Coming in the wake of RaceFail '09, this is sort of ironic.

I've taken a night to think about it, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm deeply pissed off that the Russell T Davies Racism Hour (otherwise known as "Turn Left") has been nominated for a Hugo.  With the sort of AU that's been done before and better in other series (notably Buffy; I watched "The Wish" again recently and was struck by the parallels) AND OH YEAH, THREE RACIAL AND ETHNIC STEREOTYPES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE, I'm really not sure how it's supposed to deserve an award.  Especially when there's "Midnight", which is the best script RTD ever wrote for Doctor Who, and heads and shoulders above most of season four in terms of writing.

Aside from its value as a teaching aid in a course on neo-colonialist portrayals of Asia, I'm really not sure what to do with "Turn Left".  Its major redeeming value is Catherine Tate's performance, and we got that in every other week of season four, too.