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The Temporal Jelly Baby
July 17th, 2017 - 10:48amOK, listen. Is there actually any point in the female Doctor debate anymore? Like it or not, the next Doctor is a woman. Maybe it’ll be for the better and maybe it’ll be for the worse but only time will tell.
It’s just…we all want Doctor Who to do well, right? It’s clear we are somewhat divided in our visions for the show but now that the casting has been done, should we not all be hoping that Chris Chibnall and his team will make the most out of the decision?
I hate to bring Brexit up in here, but think of it this way. Before the referendum there were obviously loads of people discussing and debating whether the UK should leave the EU or remain in the EU. Then the referendum happened and 52% voted to leave – by no means a big majority but enough so that the UK will, in some form or other, leave the European Union. Essentially, the decision has now been made and now we just need to make the most of it. There’s no realistic chance of the decision being reversed. Regardless of whether leaving the EU is a good/bad thing we should make sure it is as good (or as not bad) as possible. There’s still lots of stuff to discuss and get sorted in terms of the Brexit deal.
The same reasoning could be applied to the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. It’s happened now. She has been cast and there’s no realistic chance of the casting being undone. Now it’s just a matter or making the most of the casting regardless of whether it’s a good/bad thing. There is still lots to discuss that hasn’t yet been sorted yet though, like the costume, the companions and probably even many if not most of the stories!
Gordon
July 17th, 2017 - 10:45amWell they weren’t going to say it was a crap idea. That would totally undermine BBC and chibnill choice in hiring her
Adam
July 17th, 2017 - 10:40amThen why not be bold and original and make a brand new show with a female heroine? Call it The amazing adventures of Timelady Fred…I’d watch!
NoMore
July 17th, 2017 - 10:38amI found her comments to be patronising as well. I’m hoping she’ll be afforded the same respect that the BBC showed to Colin Baker when the ratings dropped during his time, as the show is struggling now and I don’t think Jodie and Chris are the right people to save it.
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 10:34amDoctor Who licensing is a huge source of income for BBC Worldwide, make no mistake this HAS to work for them.
From my point of view (and this site) what happens to merchandise in the future is a big deal
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 10:24amand looking forward to Ardal O’Hanlon
When The Doctor Was Me
July 17th, 2017 - 10:23amThe morning after the day before…
Having had this on my mind all night i have reached my conclusion till broadcast.
Though I just can’t visulise such a huge change. Mr Chibnall you have my attention, my full attention. I want you to prove to me and many others that this was the best decision to make for the series and not just a gimmick casting. I want you to wow me from episode 1, prove to me that this can work… will work… and will mark a huge triumph for the show.
Make or break time now, I wait for series 11 with great expectations.
Doctor Stu
July 17th, 2017 - 10:23amThe twelfth doctor said he can’t just keep turning into somebody else, that he was tired of just not dying so what better way to reinvigorate himself and give himself a new lease of life than turning into a woman, something he’s never tried before, hes had countless strong female companions who have shaped his life and so maybe he wants to take that strength on board
Gordon
July 17th, 2017 - 10:23amChris e in 2005. “Regeneration is a lottery. You don’t know what you going to get”. If the doctor can come back as a dog or a man with no head is a woman that much of a larger stretch. if romana In 1979 can change species is a gender change that much more of a stretch. Plus were all those aliens romana changed into female? We never saw the male equivilant of the small alien to compare
Adam
July 17th, 2017 - 10:21amPersonally i think the show should have been rested for a while…instead of trying to reinvent it with a gender swap….
Hilary Koe
July 17th, 2017 - 10:18amAnother one ticked off on my bingo card!
Doctor Stu
July 17th, 2017 - 10:15amBut the woman had just been revealed as the next doctor it was more of a congratulatory piece for her not something to say ‘oh a lot of people hate the decision’
prototype dalek
July 17th, 2017 - 10:14amDo you know booboo, I only started watching it with Kris Marshall myself and none at all with Ben Miller but still a good show
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 10:12ambut your not allowed to say anything negative, apparently
prototype dalek
July 17th, 2017 - 10:12amI think they will wait after the series and see if they want to invest or not, but the online arguments on both sides are really not helping
Thomas
July 17th, 2017 - 10:12amLook at it as a step forward for females who have always wanted to become The Doctor and now they can.
