1. So I have a few thoughts on The King's Man, The 39 Steps, Hitchcock, James Bond, Gertrude Himmelfarb, the CIA, and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
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Please do it. I was never able to make sense of where the franchise comes from and I'd love to read your take on this.
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If Dr Who is political commentary some of the symbolism is not so nice. Dalleks == Nazis Cybermen == Soviets Sontarans == WW2 Era Japan The Ood == A white-man-burdenesq cautionary tale about British Imperialism The Silence == Jews? (Always got a big antisemitic vibe off them)
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It's well recorded that Daleks were deliberately designed to be space nazis, & cybermen were originally inspired by organ transplants, body modification & "dehumanising technology"
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Invading UK first is primarily simply a function of it all being written and filmed in UK (for UK viewers originally). Inevitable in the original series and the modern version was always likely to continue the 'tradition'.
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I co-authored a chapter on Daleks and political extremism in Doctor Who and Philosophy:https://scholar.dickinson.edu/faculty_publications/1265/ …
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Liz Sandifer did all that with Doctor Who a decade ago.
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Very much this, it's great work https://www.eruditorumpress.com/tardis-eruditorum …
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This is part of it, but I'm mostly interested in the idea that the Doctor works through a fantasy version of the UN with its own secret army and how that reflects both accommodation and rejection of Britain's reduced international role Also as internationalist fantasy for kids
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