[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yeah to be fair I always found that even weirder. Like, not swapping gender made a sort of sense, if he "identified as male" and always regenerated as male... But the COMPLETE lack of any sort of racial diversity is strange. Not even necssarily specifically black, but even a hint of any other or mixed race... Still none in sight.

The last 50 years the Doctor has had an obsession with the white population of London, England in the modern day.

He spends a lot of time in the 21st century for someone who can go anywhere and anywhen.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

The last 50 years the Doctor has had an obsession with the white population of London, England in the modern day.

He spends a lot of time in the 21st century for someone who can go anywhere and anywhen.

True although I'd actually say that's been significantly less in the Smith and Capaldi eras... And probably had more to do with the cost of doing anything else . Sets, prosthetics and CGI can be done convincingly and relatively cheaply these days so there's a lot more future / space stuff.

All of his companions tend to be young and from contemporary England though. That is a bit odd. I mean, even Scottish Amy was only Scottish by accent - living in an English town.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

True although I'd actually say that's been significantly less in the Smith and Capaldi eras... And probably had more to do with the cost of doing anything else . Sets, prosthetics and CGI can be done convincingly and relatively cheaply these days so there's a lot more future / space stuff.

All of his companions tend to be young and from contemporary England though. That is a bit odd. I mean, even Scottish Amy was only Scottish by accent - living in an English town.

It's probably the age old - "The viewers need someone they recognise to relate to" but I actually wouldn't mind an alien companion.

Which is why I remember being so intrigued by Jenna Coleman's shock appearance in Asylum of the Daleks. I thought we were finally getting an otherworldly companion.