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cyberized
July 17th, 2017 - 12:29pmI never ever managed to get hold of any SJA figures sadly. But recently finally brought the SJ and baby slitheen on amazon at a bargain price. I did want the Graske with SJ but its not available.
Over the moon ill finally have some sja in my collection.
But literally never saw anything in shops aside from the star poet and sj.
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 12:26pmthe collectors will, its if your average “toy buyer” and “impulse buyer” will
female Doctor Who characters don’t sell in huge quantities, Missy clearly struggled, we never got an accurate Clara, only one Donna etc
it goes way beyond just the figures though, if I’m honest I have my concerns on Merchandise even if the show does OK
Thomas
July 17th, 2017 - 12:26pmYou’ll all never be happy with the casting as The Doctor.
“Matt Smith is too young”
“Peter Capaldi is too old”
Now… “Jodie Whittaker is a woman”
What and who do you want as The Doctor?
This shows that young girls can become The Doctor in the playground & in the future and not just as the companion.
Also it could be a step forward to casting a LGBTQ+ actor/actress or someone with a disability.
I’m gay and disabled myself. I’ve loved the show since 2007 – Series 3 (Tennant & Agyeman)
I love the casting. I’m very interested in how The Doctor will be portrayed now!
Donnawho?
July 17th, 2017 - 12:25pmI really applaud your statement. I think that now that the Doctor is a women, he/she will be able to further deepen and enrich that much more by being able to expand the Doctor”s ongoing character development.
cyberized
July 17th, 2017 - 12:25pmI would just like to say, having been really hacked off yesterday, at first when the Doctor was shown, i instantly didnt like her. But what you have to take into consideration, is that Time Lords regenerate into a new body, every single thing about his or her body changes.
Maybe the reason we have never seen this type of Doctor before is that from 1 up to and including 12 were a full set of regenerations. Ten didnt change his face because, lets admit it, he was being vain about how he looked.
When 8 was preparing to become a warrior, Ohila (spelt correctly?) explained that he could become anything, including a woman, eight chose to become a man and thus, the male War Doctor was what happened.
On Trenzalore, Clara Oswald pleaded with the Time Lords to help the Doctor and so they gave him a brand new cycle of new regenerations, 12 was the first of this set of possibly twelve new bodies, but this time they gave him a different variety, so because the 12th body is on its way out, the new set includes female bodies and so the 13th body is another gender.
With that being said, variety could possibly mean, as well as female, black, gay, lesbian, asian, young and old, mixed race and maybe, just maybe, a ginger haired body.
The Doctor is the Doctor. Its like The Moment said in The Day of the Doctor, same person different face.
If us humans were able to regenerate when we were serioulsy ill and could change our appearance, we could change gender, age, colour.
And i hope the new Doctor finds herself with a male companion, it would be good to see a bloke instead of a woman for once. In fact, i would like to see Rigsy back. I know in Face The Raven he was a dad, but the Doctor could meet him a few yeara after she and Clara last saw him.
Just putting my thoughts up.
Pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 12:14pmAre you confident boys/men will want to buy the merchandise booboo?
Although many females embrace science fiction I still think it is dominated by male fans. I feel a little afraid of the shows future I must admit, the fallout from this is incredible but we all knew it would get nasty.
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 12:10pmassuming there are any hopefully retailers will realise and put them in the neutral section (unlike the Sarah Jane Figures which killed that line dead)
Anonymous
July 17th, 2017 - 12:06pmPersonally im excited that we have now got a female doctor but what im worried about is that the merchandise i.e action figures has to cater for both male and female viewers as im worried that if too much pink or purple may end up on the box and the toys might be put in the girls section
Pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 12:01pmIt looked female to me!
WhisperMan17
July 17th, 2017 - 11:58amPersonally I’m excited for what the show has to offer for this HUGE change, I’m looking forward to the new direction, new themes and more importantly what the console room and sonic would look like. A change needed for some time and glad they did for number 13
Just looking forward to who the companion would be, if it was me, Lee Ingleby as I feel that they would have that on screen chemistry, plus his work in “our zoo” and “the a word” he would just fit the role of a companion
But Welcome Doctor 13
Mick181
July 17th, 2017 - 11:51amThere is one thing everyone has forgotten, Capaldi was the 1st Doctor of a whole new cycle of regenerations, after the Timelords gave Smiths Doctor the new cycle at the end of Time of the Doctor.
Moffatt had to do something due to the fact that Time Lords only get 13 lives and had used them all up by Smiths time.
Once that has happened it gave the Show Runners freedom from any canon about the Doctors future regenerations, they could have the Doctor turn into a Klingon or a Wookie if they wanted to, there is nothing in Canon, want to blame someone, blame whoever it was that set the regeneration cycle at 13.
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 11:38amyou know how it is, many of the people who say they wont watch will, and many new ones will watch out of curiosity – its what happens after that that matters so over to you Chris Chibnall
The other thing is as i have said is that the main focus on this site is merchandise, it will time for the “embrace the change” brigade to put their money where their mouth is so to speak
Yingyang
July 17th, 2017 - 11:35amPrevious posts have dealt with the historical reasons both for and against the sex-change Doctor.
The Doctor initially started as a bossy arrogant character, many at first thought William Hartnell’s Doctor too harsh, this mellowed through the years but was still apparent in todays characters. The female companions started off as dizzy females there only to scream and the male companions were basically brave idiots. Slowly they too evolved and in its first incarnation became stronger female roles.