Also it could be a step forward to cast a person with a disability in the role or someone from the LGBTQ+ community.
prototype dalek
July 17th, 2017 - 10:11amThis is only a new thing though, the classic series never mentioned anything about gender swap at all, only in the last couple of years especially the 12th Doctor era that it has been mentioned
Adam
July 17th, 2017 - 10:08amNow wouldn’t that be a brilliant…this is all fake news made up by Chibnall and Whitter is in fact a new incarnation of the Rani!…with the real 13th Doctor tied up in tardis broom cupborad…GENIUS!!
Anonymous
July 17th, 2017 - 10:07amDid anyone see Victoria Derbyshire on BBC 2, they had a short bit on the 13th doctor, it had clips from the other doctor, really badly edit, and really random, then after saying there had been a bit of a backlash, had the doctor who magazine editor, fair enough,and three other people and gave a completely one sided view about how great it is. Great debate on the subject. Typical BBC telling the public a censored view. Completely pointless bit of tv.
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 10:04amI do understand the negativity though, I can see both sides.
R1ch1e
July 17th, 2017 - 9:50amWell said Booboo! She hasn’t even uttered a word as the Doctor yet (in character) and people are already on her back. I feel sorry for the poor girl. She has been welcomed by some horrible comments, I just hope she takes on board the good comments.
Btw I noticed that the poll at the top of the page has shifted much more positivly.
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 9:46amWell it would hop from one episode to another and at some point croak it then regenerate into a fly and get caught in a web and eaten by a spider bringing and end to Doctor who.
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 9:42amOnly recently, until a few years ago it was never part of the show at all?
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 9:39amYANA, well said The Prydonian.
Tim M
July 17th, 2017 - 9:38amRealistically the series is already tired, and for it to go forward, a female Doctor seems the obvious route to now take. So at the basic and most noticeable level, casting a female already gives the show a significant shot in the arm. Casting another Male could have made him the last incarnation of this current run, casting a Female could also make her the last incarnation of this current run. For ‘Doctor Who’ to have a chance to survive for a few more years, something had to change, they had to take a gamble, it’s make or break for ‘Doctor Who’. This would be the scenario whoever was cast as the 13th Doctor.
The Prydonian
July 17th, 2017 - 9:32amThis has ruined my favourite show since 1966. Please understand the suggestion by JNT/Tom Baker that the Doctor maybe a woman was done as a JOKE to excite the press. The worst thing Moffat did was introduce Time Lord gender regeneration. He has put the nail in the coffin of his favourite show. Great work SM ! You have destroyed the shows history and legacy. No doubt. Just because the show can do almost anything doesn’t mean it should do everything at the expense of its history. The Doctor is a male – that is the story. He has a lost family, granddaughter etc. There are Time Lords and Ladies. Do their sons or daughters swap genders etc – it really is just a naff trendy idea and they have rolled over and succumbed to political pressure. There must be great roles for women – no doubt but don’t ruin 54 years of DW by bolting a female Doctor into it. Why not make a spin off about a female Time Lady – that’s got to be better than Class. The show has ended with the great Peter Capaldi. Well done sir- you were not only a great Doctor but for me, one of The Great Doctors. I’m sad to see you go and I’m even sadder by your replacement . I have no issue with Jodie at all but she is not The Doctor. Moffat, Chibnall and the BBC – you have collectively destroyed the greatest show in the galaxy. I hope you are proud of yourselves. I’m sure you are. By the way the last two series off Broadchurch were complete crap
The Moffat Paradox
July 17th, 2017 - 9:31amThe people who want to ram this agenda down our throats are probably also people outside of Doctor Who that don’t really get how things like Brexit and Trump could happen as well.Every action has an opposite and equal reaction.
Doctor Stu
July 17th, 2017 - 9:24amThis is Chibnall, writer of Broadchurch a man who gets you suspecting everyone, shifting your attention this way and that way and then dropping a bomb on you at the end of the series, maybe the next Doctor is a man and he’s been kidnapped by Jodie and locked in a trunk somewhere. This way we get a female doctor for a whole series and then at the end we find out the real doctor was actually a man all along locked up somewhere and all the whiny people will get their male back in charge of the TARDIS and Jodie will be defeated
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 9:23amI would encourage everyone to watch it, regardless of your feelings right now, and if you don’t like it after seeing it then fair enough.
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 9:22amCouldn’t agree more.