Why do people even bother responding to a Doylsian analysis with a Watsonian counter? Why? Why are you even wasting your energy? Critics of Amy’s characterisation aren’t talking about what the characters may or may not think or feel, they’re talking about the way the writer decides to write them, and why, in the context of their previous work, that’s problematic.

If you think I’m saying Amy doesn’t have a right to feel guilt or sadness about her infertility then you’re missing the point entirely. I’m saying it’s worth discussing Moffat’s obsession with the status of Amy’s uterus, and how Amy has been characterised over the course of her run as a passive and sexualised object - the Legs, the Girl who Waited, the woman who wasn’t even aware of her own pregnancy. That she thinks Rory won’t want her because of her inability to produce children is a serious issue to consider from an external perspective. Because, ultimately, Doctor Who isn’t real, but Moffat’s opinions and their cultural impact ARE.