With the modern reboot, the female companions became true companions (read definition). At times they got in trouble, mainly because they had 1000 years less experience than The Doctor, and at other times they were The Doctors rock. The gender and sexuality of each did not matter but the basic premise of the show was 2 strong characters who helped each other through the adventures they went on together.
Now The Doctor is a woman, will that arrogance ever show? Will we ever have a male companion as strong as Amy, telling The Doctor they are wrong? Will any male companion ever be allowed to be the ultimate saviour of the day (Rose, Amy, Donna, Clara and Billi)? Will a male character ever be allowed to fly the Tardis better than The Doctor (River)?
I very much doubt it.
I am very sorry to tell people that there is not only a bodily difference between men and women, we think differently too. We need to take the best from each other to be a better individual, that is what Doctor Who has shown in the modern era. Missy worked as a switch because The Master/Missy worked because they revelled in being alone, yet secretly yearning to be understood, they were evil. The Doctor has always wanted companions to provide another perspective and sometimes hold The Doctor back, the character knew it was sometimes arrogant and overbearing. The Doctor knew that because of age they were prone to thinking they knew best, it is after all why they stole the Tardis in the first place, afraid of Timelord arrogance. They were good.
If we are not to lose that the new Doctor still needs those traits. In real-life it does happen. I cannot imagine the current shows producers or the BBC doing this. So the show loses it’s key dynamic.
The Doctor and his modern day companions showed that whether as friends or lovers and always equals, male and female are better together, perfect role models.
Gordon
July 17th, 2017 - 11:33amBut romana came out as the little alien. It appeared on screen so was part of the show in the episode destiny of the Daleks. We don’t know if that alien was male or female. It was never specified
Mark Belsom
July 17th, 2017 - 11:32amNot a fan of this choice for the new doctor,not sure if I’ll watch the show anymore,sorry.
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 11:30amBut will the new viewers be enough to compensate? just because more females might watch does not mean they will stay with it!
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 11:25amThomas how about a step forward and create a new female character instead of changing a tried and tested one?
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 11:22amI hope so, they will be new fans who weren’t before
works both ways
Doctor Stu
July 17th, 2017 - 11:20amI’m hoping it gains a huge female following to boost ratings
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 11:17amsurely if its any good it will gain more than it looses?
prototype dalek
July 17th, 2017 - 11:17amThe BBC also promised the next doctor would not be a woman and now done a complete U turn on that idea, so lie as well as censor BBC. Bias Broadcasting Corporation. The Female Doctor has been treated like Brexit, just seems to show one view all the time.
I don’t think the Russian, Chinese, North Koreans and Arab States will be keen as its their culture that woman aren’t lead in much, sad but true. The US are also a bit fed up as well with PC.
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 11:15amWe never saw it because it was not part of the show.
Doctor Stu
July 17th, 2017 - 11:15amPeople say the BBC have killed the show because there’s a female doctor whereas all the whiny protesters who turn off purely because of the fact that she’s a woman are the ones who are going to kill the show by not watching.
booboo
July 17th, 2017 - 11:14amDon’t really understand the fans will be to blame thing, if you don’t like something you don’t watch, you remain a fan if what you do like.
pats86
July 17th, 2017 - 11:12amIn certain states in the USA a shot in the arm means the end? I hope you have not seen the future of the show?
Whorules
July 17th, 2017 - 11:06amExactly. I wish people would just relax. She really could be brilliant. How do we know yet!
Whorules
July 17th, 2017 - 11:04amPeole keep talking about ratings, ratings mean nothing now. The average high rating in uk now is 6million, compare that to the 15million that eastenders or coronation street used to get, they now get 5-6 per episode. New doctor, new show, support it. The childish rants are depressing me, people need to examine their lives if a female doctor is so offensive to them. I have a friend who stopped watching when colin baker was the doctor, he’s never watched an episode since. Who is the one who missed out? Him or the show that continued without him? The show is not dead, but if it did end, then well done fans, i hope you will be proud
the ergon
July 17th, 2017 - 11:01amI have to say i wasn,t that wide of the mark with the broadchurch connection. People should just embrace the change.theres always that kneejerk reaction. These very same people who negate this casting will sort of cast there eyes over their shoulders out of curiousity and if fans, will eventually go with the flow like most of us. I remember hating the casting of sylvester mccoy. Now years later some of his stories are now some of my all time favourites. ideally i would have preferred olivia coleman.Jodie whittaker is a good actress but not the first actress you think might think of as first choice. She has a fey vulnerability to her in the roles i,ve seen her in. A female 5th doctor if you like. I just hope they get the balance right in terms of how she will play the role. It would have been a bit staid to cast a generic white male. Its good there shaking up the formula. Paves the way next for a black actor. The show is just moving with the times.
Chris
July 17th, 2017 - 10:55amI agree Anonymous. This should have happened years ago. They kept putting it off and resisting the call to change to try and change the gender. They have finally done it. If they didn’t there would be an even bigger call to do it next time, and the one after that. But its done now. It’s happened. Everyone breathe. And don’t blink.
Adam
July 17th, 2017 - 10:55amYep BBC breakfast had some guy on too frothing at the mouth and spinning the same old guff on how it’s all about change and how great it’s all going to be..bla,bla,bla…