Not anyone! Keep the Doctor a Brit. I don't want an American Doctor.
also the next doctor can't be just anyone either. It needs to be Richard Ayoade but it never is ;(
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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker announced as the 13th Doctor!
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Not anyone! Keep the Doctor a Brit. I don't want an American Doctor.
This would be a weird mindset
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I saw someone put up Suzie Wokoma from Crazyhead as a quality followup to Whittaker and I could see it, definitely.
Freewheelin'
Member
"I think this is the worst news ever. I have watched Dr Who since it started. Colin Baker was the worst until Peter Capaldi. Now a woman??? Why? Cannot the male population particularly children have a male hero? How can Dr Who be male for 50 odd years then have a sex change? I will no longer be watching. BBC have killed off any logic this fantastic series had. Sad😩😩"
Man he's been mentioned so many times for casting for The Doctor.
Just wanted to elaborate further than just a "hell yes" post.
Very happy to see the Doctor played by a woman. It's about time, regardless of objections. If not now, it would've been just matter of time imo.
I was reading up on a Tweet chain debating on this casting announcement. Particularly that the Doctor has always been played by a male actor, and should be similar in that respect to James Bond only being exclusively male.
This lead me to thinking over the role of the Doctor through the years. While he has been male for over 50 years, his gender was almost never a requirement for each story (or at least since the RTD era). I say almost never because there were a few stories that involved him as a straight romantic lead. Not to say those stories are exclusive to male actors.
I'm excited to see how Chibnall and crew write her. What's Whittaker's Doctor going to be like? Does she take up certain characteristics of past Doctors? Which ones, if so? Matt Smith played a great Doctor - a young appearance with an old soul. I'm hoping she's able to channel that aspect of Smith's Doctor.
Now I gotta finish up Series 10 lol.
Very happy to see the Doctor played by a woman. It's about time, regardless of objections. If not now, it would've been just matter of time imo.
I was reading up on a Tweet chain debating on this casting announcement. Particularly that the Doctor has always been played by a male actor, and should be similar in that respect to James Bond only being exclusively male.
This lead me to thinking over the role of the Doctor through the years. While he has been male for over 50 years, his gender was almost never a requirement for each story (or at least since the RTD era). I say almost never because there were a few stories that involved him as a straight romantic lead. Not to say those stories are exclusive to male actors.
I'm excited to see how Chibnall and crew write her. What's Whittaker's Doctor going to be like? Does she take up certain characteristics of past Doctors? Which ones, if so? Matt Smith played a great Doctor - a young appearance with an old soul. I'm hoping she's able to channel that aspect of Smith's Doctor.
Now I gotta finish up Series 10 lol.
It depends on how the show does with Whittaker. It's still a product to a large extent; it needs to be favorably received, profitable, etc. They may choose to mix it up more often now because unpredictability is exciting, and they're going to be monitoring reactions very closely and may decided to distance from two women in a row if numbers are not what they want.
At least, that's how Hollywood would do it. I'm not saying it's right, but it's how it's looked at in a business sense.
Someone not thinking Capaldi is one of the best Doctor's automatically has a shit opinion that's not worth hearing anyway.
Wasnt he in Ecclestons finale? He was brilliantly irritating haha. Could be fun as a Doctor tho
And that's the calmest meltdown.
FortuneFaded
Member
Based on how it ends, is this Donald Trump?
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Honestly I thought Doctor Who had one of the more decent fandoms. The salty reactions make me a bit sad.
Is this verbatim or paraphrase
funkystudent
Member
Video of Alex Kingston getting the news while she was on stage at some convention or something if anyone cares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVhxElrJWLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVhxElrJWLo
Freewheelin'
Member
FTFY. Being a woman makes your ignorance towards women more "qualified", you know?
Kinglypuff
Neo Member
I know her story was done and that her last episode said she doesn't know of any Doctory after 12, but I so want River Song to interact with this iteration of the Doctor.
Yeah seriously, the saltmines have been glorious.
*Man..Women..you're the same to me* If they do hope she barely makes a reaction and continues hitting on her.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Sure!
Just not this one right now.
The thread for the next Doctor Who and everyone's arguing about who it'll be after her
I think since the general consensus here is "cool, good pick, let's see what happens with Chibnall and Whittaker", there has to be something to argue about....
I pitched this question on Twitter, GAF might be able to help as well: Anyone know when the BBC last aired a female-fronted show in the Saturday night drama slot? Because I can't think of one, but I've stopped really checking since Atlantis.
Also, the "male children need a role model" thing basically confirms the companion's going to be a guy, I think.
If I remember correctly, in NuWho, we've had a split with David Tennant and Peter Capaldi on one side as life long fans, and Chistopher Ecceleston and Matt Smith on the other who hadn't really watched any Who in preparation. I wonder where JW will fit into this split?
The only re-imagining of a really good male to female portayal of a character that I can think of is Starbuck from BSG, and I think that KS played Starbuck brilliantly, carrying across the original's characteristics. IF JW is even as half a good actress as KS, and if she wants to, I'm sure she'll be able to pull it off.
