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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== Companions === | |||
[[Sharon Davies]] holds the title of first ''recurring'' POC [[companion]], introduced in the 1980 comic ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]''. She is predated only by [[Nick Willard]], who served as a companion in the 1973 comic ''[[Zeron Invasion (comic story)|Zeron Invasion]]'' alone. | [[Sharon Davies]] holds the title of first ''recurring'' POC [[companion]], introduced in the 1980 comic ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]''. She is predated only by [[Nick Willard]], who served as a companion in the 1973 comic ''[[Zeron Invasion (comic story)|Zeron Invasion]]'' alone. | ||
[[Mickey Smith]] and [[Martha Jones]], played by [[Noel Clarke]] and [[Freema Agyeman]], later became the first companions of colour on ''television'', in [[series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] (2006) and [[series 3 (Doctor Who)|series 3]] (2007). | [[Mickey Smith]] and [[Martha Jones]], played by [[Noel Clarke]] and [[Freema Agyeman]], later became the first companions of colour on ''television'', in [[series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] (2006) and [[series 3 (Doctor Who)|series 3]] (2007), respectively. | ||
Since then, [[Bill Potts]] was introduced in [[series 10 (Doctor Who)|series 10]] (2017), and both [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Ryan Sinclair]] were introduced in [[series 11 (Doctor Who)|series 11]] (2018). | Since then, [[Bill Potts]] was introduced in [[series 10 (Doctor Who)|series 10]] (2017), and both [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Ryan Sinclair]] were introduced in [[series 11 (Doctor Who)|series 11]] (2018). | ||
=== The Master === | |||
[[Series 12 (Doctor Who)|Series 12]] (2020) introduced [[Sacha Dhawan]] as the first non-white actor to play {{Dhawan}} on television. | |||
The audio story ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'' (2013) previously saw [[the Master#Beyond the Eye of Harmony|the Master]] voiced by [[Yee Jee Tso]], in one of the Master's stolen bodies, and the ''[[Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor]] Year Two'' comics (2016) introduced the Master's first [[Time War]] incarnation, who had the appearance of an East Asian child. | |||
=== DWU crew === | |||
Behind the camera, the [[director]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s very first serial, ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' (1963), [[Waris Hussein]], was a man of colour. | Behind the camera, the [[director]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s very first serial, ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' (1963), [[Waris Hussein]], was a man of colour. | ||
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That same series, [[Mark Tonderai]] became the first black [[director]], and [[Segun Akinola]] became the first person of colour to serve as [[composer]] for the series. | That same series, [[Mark Tonderai]] became the first black [[director]], and [[Segun Akinola]] became the first person of colour to serve as [[composer]] for the series. | ||
[[Category:Human culture]] | [[Category:Human culture]] | ||
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | [[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | ||
Revision as of 04:30, 5 January 2020
The term "person of colour", or POC, at least in the United States, referred to any person who was not white.
Rachel Edwards was not pleased to find only a couple of POCs in Matt Nelson's entourage of otherwise invariably white, cisgender, monosexual rich people. (PROSE: Head of State)
Behind the scenes
Companions
Sharon Davies holds the title of first recurring POC companion, introduced in the 1980 comic Doctor Who and the Star Beast. She is predated only by Nick Willard, who served as a companion in the 1973 comic Zeron Invasion alone.
Mickey Smith and Martha Jones, played by Noel Clarke and Freema Agyeman, later became the first companions of colour on television, in series 2 (2006) and series 3 (2007), respectively.
Since then, Bill Potts was introduced in series 10 (2017), and both Yasmin Khan and Ryan Sinclair were introduced in series 11 (2018).
The Master
Series 12 (2020) introduced Sacha Dhawan as the first non-white actor to play the Spy Master on television.
The audio story Mastermind (2013) previously saw the Master voiced by Yee Jee Tso, in one of the Master's stolen bodies, and the Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Year Two comics (2016) introduced the Master's first Time War incarnation, who had the appearance of an East Asian child.
DWU crew
Behind the camera, the director of Doctor Who's very first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963), Waris Hussein, was a man of colour.
Meanwhile, Malorie Blackman and Vinay Patel became the first writers of colour to contribute scripts to Doctor Who, in series 11 (2018). They wrote Rosa and Demons of the Punjab, respectively.
That same series, Mark Tonderai became the first black director, and Segun Akinola became the first person of colour to serve as composer for the series.
