#also btw I know that Yaz is Muslim. I was actually kind of excited when the show officially confirmed that bc I was hoping it would

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man I really would love to see an (explicitly) religious companion on Doctor Who. esp one who's written in such a way as makes their faith relevant to the storylines and challenges and tests it but ultimately remains respectful and keeps the theme of it relevant within the specific science fiction setting that Doctor Who occupies. I personally just think that would be great.

#:) can't wait to see what kind of reaction this one provokes :) #also btw I know that Yaz is Muslim. I was actually kind of excited when the show officially confirmed that bc I was hoping it would #dig into themes of faith surrounding her and how she as a person of faith is dealing with her experiences in the TARDIS #learning all this new knowledge that's supposedly outside the realm of her worldview and having to figure out how to incorporate #these new perspectives into her relationship with her faith #would've been absolutely thrilled to see that happen at all in literally any capacity. and then it absolutely completely Did Not. #her faith was mentioned like... what. once??? in a passing reference about racism/Islamophobia #which of course are relevant themes of course! but they were brought up exactly once. and then permanently left there. #and yes I do have to say that Thirteen's era actually revolved quite heavily around themes of faith and religion. and it treated religion #in general much better than any previous era of Who really has!! I'm appreciative for that. #but I would really enjoy not having to dig so much. I'd love to see the explorations of faith be as tied into a character as #the explorations of identity were tied to Bill's sexuality and the Master/Missy's gender change and moral crisis were in s10 #anyway! :) have fun with this one. I will delete it if people start being weird and dumb in the notes. #gurt says stuff #doctor who #religon #faith #storytelling #science-fiction #(totally ok to reblog and add comments on btw. 'being weird and dumb' does not mean interacting with this in a genuinely #conversational and good-faith sort of way at all)