Yep. There is no canon at all. It's fudge after fudge after fudge. A woman doctor? Who cares. That's the least of their worries. It's been rubbish since Tennant finished.
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Pretty much this.More surprised she wasn't a wheelchair bound, feminist, transgender minority, with an assistant who had recently went through a sex change and was recently protesting for transgender toilets. Or something along those lines...
Very suprised with them casting Jodie. Not the best decision in my eyes however I will hope she turns out well and suprises many who have doubts.
As said a few posts up Capaldi didn't do it for me either. I only watched a number of the 12th episodes and not one made me want to come back for more like previous doctors.
As said a few posts up Capaldi didn't do it for me either. I only watched a number of the 12th episodes and not one made me want to come back for more like previous doctors.
Alex Kingston could pull it off if it wasn't for the fact that she's River Song.
Maybe we will see Bill come back.More surprised she wasn't a wheelchair bound, feminist, transgender minority, with an assistant who had recently went through a sex change and was recently protesting for transgender toilets. Or something along those lines...
Andi.
Tennant's era as Dr Who was horrific by the end, as actors go he's pretty darn hammy IMHO see Barty Crouch Jr (2:58 onwards) for a particular high point which makes the kids in that film, look like quality actors.
I thought I felt a disturbance in the force earlier 
I'll give her a chance as it's no sillier for the Doctor to regenerate into a woman than it is for the Doctor to regenerate at all, and the foundations for it to happen have been there in one form or another for probably decades (given the Time Lords are according to at least one story artificially created to keep the number of near immortals down), and despite some of the more stupid comments I've seen online about only men being time lords, it's been known there were female time lords since at least Romana.
I'll give her a chance as it's no sillier for the Doctor to regenerate into a woman than it is for the Doctor to regenerate at all, and the foundations for it to happen have been there in one form or another for probably decades (given the Time Lords are according to at least one story artificially created to keep the number of near immortals down), and despite some of the more stupid comments I've seen online about only men being time lords, it's been known there were female time lords since at least Romana.
I thought I felt a disturbance in the force earlier
I'll give her a chance as it's no sillier for the Doctor to regenerate into a woman than it is for the Doctor to regenerate at all, and the foundations for it to happen have been there in one form or another for probably decades (given the Time Lords are according to at least one story artificially created to keep the number of near immortals down), and despite some of the more stupid comments I've seen online about only men being time lords, it's been known there were female time lords since at least Romana.
I think its more that only men are Dr Who rather than only men being timelords. Even though within the lore the Dr can be a woman, its just viewed that he is a man.
Much how in the lore 007 can be a woman, James Bond is after all the codename for 007, not the persons actual name, thus within the lore you could have a female 007, yet people view 007 as something which should simply be a man.
Personally, whether agree or disagree with the choice, I think its the nail in the tardis for the show and I cant see it lasting more than 1 more series now.
I don't watch this but hard to get away from the news on it. Why didn't they just go the whole hog and make the new Dr non-binary?
Maybe if the cinematography could catch up with the "21st equality casting" then I'd give it a chance. Cheesey effects on top of soap opera sets is offensive to my eyes.
Maybe if the cinematography could catch up with the "21st equality casting" then I'd give it a chance. Cheesey effects on top of soap opera sets is offensive to my eyes.
If the script and stories are good then why not?... I want to see some high quality production values, with above par cinematography, effects and sound design, and content that doesn't get too sappy and silly... A bit of grit and grime and well measured humour, while remaining within the 'family viewing' nature of the show could just work [tricky though that may be]. Rather than the nail, it could be just the refresh it needed.
I hope it is the refresh needed, because in recent years it seems like the show has been used to push an agenda rather than entertain, sadly I expect it to be the nail instead but even if it is, its had a good run, cant quibble with that for sure.
It's be horrible since it's comeback in 2006, the agenda stuff has been in your face in every episode, like at one point it seemed like there was a gay couple in every episode. It's no coincidence that the era with the lest agenda, the Matt Smith era, was Dr Who at it's best, it was highly watchable at that point.
I had high hopes for Capaldi and i hoped for a much more darker and more serious sci-fi, but that turned out to be a lost cause. He would have been fantastic with the right script.
As for the woman Dr, i'm not surprised you could tell the BBC was gunning for it for months. She may turn out to be good but why not just have a spin off series following a female timelord if they wanted that so much?
Would i watch it? To be honest i've been finding it difficult to keep up in the last few years anyway when we have quality US Sci-fi like The Expanse to watch instead. I haven't even finished the last season of Dr Who yet. So i'm just not going to make an effort. It'll be interesting to see the viewing figures.