The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Fictional time travellers don’t have vaginas, insist morons

"As Jodie Whittaker was confirmed as the new Doctor, lots of angry idiots insisted that the genitals of the Doctor play an essential role in the universe in which he resides."

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by hivemind

Doesn't cut the mustard with me. Yes, she's a good looking gal, but a female Dr Who?

I'll stick with Hartnell through to Capaldi.

That's Dr Who gone tits up!

I'm sure I've said it before, but not in this thread, but I have never seen a whole episode of Doctor Who. However, I still have an opinion about TV in general; it's good to see the production companies moving with the times and embracing the availability of good actors, regardless of gender, because of what they can offer the directors, screenwriters and, most importantly, the viewers.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Fictional time travellers don’t have vaginas, insist morons

"As Jodie Whittaker was confirmed as the new Doctor, lots of angry idiots insisted that the genitals of the Doctor play an essential role in the universe in which he resides."

Newsthump's a great read.

Can't wait for the new Wonder Man film and the next series of Mister Marple.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Wonder when the new series of Doctor Womb will begin?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Newsthump's a great read.

Can't wait for the new Wonder Man film and the next series of Mister Marple.

Someone quoted comments from the Mail Online putting them as titles of Doctor Who episodes, using the same font and background as the TV show. These include "Political Correctness Should Not Exist in Space" and "Nobody Wants a Tardis Full of Bras"!

https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/s...89206300655616

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Someone quoted comments from the Mail Online putting them as titles of Doctor Who episodes, using the same font and background as the TV show. These include "Political Correctness Should Not Exist in Space" and "Nobody Wants a Tardis Full of Bras"!

https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/s...89206300655616

It's trending like mad on Twitter. 5/10 worldwide trends. This is what the BBC will have hoped for.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

It's trending like mad on Twitter. 5/10 worldwide trends. This is what the BBC will have hoped for.

Putting the agenda of the new Doctor to one side, Jodie Whittaker is an award-winning stage actor with a good pedigree on the big and small screen. I thought she was brilliant in Venus opposite Peter O'Toole, and really impressed in Good Vibrations, and Perrier's Bounty (I haven't seen any of the TV shows in which she has appeared), so it isn't as if she hasn't earned the prestigious role on merit.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Putting the agenda of the new Doctor to one side, Jodie Whittaker is an award-winning stage actor with a good pedigree on the big and small screen. I thought she was brilliant in Venus opposite Peter O'Toole, and really impressed in Good Vibrations, and Perrier's Bounty (I haven't seen any of the TV shows in which she has appeared), so it isn't as if she hasn't earned the prestigious role on merit.

I haven't seen her in much at all - Black Sea and Cranford basically. I can't remember her in Attack the Block.

She'll have signed up for three years no doubt so it's a big commitment and a grueling schedule.

I actually can't wait to see her first episode.

[Roughale]

I am not happy with this move, it is just reeking too much of that PC gender equality dung that feminists put upon us and made things rather harder for women than better - but I will still try if it works, but with high doubts...

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I haven't seen her in much at all - Black Sea and Cranford basically. I can't remember her in Attack the Block.

She'll have signed up for three years no doubt so it's a big commitment and a grueling schedule.

I actually can't wait to see her first episode.

I forgot to mention Attack the Block – she played the protagonist, who I think was a nurse, who was mugged by the teenagers she ends up depending on for protection from the alien invaders. One of those teenagers was John Boyega who has since shot to fame as Finn in the most recent Star Wars movie.

Originally Posted by Roughale

I am not happy with this move, it is just reeking too much of that PC gender equality dung that feminists put upon us and made things rather harder for women than better - but I will still try if it works, but with high doubts...

I don't see that. Although, as I said, I don't watch the show, a female Time Lord has been on the cards for a long time. Numerous names have been mentioned, particularly Tilda Swinton, and Jodie Whittaker arguably has more of an acting pedigree than Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison or Sylvester McCoy when they were given the gig.