Varada Sethu, the new star of Doctor Who, has defended the BBC and Disney+ series against claims it has gone “woke.”
In an interview with the Radio Times, the new companion to Ncuti Gatwa’s Time Lord said that the “woke” barb means the drama is simply doing the right thing in being inclusive.
“There’s been a couple of Doctor Woke [references] or whatever, but I just think we’re doing the right thing if we’re getting comments like that,” Sethu said.
“Woke just means inclusive, progressive and that you care about people. And, as far as I know, the core of Doctor Who is kindness, love and doing the right thing.”
Sethu and…