Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Its showrunner stated on the record that "what you might call diversity I just call an open door, Come over here where the life and light and air and sound is" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "when you become a senior figure in television, it's your job to open doors and let the next people through and to let trans and queer stories through" 2. Its showrunner stated on the record that "if you're not writing that in 2024, what on Earth are you doing" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 14 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and below it for White 5.
- 1Creator statementshowrunner: "What you might call diversity I just call an open door... Come over here where the life and light and air and sound is."Collider interview with Russell T Davies source ↗
- 2Creator statementshowrunner: "When you become a senior figure in television, it's your job to open doors and let the next people through and to let trans and queer stories through."Screen Rant interview with Russell T Davies source ↗
- 3Creator statementshowrunner: "If you're not writing that in 2024, what on Earth are you doing?"Deadline interview with Russell T Davies, May 2024 source ↗
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 14 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 5RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 87, White 19.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes.
Age: 29 — strongly youth-oriented
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Advocacy Over Time in Action
The average advocacy score of Action titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 4 | 3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1 | 9 |
| 1975 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 |
| 1979 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | 3 | 5 |
| 1981 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982 | 0 | 5 |
| 1983 | 0 | 7 |
| 1984 | 2 | 11 |
| 1985 | 0 | 7 |
| 1986 | 2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 14 |
| 1988 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | 0 | 9 |
| 1992 | 1 | 8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 11 |
| 1994 | 2 | 14 |
| 1995 | 1 | 11 |
| 1996 | 0 | 9 |
| 1997 | 2 | 13 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 |
| 1999 | 1 | 13 |
| 2000 | 1 | 11 |
| 2001 | 1 | 20 |
| 2002 | 1 | 17 |
| 2003 | 2 | 14 |
| 2004 | 2 | 19 |
| 2005 | 3 | 18 |
| 2006 | 1 | 23 |
| 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | 2 | 22 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 16 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 17 |
| 2018 | 9 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 18 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 10 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 32 |
| 2023 | 12 | 25 |
| 2024 | 8 | 31 |
| 2025 | 4 | 35 |
| 2026 | 8 | 16 |
| This title (2024) | 14 | 1 |
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