It’s 2026, and to most normal people, the BlueSky platform is completely dead and gone. However, for one Doctor Who actor, he’s just discovering it.
Sylvester McCoy is best known for his role as the Seventh Doctor during his tenure on Doctor Who from 1987 to 1989, the last of the full show doctors to exist before the TV movie of the Eighth, which ended up being the first death of the show before its revitalization in the 2000s.
Today, he posted that he will be leaving his X account because he’s triggered by Elon Musk, a little bit late to the party of leftist actors and influencers who already attempted to do so after the 2024 election and Musk supporting President Donald Trump.
The top comments on his post were not so supportive of this new decision:
It is of note that, as of recently, BlueSky traffic has fallen off, and many on the left have begrudgingly returned to the platform because they weren’t getting anywhere near the engagement they had on X.
McCoy has been vocal about American politics many times before, including a post leading up to the 2024 election where he attacked Trump-supporting Doctor Who fans, saying, “Sylvester wants to remind Doctor Who fans in America that Donald Trump is the absolute opposite of everything the Doctor stands for. The opposite to everything you love about the series. Please remember that when making your vote.”
An odd post as the time-travelling Doctor hasn’t really taken much interest in American presidents or politics over the course of the show’s history.
Will anyone notice that he’s leaving X?
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Fortunately, you said who he was, otherwise I wouldn’t have known!
I'm not surprised; he's very close with actor Robert Picardo (who's recent rant about STAR TREK was always WOKE, and weekly TDS feels oddly similar to this post), and of course Sophie Aldred has gotten more aligned to the Far-Left, along with Colin Baker, David Tennant, and BIG FINISH Productions. It's all a testament, to the fact that since the 21st century, we to represent one view, one hegemony, and inject politics into everything, else how does one side of he political aisle keeps themselves in power, to force their & change on to their people. YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND ENJOY IT. It's the same in entertainment: this isn't for you, this isn't your dad's program, or this is for the modern audience. In other words, we change the authenticity of the IP, you MUST Love it, pray we don't rewrite it any more!