
The appointment of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor has been hailed as a positive step towards more influential female leads on TV. But is making a traditionally male role female the best way to go about this?

‘What’s your favourite thing about Earth?’ As far as taglines for films go, that’s one of the cheesier ones attached to a sci-fi. But hey, The Space Between Us isn’t just a sci-fi – according to its Wikipedia page, it’s a ‘teen romantic science fiction adventure film’, which is a lot of ground to cover.…