In Nu Who we have now see 2 people of a certain colour as the companion. But really why no English Chinese or Indians as companions?
Are Dr Who producers showing some hidden racism?
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Anjli Mohindra would be my choice either as Rani or a new character. Or the Doctor could land in The Midlands and meet Shafali Oza (om nom nom).
River Song: Well, I was on my way to this gay Gypsy bar mitzvah for the disabled
exactly!
Lets be a bit more culturally diverse here Mofft
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??? English?
shareBecause they didn't audition any that were good enough
shareAsians don't name their daughters "Bill".
Everybody knows that!
Looking at the world, through amber colored glasses.
You have just hit on actual casting racism. They will cast someone Black before anyone else most of the time. Having Rani(a Indian) in The Sarah Jane Adventures was refreshing for the fact that there are many of that ethnicity in the UK, and Doctor Who(and most television) tends to ignore them. I was ecstatic that they cast her. Here in the US, they will cast someone Black before they cast a Hispanic, despite the fact there are more Hispanics than Blacks living here.
shareWhat the *beep* are you talking about, their has only be 2 nonwhite actors who have been companions 3 counting Micky so that somehow equals to hidden racism considering 95% of the cast, the writers, the producers and executives have been white.... Most of the companions have been women so do they hate men, that's how stupid your question sounds!
shareNearly 1 in 6 of the British population is non-white. There are twice as many Asians as blacks.
So you tell me there is no hidden racism.
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He mostly pulls from Present day England. The main fan-base.
...keeps alive the weak, the stupid, the lazy that breed and multiply, weakening the human race