{{Episode|doctor(s) = [[NinthEighth Doctor]]|companion(s) = [[GraceBernice HollowaySummefield]]|other_enemies = [[Saturnytes]]|main_setting(s) = [[Saturnyne]]|written_by = [[Toby Whithouse]]|directed_by = [[KeithDavid BoakTucker]]|produced_by = [[ChrisBill SandermanShapter]]|season = [[Season 40 (Doctor Who) | Season 40]]|story_number = 247|original_air_date(s) = [[27/09/2003-September (releases) |27 September]] 18/10/2003|original_release = BBC One|image2 = |caption2 = |previous_serial = |next_serial = |title1 = The Societal Step.png|caption2executive_producers = Title[[David cardRenwick]]|previous_serialformat = 1x45 minute episode|chapter = [[TheDoctor LegendWho: ofChapter MerlinTwo | Chapter Two]]|next_serialchapter_nuber = [[TheDoctor OtherWho: Chapter Two#Part III | Part III]]|nNthReleasedInSeries = 246|aPrevReleasedInSeries = LIVE 34 (episode)|sSeries = Doctor Who|aNextReleasedInSeries = Spare Parts (serial)|nNthReleasedInAll = 274|aPrevReleasedInAll = LIVE 34 (episode)|aNextReleasedInAll = Spare Parts (serial)}}{{Realworld}}'''The Societal Step '''was the seventhsixth story of [[Season 40 (Doctor Who)|Season 40]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV Series)|Doctor Who]]''. It was written by [[Toby Whithouse]], directed by [[KeithDavid BoakTucker]] and featured [[PaulRichard McGannGriffiths]] as [[NinthEighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[DaphneLisa AshbrookBowerman]] as [[GraceBernice HollowaySummerfield]].
== Synopsis==
The Doctor and GraceBenny land on a planet of Female dominance where the male gender areis being oppressed and the female reign supreme.
GraceBenny is appalled by the prejudice in their society but the Doctor refuses to do anything as that will be interfering in a societal step that happens in every culture.
Will the Doctor change his mind when he finds horrors that are far worstworse than a societal step?
The Doctor and Benny land on a planet of Female dominance where the male gender is being oppressed and the female reign supreme.
Benny is appalled by the prejudice in their society but the Doctor refuses to do anything as that will be interfering in a societal step that happens in every culture.
Will the Doctor change his mind when he finds horrors that are far worse than a societal step?