*Rabble rabble rabble*
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
lol, boys still have a plethora of options if they want a male protag
isaacnukem
Member
Oh wow. I need to watch the other seasons now to catch up for this.
Kinglypuff
Neo Member
She's been known to have had several wives on the side, so I suppose so, but I'd be delighted to actually see that on-screen. That, and the Daily Mail readers would explode, which is always a plus.
While I don't think it means anything, the TARDIS in the reveal ISN'T the current one used as the exterior of it in the show. It's the darker blue one without the circle saint johns emblem on the door and the dark window frames not the newer white ones... so its much more like 9-10's design than 11-12's.
forimagesize said:
Moffat's first Smith series was good but too epigonic of Tennant. Then he just kept getting darker and messier, with tons of overwrought bootstraps. It just became a bit too much. A near hour of dark shit before the Who theme comes on and he explains everything patronizingly, waxing whimsy. It's just inorganic and beyond formulaic at this point.
funkystudent
Member
Dat yorkshire accent tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5LbkhheXvw
Its kinda obviously poorly CG'ed into the scene. I will guess it will have some tweaks on the outside like it always does and a whole new inside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5LbkhheXvw
Its kinda obviously poorly CG'ed into the scene. I will guess it will have some tweaks on the outside like it always does and a whole new inside
Netherscourge
Banned
Hyped!
I just find it kind of perplexing that they used a design not used since 2010 in this reveal.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
She has the cutest teeth of all Doctors
There's this 3,000+ member group on Facebook I got invited to a while back called Comic Book Illuminati. Just people posting random nerd culture news.
This was just posted:
"Goodbye Doctor Who!
Thanks for 40+ years of
great memories.
I won't be watching this."
It's like 80 comments deep or something. The majority of people seem to be shitting on him, rightfully so.
But one of the moderators just said that he shouldn't be called sexist. Because he didn't say he was boycotting "because it's a woman" but because he "didn't want a sex change."
See guys, it's two totally different things!
This was just posted:
"Goodbye Doctor Who!
Thanks for 40+ years of
great memories.
I won't be watching this."
It's like 80 comments deep or something. The majority of people seem to be shitting on him, rightfully so.
But one of the moderators just said that he shouldn't be called sexist. Because he didn't say he was boycotting "because it's a woman" but because he "didn't want a sex change."
See guys, it's two totally different things!
AbsolutBro
Member
Never watched the show, but I loved her in the Assets, Attack the Block and Broadchurch, so I may have to catch this season.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Honestly, I have some sympathy for the "don't gender-swap established characters for reboots" argument even if the anti-Ghostbusters hate was ridiculous, but how can you watch Doctor Who and decide the main character changing gender is too much of a hill to die on?
not getting into the fact that I suspect he's low-key transphobic anyway
Doctor_Thomas
Member
Look, can I just outright say it?
I think I have a bit of a crush on Jodie Whittaker with her hair like it was in the reveal.
I'm thrilled she's the Doctor, just as I was thrilled Capaldi was the Doctor.
I think I have a bit of a crush on Jodie Whittaker with her hair like it was in the reveal.
I'm thrilled she's the Doctor, just as I was thrilled Capaldi was the Doctor.
JonathanEx
Member
I think it's just this press shot: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.co...35a6965713d--doctor-who-tardis-the-tardis.jpg
While I don't think it means anything, the TARDIS in the reveal ISN'T the current one used as the exterior of it in the show. It's the darker blue one without the circle saint johns emblem on the door and the dark window frames not the newer white ones... so its much more like 9-10's design than 11-12's.
I wasn't in favour of a female Doctor, but I found this more offensive than anything else in the reveal trailer. It's the same nearly decade-old TARDIS still we've seen a thousand times before!
DiipuSurotu
Banned
She looks better as a brunette IMO but I'm not complaining ^^
Looks like it yeah. I still just wonder why that Tardis and not the newer one, I'm sure they have 100's of production stills of it they could have used to comp into that shot.
funkystudent
Member
Now I am curious about the boring behind the scenes stuff.
When was that video filmed.
Have they filmed her parts for the xmas special yet too or did they wait until after the reveal just to avoid leaks?
Will her and Peter be on set the same day and they do the switch there and then like with the last 2 switches or is it like when Eccolston left and there was a gap between his final shot and the new guy on set?
When was that video filmed.
Have they filmed her parts for the xmas special yet too or did they wait until after the reveal just to avoid leaks?
Will her and Peter be on set the same day and they do the switch there and then like with the last 2 switches or is it like when Eccolston left and there was a gap between his final shot and the new guy on set?
Most nerds -aren't- sexist assholes. The backlash is the minority, I promise. Most of the hashtag on Twitter at this point is people making fun of the sexist assholes.
But unfortunately, the sexist assholes still exist. And they're fucking loud.
funkystudent
Member
Its more then likely a vocal few.
Look at the backlash at Wonder Women and how successful that was in the end.