Sylvester McCoy says that during his turn as Doctor Who the production crew filled the episodes with Leftist propaganda that would have made Militant Tendency proud. Not surprising with the likes of the script editor, who at his interview said,I’d like to overthrow the government.Their efforts included a story that was a thinly veiled call for Margaret Thatcher to be overthrown by a worker's revolt and an anti-nuclear speech delivered by the Doctor courtesy of CND.
The amazing thing about this story is that it claimed that nobody noticed at the time. If so, it can only because they didn't see the episodes, because I did at the time and being hit over the head with a clown hammer would have been more subtle.
The only thing sadder than Doctor Who limping toward its grave in the late '80s was watching it do so while squeaking pathetic Trotskyite tirades.
"being hit over the head with a clown hammer would have been more subtle."
ReplyDeleteYeah, no kidding. If watching those 80's era Doctor Who these days is painful I can't imagine what it was like back then.
Hell, William Hartnell was the best Doctor anyway and Barbara was the hottest companion.
Too bad that the Left wing Luvvies who populated the BBC (and arguably still do) could not be bothered to write some halfway decent scripts. McCoy's time as the Doctor was really painful.
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