Doctor Who Season 11 – Episode 3: Rosa

Oh, the story of that! Our intrepid adventurers are found not only in America on Doctor Who, Season 11, Episode 3 but they land on the eve of one of the largest events of the civil rights movement, the protest against the Rosa Parks bus.

There has been a lot of speculation that our thirteenth doctor is supposed to go back to the first doctor, described by William Hartnell from 1963 to 1965. With the likeness work done by David Bradley in the twelfth to thirteenth Regeneration Adventure, Doctor Who, season 10 Episode 14, it was not difficult to see the panels.

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Even the trio of Companions is a hat trick to the first incarnation of The Doctor. The First Doctor traveled with her granddaughter and two teachers and their adventures often dragged them into historical events, an educational byproduct for children, stuck to the show.

Which brings us to the thirteenth doctor and his trio of companions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, during a meeting with Rosa Parks.

For those of you who have not been paying attention, Ryan 's companion is BLACK and the blatant, institutionalized and widely accepted racism of the weather that welcomes him to Montgomery is incredibly difficult to watch.

Specifically, Ryan is slapped by a white man and threatened with lynching for daring to give his wife a glove. Ryan and Yaz are also considered undesirable in a restaurant, even though Ryan does it with some spirit.

Waitress: We do not serve the Negroes.
Ryan: good. Because I do not eat them.

It's an episode of extreme highs and lows for Ryan. When he follows Rosa Parks for more information, she allows him to serve coffee during the meeting that takes place at her home. There, he shakes the hand of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the star-tinged look on his face is simply amazing.

Incidentally, we have seen no evidence of Ryan's chronic clumsiness since the introduction of this fact in Doctor Who, Season 11, Episode 1. I predict that it will be important thereafter and it will not be possible. Well, that's not the defining feature, but I expected him to drink coffee on Dr. King.

Ryan even manages to zap the villain with an alien weapon. Of course, this is not a tactic approved by the doctors, but Ryan is starting to become an action-oriented personality.

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(Honestly, I'm surprised The Doctor did not follow up on the unauthorized use of the Time Warfare weapon, given its anti-gun position against Doctor Who in Doctor Episode 2 Season 11 Who, but it could come later.)

At the same time, his discussion with Yaz on the state of the world in which they originate makes it clear that racism is still a problem today. Yaz, however, pushes a more optimistic perspective.

I can now be a policeman because people like Rosa Parks fought for me. For us. And in fifty-three years, their president will be a black president. Who knows where they will be fifty years later? This is good change.

Yaz

Graham and Yaz have also proven to be incredibly effective companions. Graham's factual approach is refreshing although the generational gap between him and the other two is still much accentuated by the comic effect.

I appreciate that they have all joined this adventure and love that Graham asks the questions I ask while I watch. For example, when they went to the motel, I wondered, like Graham, why they were not going back to T.A.R.D.I.S.

In addition, after getting fired from the restaurant, I wondered if they had eaten anything since landing. Graham has clarified that too. His pragmatism is a joy for those who pamper themselves like me.

Graham: We will stop elsewhere to eat, is not it?
Doctor: No time, Graham!
Graham: Have you noticed that this happens often? I need regular food.

A good villain is always exciting to see. Krasko is about a 7/10 in this regard. He is intelligent and incredibly motivated by his racism (?). He planned his "story shot" well, beating the team almost every lap. He also has an upmarket, menacing look.

He loses marks for being a terrible blow with his time-moving weapon. And what is there to do with the tank of gasoline when he was chasing the team? It's not like they were all so well hidden where they were.

Maybe he thought it could not hurt them? Even with showing up on the way to Rosa's house. So many hidden factors and creep, but no real reason to be there.

Of course, he brings a lot of toys and treats to the table. Not only does he carry the time shift weapon, but he wears a vortex manipulator, just like Captain Jack Harkness (SQUEEE!).

In addition, the doctor draws attention to his wrist tattoos that identify him as an inmate of Stormcage Prison (where RIver Song was also incarcerated … somehow). This gives him a chance to boast about his crimes.

Doctor: what were you [in prison] for in the first place?
Krasko: If I tell you, it could color your vision of me. I was young. Nobody was hurt. Well, a few people have been killed. A few hundred people, a thousand highs. Two thousand.

What has not been answered at all (mainly because Ryan left it in the past) is how an interstellar sociopath settles in the American civil rights movement at the very beginning of his problems. Your thoughts on this subject would be welcome. I am confused.

Historically, the villain of this story is James Blake, or "Blake the Snake," as it was called Grace, the bus driver who called the police to Rosa while she did not want to give up her seat.

His representation here is brilliant without being brutal. As a driver, he respects the letter of the law that he defends, but what really impressed me was the fact that he immediately gave up his fishing vacation to return to driving when he heard that blacks would hold a sit-in on his vehicle. bus that night.

That, my friends, is a committed racist.

And it's not like he was alone. Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, does not appeal to the sensibility of a modern audience. The script does not pull a fist. Literally.

From the man who assaults Ryan to the staff of the pub, through Office Mason, the attitudes expressed and actions taken by the citizens encountered are the product of racism in its most uncontrolled and endemic state.

Unlike their cowardly hatred and ignorance, Rosa Parks is courageous in her beliefs and reinforced by her belief in education and an example to follow.

Education makes you unstoppable.

Rosa Parks

You have to be very careful when watching Doctor Who online. Writers are continually building allusions to the ultimate conflict of the season while throwing Easter eggs for the classic Whovians. There are just a lot of things going on and the pace is not going down.

In the meantime, it is clear that they are not afraid to change things a little bit. Not only did the first one have NO intro, but "Rosa" ended without the traditional Doctor Who music, which marks a marked break with the routine.

Instead, "Rise Up" by Andra Day plays in the background, while Rosa Parks is stopped and off the bus, and then on the credits (after the little history lesson of the Doctor).

How is this new style of Doctor Who sitting with you? Are the changes refreshing or annoying?

Should we have more shenanigans on Stenza or do you think Krasko will soon join our merry crew? And, on a controversial note, did Ryan simply call "Weeping Angel" Krasko with this gesture or what?

Diana Keng is a writer for TV Fanatic. To follow her Twitter.