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This scene

If nothing else before this had locked in that this era of Doctor Who was going to be incredible – this episode was it.

No Moffat-isms that made the Doctor or the Companions the special center of attention, nothing. The Doctor didn’t interfere, didn’t give Rosa Parks the magical courage to be a hero for standing up for what she believed in, nothing. The Doctor and her companions were just there, involved but just background to the amazingly powerful thing that Rosa Parks herself did. 

A lot of people were surprised this was done well. But the writer was Malorie Blackman, one of the best living black writers in Britain and quite possibly our greatest young adult author. She wrote the incredible Noughts and Crosses series and has built her career on sensitive and impactful depictions of race in children’s fiction.

I highly recommend her books. They can be enjoyed and appreciated at any age. Her writing is always to an impeccable standard.