HAVEN’T watched Dr Who since I was a small boy and I didn’t understand it even then, but I’m told the current series is in trouble — with viewing figures in freefall. Angry fans say it’s littered with ham- fisted attempts to ram Lefty dogma down our throats, and if you look at the storylines, it seems they do have a point. The Doctor has witnessed a man giving birth and has visited a civil rights activist in Alabama in the 1950s. It’s not so much “exterminate, exterminate, exterminate” as “indoctrinate, indoctrinate, indoctrinate”. Next up, I should imagine, the Tardis will be serviced free of charge by a nice, beardy man called Jeremy Corbyn. The BBC really is having a hard time with being neutral these days. I heard one of its news reporters this week explaining that fat-cat businessmen who pay themselves too much should think twice. He may have a point. It may be something many people agree with. But his job is to report the news, not give us his opinion on it. We get this constantly these days. Doctor Who Episode Six ‘Demons of the Punjab’ teaser trailer with Jodie Whittaker Every time they mention Donald Trump, you can actually hear them swallowing their own sick. There is a palpable sense that they hate him and an assumption that you do too. This may be correct. It’s hard to find a Trump fan on this side of the Atlantic, but it’s not the BBC’s job to… [Read full story]
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