‘Why be toxic?’: Russell T Davies hits back at claims Doctor Who too woke

Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in the latest series of Doctor Who. Photograph: Lara Cornell/BBC Studios/Bad Wolf

The Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies has said he has no time for “online warriors” who claim the show is too woke.

Speaking to BBC Radio 2, the Welsh writer – who was also behind the hit series Queer As Folk and It’s a Sin – said: “What you might call diversity, I just call an open door.”