I'm becoming rather concerned that Doctor Who is becoming a bit over Scottish lately. The showrunner Steven Moffat is Scottish, and in his first series he cast a Scottish companion. Okay, that's fine, I didn't like either of them but others did. Then he cast a Scot as the twelfth doctor, starting to border excessive but Rose Leslie is rumoured to be the next companion, who is also Scottish. Now this is starting to get stupid, if true this would mean that next year the doctor, the companion and the showrunner would all the Scottish, I'm concerned that Moffat is showing favouritism to Scottish people. Yes the bookies odds that Leslie will become the next companion are 14/1 but she's the most rumoured candidate for the part and even if it's untrue, it highlighted to me that Moffat seems to be showing favouritism to the Scottish because he himself is Scottish.
Now Scotland is part of Britain and Doctor Who is British, but it's becoming a bit silly that everyone's becoming Scottish on the show. Sure for years most people were English on the show but the English accent is sort of the "default" accent of Britain and besides through the years there have been multiple different accents and nationalities on the show. But it's a bit of a coincidence that since Moffat, a Scot has taken charge of the show he's cast both a Scottish companion and doctor in his time and is rumoured (although probably unlikely) to cast another Scottish companion. Yes there have been Scottish cast members on the show pre Moffat, Jamie in the late 60s, McCoy as the doctor in the late 80s and Tennant in the mid 00s (although he used an English accent) so I won't count him. So it's not like the Scots haven't been represented on the show before. But Moffat seems to be becoming rather excessive with casting Scots, lets just hope that the next companion isn't Scottish. If he sticks to just having one companion (Amy Pond) and one doctor (Capaldi) being Scottish then he can get away with it as they were on the show at different times, but Moffat himself is also Scottish making it three major people since he started on the show Socttish but it's only really if he casts another Scot as the companion things will get stupid. To be honest I doubt even Moffat would be so stupid as to cast another Scottish character. But the fact that another Scot has been mentioned alone is rather worrying.
So, what's your opinions on this?
Now Scotland is part of Britain and Doctor Who is British, but it's becoming a bit silly that everyone's becoming Scottish on the show. Sure for years most people were English on the show but the English accent is sort of the "default" accent of Britain and besides through the years there have been multiple different accents and nationalities on the show. But it's a bit of a coincidence that since Moffat, a Scot has taken charge of the show he's cast both a Scottish companion and doctor in his time and is rumoured (although probably unlikely) to cast another Scottish companion. Yes there have been Scottish cast members on the show pre Moffat, Jamie in the late 60s, McCoy as the doctor in the late 80s and Tennant in the mid 00s (although he used an English accent) so I won't count him. So it's not like the Scots haven't been represented on the show before. But Moffat seems to be becoming rather excessive with casting Scots, lets just hope that the next companion isn't Scottish. If he sticks to just having one companion (Amy Pond) and one doctor (Capaldi) being Scottish then he can get away with it as they were on the show at different times, but Moffat himself is also Scottish making it three major people since he started on the show Socttish but it's only really if he casts another Scot as the companion things will get stupid. To be honest I doubt even Moffat would be so stupid as to cast another Scottish character. But the fact that another Scot has been mentioned alone is rather worrying.
So, what's your opinions on this?
