m →Broadcast and reception: the wording of "alleged racism" implies that racism is objective and that all assertions of racism are unproven, which is, in and of itself, ethnocentric, and arguably a "white" perspective
In his volume of British history ''State of Emergency'', [[Dominic Sandbrook]] criticizes the giant rat for being "one of the worst-realized monsters not merely in [Doctor Who's] history, but in the history of human entertainment."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sandbrook |first1=Dominic |authorlink1=Dominic Sandbrook |title=State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970–1974 |date= |year=2010 |month= |publisher=[[Allen Lane]] |isbn=978-1-846-14031-0 |oclc= |page=348 |quote=... and a giant rat – the latter one of the worst-realized monsters not merely in the show's history, but in the history of human entertainment.}}</ref>
This story has aroused some controversy becausedue ofto its allegedportrayal of [[racism]]race. Some of the English characters display racist attitudes towards the Chinese characters, which go unchallenged by the Doctor, who normally stands up for marginalized groups.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stanish|first1=Deborah|title=Chicks Unravel Time|publisher=Mad Norwegian Press|isbn=978-1935234128|pages=132-133}}</ref> Meanwhile the Chinese immigrants themselves are portrayed in a stereotypical fashion – other than Li H'sen Chang (a major villain who is himself akin to [[Fu Manchu]], but portrayed by a white actor – another source of criticism),<ref>{{cite book |first=Gary |last=Gillatt |title=Doctor Who: From A to Z |location=London |publisher=BBC |year=1998 |isbn=0563405899 |pages=35–39 }}</ref> all of the Chinese characters are [[coolie]]s or members of [[Tong (organization)|Tong]] gangs. The Chinese Canadian National Council for Equality characterized the content of the episodes as "dangerous, offensive, racist stereotyping [which] associate the Chinese with everything fearful and despicable". As a result of their complaint to [[TVOntario]], the Canadian channel chose not to broadcast all six episodes of the serial.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chinese object to Dr. Who |newspaper=Regina Leader-Post |date=7 November 1980 |page=12 }}</ref>
