Doctor Who 11x03 (Edited no logo)

I do like how more direct they were with how it was in that moment, a thing about when Martha was a companion was perhaps the glossing over of how a black person would be treated in the past, they did explore it briefly with Bill especially in 'Thin Ice', so it's good that they're at a time now where it's like no this is how it was, if you're uncomfortable, good! But yeah a great episode tackling a very important person and moment in time!

It's good to be reminded that small actions can have big effects. And it's also good to remember that Rosa was already getting together with Dr. King and her husband and others, already doing work that laid the groundwork that made the bus boycott possible. If there hadn't been a bus boycott in 1955, maybe something else would have happened later -- but who knows? What we do know is that the 1955 bus boycott was galvanizing for the civil rights movement and for MLK becoming a leader. It makes sense that Krasko would think that, even though he can't kill Rosa, he could just prevent one thing from happening and potentially change history. I think it was important to see Graham realizing that he has to be a white person in that moment. Being on the bus is uncomfortable, but we can't get off it if we want to be part of changing things.

I love that solo trumpet theme for Rosa. It's so moving!

Dr Who was originally created to be an educational family show that taught children about history and science. And I just love that we have a female doctor with an episode about a real life inspiring female figure

70 years ago seems like a long time for me, though I know what you mean about how it feels a lot closer. I'm used to the 80's and 90's being 'recent'. It's both shocking and enlightening how blunt they were about the racism of the era. I think it's been ages since we last had a real historical figure as unless you count Robin Hood they were completely absent from the Twelfth Doctor era as far as I can remember so it's good to see the show returning to giving us one or two a season again. I do like 'historical' stories especially when there isn't as much of an alien/sci-fi element and while Krasko was an important part of the plot as the main villain he's otherwise more low key as someone blending in with the setting and unable to take as direct action as he'd like, making for a different sort of threat than an alien invasion or something like that, thanks to finally no longer having to follow a 'monster of the week mandate which can hurt a story if it's poorly integrated.