Oh, there is growth in the Doctor over his first incarnation — but that’s a redemption arc afforded the white hero since before Ebenezer Scrooge.

I don’t want to make Doctor who sound like some misogynist, colonial trope — if it were I doubt we would still be talking about it with any fondness — though I do think it’s fair to judge any age by its popular narratives. Even the nominally more progressive ones like DW.