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Doctor Who (The Second Series): “Rosa”

Yes, I get that Rosa Parks was a very famous person and she justly deserves to have her story told and retold. But I can't help but find it a tad amusing that this show's writers assume that the average TV viewer will think of only one person whenever they mention the name "Rosa." After all, Rosa is a popular name among Hispanics even if it's not so popular with Britons.

Oh, well. There were worse things to worry about in this episode -- one of them being the bizarre philosophical questions raised by this episode. After all, the episode's premise revolved around the idea that an alien time traveler was trying to interfere with the American civil rights era by seeing to it that Rosa Parks' famous protest never happened. So the Doctor and her friends were put in the position of -- what? -- making sure Rosa Parks had something to protest about? There was something not quite kosher about that scenario.

I just hope that this doesn't become a trend. I'd hate to tune in each week to see the Doctor and her friends do their damnedest to make sure that a depressing episode of man's cruelty to man goes ahead right on schedule.