I hated how RTD did a complete 180 on Belinda’s character. A strong, independent woman, with a sense of awe and wonder about the universe. Reduced to a single-mom after a reality rewrite.
RTD did the same thing on the Sarah Jane Adventures back during the Tennant run. One of the teenage cast was a black kid named Clyde. He was the child of a single mother household. His father having abandoned the family before he was born. His father appears in one episode and he’s the villain. Possessed by the alien of the week.
Fear Her from early Tennant run, also had a single mother household with a black family. The father was abusive to both his wife and daughter and would abandon his family periodically. The unnamed father eventually dying in a car collision.
Not a great look to being doing things like this in 21st century when people know better.
I’m a black man in America and I’m acutely aware of this problem. My friends in Canada told me it’s the same in their country. When I saw the Sarah Jane episode I referenced a decade ago. I learned that absentee fathers are a problem in the UK as well. In Africa, there are orphanages all over the continent. Absentee fathers and mothers who give up their children.
