a (mis)perception that the only reason a companion even exists to have a romance with the doctor.
As far as the Bechdel test goes, as I mentioned, it's flawed in its own right, because, literally, the only thing it gauges is whether or not two female characters talk about something other than a man. It doesn't take any aspect of the production into question (setting, time period, etc), and it's easy for both a non-sexist work to fail the text as well as a sexist work to pass.
In any case, they're moving away from the TARDIS being a "snog box". According to them, I should add, not just according to me.