See maybe I have a completely different way of looking at these things, as I mentioned in my reply to the original post, cos I honestly don't notice the race issue or consider what colour a character's skin is when thinking about them. I suppose it's almost a differencde between looking at the character "in show", as it were, and then "out of show", against the context of our real world and political/social situations. I can totally see how, looking at it from a real world perspective, yeah you can say Ronon and Teyla are kinda pigeon-holed into the "exotic dark-skinned alien" role. But from an "in show" perspective, race seems irrelevant; Teyla, a coloured woman, is accepted leader of her people (most of the rest of whom we've seen are caucasian) and a respected diplomat with contacts on many planets; Ronon was in a serious relationship with a caucasian woman, his best friends were a mix of caucasian and of Asian-origin (side note - I find myself struggling to decide how to appropriately describe/denote someone's racial origin in the in-show context of the Pegasus Galaxy.. Asian or white European etc means nothing to these people! :lol:).
Regarding Dr Who.. again, not something that had ever occured to me - I would never have thought to relate Martha's race to her development/portrayal on the show. I can certainly see your point now you've explained it (below) but, as Friendshipper says, I see the issue being Rose, not Martha's skin colour. If anything, I would have looked at it from the opposite perspective - compared to Rose, Martha is better educated, has a better job/career, her family are better educated and move within a higher social circle (seriously, can you imagine Jackie or Mickey being invited to, never mind fitting in at, a black tie event?). I would even say Martha is more intelligent that Rose. The way she and her family are portrayed is, in this way, positive. The issue with her mooning over the Dr is one a lot of fans have and I feel is nothing to do with her colour, and the suggestion that she is inferior to Rose is entirely about the Dr's deep feelings for and difficulty in letting go of Rose.
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Regarding Dr Who.. again, not something that had ever occured to me - I would never have thought to relate Martha's race to her development/portrayal on the show. I can certainly see your point now you've explained it (below) but, as Friendshipper says, I see the issue being Rose, not Martha's skin colour. If anything, I would have looked at it from the opposite perspective - compared to Rose, Martha is better educated, has a better job/career, her family are better educated and move within a higher social circle (seriously, can you imagine Jackie or Mickey being invited to, never mind fitting in at, a black tie event?). I would even say Martha is more intelligent that Rose. The way she and her family are portrayed is, in this way, positive. The issue with her mooning over the Dr is one a lot of fans have and I feel is nothing to do with her colour, and the suggestion that she is inferior to Rose is entirely about the Dr's deep feelings for and difficulty in letting go of Rose.