#i'm still v bitter about the accent thing btw. “tour of the regions” indeed. (and again - A WELSHMAN!) | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

nostalgia-tblr · 1 year ago

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The Avengers (not those ones) have gone to Castle De'Ath, in Scotland, and this was made in 1965 and it's quite surreal that Scotland is portrayed as so 'exotic' when the UK has existed for literally centuries at this point. Similarly with Dr Who in the 1970s with the Zygons really. I kind of want to see how the north of England was being treated at this time, I suspect it'll be sold as similarly 'odd' to that audience who is always assumed to - like most of the people who make British telly - live in London or thereabouts.

It's weird! And there's a 2005 Dr Who story that goes "ooh, imagine going to WALES!!!" whereas the suggestion a few years later that the show was London-centric was met with utter bafflement (by a Welshman). Because of course we're always in London, why wouldn't we always be in London, that's where everything happens and where everyone lives and no it'd just be weird if the alien sounded Scottish, let's go with Estuary, that's how normal people (and almost all aliens) speak.

#i'm still v bitter about the accent thing btw. “tour of the regions” indeed. (and again - A WELSHMAN!)#everyone in this Avengers episode is wearing kilts (except Emma Peel but she has tartan trousers on)#those of you not from the UK might think it'd be impossible for the British to be xenophobic about the British but GUESS WHAT #and we tend to say “this is why we all hate the English” but the north of England hate the south for pretty much the same reasons #(also “the north” starts about halfway up england which is less than halfway up the uk so it's a bit confusing at times)#scottish stuff #AND ANOTHER THING that bugs me is areas of London are referred to in the media as if i know where they are and what their nuances are #by the same things that will go out of their way to tell you that eg Newcastle is in the north of England

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