Ep 028: Changing Times

 

In this episode of The Web of Queer we review the Eleventh Doctor story Closing Time, and then have a discussion on the status of queer rights in the 60s and whether that influenced the show.

 

For Closing Time, we talk about The Doctor and Craig’s relationship, both how they perceive it and the assumptions that are made by those around them. How does the writing subvert tropes that we are used to seeing? And how many times can someone change their mind about a story?

 

In our discussion, we examine attitudes and laws regarding queer people at the time the show was just beginning. What kind of influences would have been around the people creating it? What queer BBC characters were around at that time, and what did it feel like to grow up in that era?

  

Time Stamps:

00:00 Intro

00:49 Closing Time review

31:11 1960s Queerness discussion

 

Round the Horne (feat. Julian and Sandy) online episodes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7q4l

 

Save The Badger Badger Badger by Brian May and MrWeebl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EllYgcWmcAY

 

 

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Opening and closing music:

Doctor Who In Dub 2010 by Smerins Anti-Social Club

http://www.smerins.com/