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Anonymous
July 24th, 2017 - 9:01amIt’s the BBC we are talking about of course they cast her because she was a woman
whovian
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:37pm“It doesn’t matter which face is being worn, they are all the Doctor to me” to paraphrase a sentence from The Witch’s Familiar.
Had to re post as id forgotten to write face beforehand
Doctor Stu
July 23rd, 2017 - 8:14pmShe’ll be a strong female I’m assuming with her male companion lusting over her and she’ll have a ‘none of that funny business in my TARDIS’ attitude
pats86
July 23rd, 2017 - 7:17pmHow many indeed?
Adam
July 23rd, 2017 - 6:18pmYou sum it perfectly Gravy6…but according to Moffat it’s only a small minority of ‘tiny mad men’ who’s against this new casting…the gall of the man!
Arthurian2
July 23rd, 2017 - 5:58pmI appreciate Jodie Whittaker as a good actor but being presented with such an attractive Who could steer the show in a totally different direction. Ok, it could be argued that David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Davison were regarded as eye candy, but they all had some geeky, Doctorish characteristic. With an attractive female Who, do you glam her up (Romana) or dress her down? I would imagine that there would be complaints for either scenario. Also if you have a red blooded male, twenty something assistant, where do you go with that? Rose and the Doctor was handled brilliantly but we’ve been there and got the teeshirt, and other assistants faired less favourably in their feelings, (poor Martha). A female assistant, ok I’m putting my tin hat on now, makes the show very female orientated, theres always been a bloke in the TARDIS up till now. Also as Chris Evans said on the breakfast show, everyones talking about Who again, but I just wonder how many of those voiced opinions actually watch the show!
whovian
July 23rd, 2017 - 3:32pm“It doesn’t matter which is being worn, they are all the Doctor to me” to slightly paraphrase a sentence from The Witch’s Familiar.
Classic series now even better than the Newer series
July 23rd, 2017 - 1:35pmThe BBC will clearly use Doctor Who as an example. That it now has a female lead, and they will be paid the same as their previous male lead. By using a flagship show that is a big earner for the BBC, they can say “well if we can do it this iconic show, we can do it for any show.
booboo
July 23rd, 2017 - 12:16pmIts all about click bait
the headline is misleading
its 40% for 43% on the fence and 17% no
so it could have read “60% of fans not sure on new casting”
our own poll could be interpreted the same way as 37% in favour and 63% not sure so they are not that far apart
and the RT have a far more even Male / female readership than Us
The also seem to have leaked about “The Doctors daughter” coming to Big Finish for more click bait
Gareth Pugh
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:36amWell, RT won’t be doing this out of any BBC-led bias: remember, BBC sold off Radio Times a few years ago, and I believe they no longer have either any financial stake nor any editorial control over it. Indeed, many have commented on other forums on how RT has become much, much more critical (in its news coverage and in reviewing shows) of Doctor Who and also several other BBC programmes since the sell-off.
R1ch1e
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:19amI agree with you. David Tennant said at Comic Con that she is the best working actress in the country at the moment and that the better the actor, the better the show. I think she’ll be great
Doctor you
July 23rd, 2017 - 7:45amWhat people don’t realise is that she would never have been cast if she wasn’t great and somewhat like the doctor we know today, so even if right now it doesn’t seem like she could ever be the doctor, please reserve your judgement until she has actually said at least five words as the doctor.
The Outcast
July 23rd, 2017 - 6:06amThey had to reveal the Mondasian Cybermen though, as they were filming in the open. DWSR (the buggers) would have leaked it otherwise. The Saxon Master’s return could have been kept a secret though. No one realised it was him until they announced it. And from memory it did nothing for the viewing figures.
R1ch1e
July 22nd, 2017 - 9:17pmAlpha Centurai was my favorite thing of the whole series. It was a great series, I can’t wait till next year now
Doctor Stu
July 22nd, 2017 - 7:57pmI think they spoilt the masters return to generate hype because they knew viewers were flagging and if that was the case then they should have kept the mondasian cybermen a secret instead so at least we had something unknown to surprise us, although alpha centurai was a nice surprise but nothing ground breaking
R1ch1e
July 22nd, 2017 - 6:05pmI’m still mad about The Masters reveal at the start of the series.
I honestly think of they hadn’t spoiled then we could well have got to the end of the series without knowing and it would have been an amazing reveal!
