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== Fictional characters == | == Fictional characters == | ||
[[File:Shrek poster.jpg|left|thumb|alt=|A [[poster]] for [[Shrek]], featuring a [[Fiona (fictional character)|woman]] with red hair. ([[TV]]: [[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]])]] | |||
A [[poster]] for ''[[Shrek]]'' pinned to the wall of the children's ward at [[St Helen's Hospital]], in early [[21st century]] [[Cardiff]], featured a [[Fiona (fictional character)|woman]] with red hair wearing a [[green]] [[dress]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'') | A [[poster]] for ''[[Shrek]]'' pinned to the wall of the children's ward at [[St Helen's Hospital]], in early [[21st century]] [[Cardiff]], featured a [[Fiona (fictional character)|woman]] with red hair wearing a [[green]] [[dress]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
[[File:StillNotGinger.jpg|thumb|right|Despite his wishes, [[the Doctor]] is still '''not''' ginger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]] | [[File:StillNotGinger.jpg|thumb|right|Despite his wishes, [[the Doctor]] is still '''not''' ginger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]] | ||
* Though it has never been used [[pejorative]]ly by the writing staff of televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''ginger'' was misunderstood by some of the original viewers of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Not understanding that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was actually ''lamenting'' not being a redhead, some viewers balked at what they took to be an insult. The [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] were forced to release a statement assuring the public that there was no "anti-ginger" campaign being waged by the ''Doctor Who'' production office, pointing out that two consecutive [[companion]]s had in fact been ginger.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100114055103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/response/2010/01/100106_res_doctorwho_ginger_jmf.shtml BBC Complaint response], 6 January 2010</ref> Viewers in 2010 needn't have worried; the series employed a redhead in a starring role almost continuously from March 2008 to September 2012. | *Though it has never been used [[pejorative]]ly by the writing staff of televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''ginger'' was misunderstood by some of the original viewers of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Not understanding that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was actually ''lamenting'' not being a redhead, some viewers balked at what they took to be an insult. The [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] were forced to release a statement assuring the public that there was no "anti-ginger" campaign being waged by the ''Doctor Who'' production office, pointing out that two consecutive [[companion]]s had in fact been ginger.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100114055103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/response/2010/01/100106_res_doctorwho_ginger_jmf.shtml BBC Complaint response], 6 January 2010</ref> Viewers in 2010 needn't have worried; the series employed a redhead in a starring role almost continuously from March 2008 to September 2012. | ||
* [[Karen Gillan]] has had to explain the term "ginger" in several American TV interviews, such as on ''Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. | *[[Karen Gillan]] has had to explain the term "ginger" in several American TV interviews, such as on ''Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. | ||
== Footnote == | ==Footnote== | ||
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