Rosa

Three episodes in and I'm really enjoying the new series. Jodie has enough of The Doctor madness about her acting and I always enjoy when they dabble in famous historical moments.

Not too sure about having three companions but it's beginning to grow on me.

Without a doubt the best episode in the series so far, every thing from the historical context, the music, the scenery, the acting and the story was great, loved the great dynamic between sci-fi and history. The villain and Martin Luther King could have had some more development and we could have actually seen the bus boycott. But overall it was a fantastic historical story!

I find it really sad that because this episode tackles an issue that is still relevant today it immediately gets tagged as political correctness gone mad even before the episode has finished airing. The thing in the 40 plus years I loved about doctor Who was the history episodes. This fits the bill. Not political correctness but something that informs and educates not only about history but cause and effect amongst other things.

People are mad that it shows the realities of a black man being in Alabama. They couldn't pretend that wouldn't be an issue in the time period.

Honestly, the concept of the episode to protect a pivotal moment in history, which they've done before and fits the show. This time it's just a moment that is real, rather than a moment in humanity's future.

My only real issue is that this episode ignores the actual history that this was not spontaneous and was intentional. Parks was also not the first or only person to refuse to give up her seat. Teenager Claudette Colman did the same weeks before. Parks was seen as someone who could be the face of the movement, though, because of her age and respectability. They didn't want it to seem as intentional at the time but ignoring that historical fact now just removes the agency, intelligence, and perseverance of the black community.

The new Doctor Who just getting better and better, some little problems though. This episode, all casts' perfect performance make a great atmosphere which can seize audiences' s attention. Writers blend the classic DW story into a famous history event so well. I still remember last time I watched DW and cry was the episode about Vincent van Gogh, I can't believe that I cry for the story again. And the song came out in a very bad time but a good song.