Gravy6
July 22nd, 2017 - 5:43pmI’ve got be honest, i’m furious about this (as if you couldn’t tell!). However I have no problem with anyone who is okay with it, provided they don’t become aggressive with those of us who share a different view. Fortunately there doesn’t seem to be any of that going on here. This forum seems to be comprised largely of reasonable, decent sorts. But my word, on other sites…
booboo
July 22nd, 2017 - 5:22pmI understand why they had to do this but i hope they can keep a lid on the big spoilers from now on
its kind of spoilt some of the last few series
Sherlock Holmes
July 22nd, 2017 - 4:51pmEven if they kept it a secret we would already know dw would continue because it was announced that chibnall would be head writer for series 11
Doctor Stu
July 22nd, 2017 - 11:03amFilming for series 11 would have to begin before the Christmas special airs and the BBC would have to get all of the promotional and publicity photos done and dusted ready for the media and merchandise etc I’m assuming so there’s no way it wouldn’t have been leaked but I do agree it would have been a nice surprise
Adkead80
July 22nd, 2017 - 4:08amI hope that Jodie Whittaker will do well as the 13th Doctor, but I really wish the identity of the next Doctor would have remained a secret.
First, time lords have the ability to regenerate from a state of death with the cost of altering their appearance and personality with random results. I wanted to be left speculating on who or what the next Doctor will be like and have an open mind of all the possibilies of who the next Doctor would.
Secondly, the latest episode of Doctor Who ended with cliffhanger with the 12th Doctor starting to regenerate, but he resists his change and his regeneration because the Doctor doesn’t like to be someone else, leaving us to ask “what happens next?” Is the Doctor going finally die? Could this finally be the end? That ending alone should be a good reason to not reveal the identity of the next Doctor. We were left in suspense that this could be the end of Doctor Who, but they ruined the suspense and the experience for us just by revealing Jodie Whittaker as the next Doctor.
The Outcast
July 22nd, 2017 - 4:08amI am waiting till Series 11 to make my judgement on this, because what is most important is the writing, not the Actress. Jodie is probably an amazing Actress (I don’t know, I have seen anything she’s been in yet) but if she doesn’t have great writing behind her, then the show will not reach a new golden age.
Also, I agree we do need a slight explanation why the Doctor hasn’t been female before at some point when the gender change is address (although, hopefully it won’t be address until the Doctor meets someone who knew her as a man, Kate the-brigs-daughter perhaps?).
The Outcast
July 22nd, 2017 - 3:59amI think the problem is that most of the SJW are just labelling people who dislike the concept of the Doctor changing gender “Sexist”, even when they aren’t. This is why I’m waiting till Series 11 to judge whether I like or dislike 13 (bar the fact I’ll have nothing to judge 13 on until then), so I don’t have to take a side and be dubbed a “Fake fan” or a “Sexist”.
Mick181
July 22nd, 2017 - 12:41amFrom what i have heard, filming Dr Who is very hard work and about 3 yrs seems to be the max time they want to do it for.
Mick181
July 22nd, 2017 - 12:39amI mean the Characters not the people who played them.
Mick181
July 22nd, 2017 - 12:38amVery very good points, lets ask this question
How would the Doctors themselves react to this news?
I think they would all be supportive.
The Moffatt Paradox
July 21st, 2017 - 10:23pmSeries 10 was generally his best; all the difference when you’ve got better material to do you justice.even if in typical Moffatt style there’s no explanation of how for example Missy escaped from Skaro.
He was also right to gripe about the scheduling as it is traditional TV viewing figures in the country where it’s made that keeps a series going.
He should have been better induced to stay for at least another year and I hoped we would see him tackle as he had intimated himself other classic foes like the Daemons and I would have loved to see his Doctor up against the original Silurians; especially the Sea Devils.
But that will no longer except in other media be.
A well there’s Avengers Infinity War, Star Trek Discovery (Although I’ve got my question marks about that as well) and The Predator to look forward to in 2018 if “Doctor Who” proves to be a personal no go area.
pats86
July 21st, 2017 - 9:31pmWe don’t have much choice Jackson, I will add as I have said many times already, give Jodie a chance.
I hope the Xmas episode explains why the Doctor has never been female before, because if gender is fluid on Gallifrey as Moffat seems to think then why was the Doctor male for the whole set of his regeneration cycle? It makes no sense at all.
Jackson
July 21st, 2017 - 8:13pmI admit my wording was a little harsh, and I apologise.
However, I feel it grossly unfair to dismiss Jodie out of hand without actually seeing her as the Doctor. Today, you may believe that this is the end of Doctor Who; this time next year, you could be saying that this is the greatest thing to happen to the programme since the very first regeneration, or since its reboot in 2005.
I would like everyone to put aside their hostilities and wait until we see her in action. Is that too much to wish for?!
Tim M
July 21st, 2017 - 8:01pmTotally agree Adam. Capaldi and Mackie made series 10 the strongest for some time. Plus it wasn’t until series 10 that I felt Capaldi hit his stride. I don’t agree with Capaldi that he didn’t feel he could add anymore to the character. Series 10 felt like his first series proper. I easily could have watched another season with Capaldi and Mackie.