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Originally Posted by keg in kc
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.
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This is not true at all, for both Amy and Clara. The Matt Smith Doctor was always an "old soul in a young body" type and he was always portrayed as a big brother type to Amy. She came onto him for that first arc simply as a story element to portray her uncertainty to marry Rory.
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Originally Posted by Valiant
I would say that test is worthless. Most of the fans of the show I know are all females. They could not care less about the females companions.
As for moffats score. It is rigged, they need to include Rory with Amy as he was basically a woman on the show.
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Yeah.. this is a prime example of sexism right here
