Doctor Who

Stumble Bum · 3 Dec 2023 at 12:51

steve5424 said:
Casting would have had nothing to do with BBC or Disney. All down to Russell and his production team.

The actor also isn't black.

Decisions come from the top. We all know this is how the BBC and Disney have chosen to operate.

steve5424 · 3 Dec 2023 at 12:57

It's Badwolf making and producing the show. I'm sure the BBC and Disney had no say in casting. After all RatD worked with the actor on his other show. So he hired him as he is a mate.

Apex · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:01

steve5424 said:
It's Badwolf making and producing the show. I'm sure the BBC and Disney had no say in casting. After all RatD worked with the actor on his other show. So he hired him as he is a mate.

Of course they didn't...

:cry:

RTD was hired becaus he's fully onboard with BBC's concept for Dr. Woke. I do know by the way, that you're not actually this naive and that you're only coping the best way you can for the destruction of a once great and beloved IP that's gone down the toilet.

Tombstone · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:04

steve5424 said:
So he hired him as he is a mate.

Damn that nepotism ! *shakes an elderly fist and waves his walking stick*

Stumble Bum · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:04

steve5424 said:
It's Badwolf making and producing the show. I'm sure the BBC and Disney had no say in casting. After all RatD worked with the actor on his other show. So he hired him as he is a mate.

Yeah I'm sure they've never even spoken to the production team. Definitely not possible.

Tell me again what the purpose or added benefit was of not having a white actor play a famous historical figure was?

Pigeon_Killer · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:07

Stumble Bum said:
Yeah I'm sure they've never even spoken to the production team. Definitely not possible.

Tell me again what the purpose or added benefit was of not having a white actor play a famous historical figure was?

Tell me why it matters in a fictional program about time travel and aliens?

Tombstone · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:09

On the matter of casting....I keep hoping, beyond all hope, that one day, just once, for one briefest of moments in an episode, they had Giorgio Tsoukalos make a cameo and say I'm not saying its aliens, but its aliens. That would be chefs kiss.

Stumble Bum · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:09

Pigeon_Killer said:
Tell me why it matters in a fictional program about time travel and aliens?

Oh it's fine to rewrite history now LOL. Yeah sounds great when it's not even part of the plot line. wouldn't mind if it was but they're just doing it deliberately, they would NEVER do it the other way round. It's just all a bit sad really.

steve5424 · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:14

Stumble Bum said:
Oh it's fine to rewrite history now LOL. Yeah sounds great when it's not even part of the plot line. wouldn't mind if it was but they're just doing it deliberately, they would NEVER do it the other way round. It's just all a bit sad really.

no one is rewriting history. If it was a historical drama or accurate account of Sir Issacs life then yes I'm sure it would be a white guy playing the role.

But it's not it's a joke segment of a science fiction show.

Apex · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:15

Pigeon_Killer said:
Tell me why it matters in a fictional program about time travel and aliens?

Tell me what's wrong with portraying him like this? you know like he actually was.

Stumble Bum · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:16

steve5424 said:
no one is rewriting history. If it was a historical drama or accurate account of Sir Issacs life then yes I'm sure it would be a white guy playing the role.

But it's not it's a joke segment of a science fiction show.

Do you think they'd cast a historical black figure as a white person then? Go on, be honest.

Apex · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:16

steve5424 said:
no one is rewriting history. If it was a historical drama or accurate account of Sir Issacs life then yes I'm sure it would be a white guy playing the role.

But it's not it's a joke segment of a science fiction show.

You mean like in the BBC's production of Anne Boleyn?

Freakbro · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:17

Stumble Bum said:
Do you think they'd cast a historical black figure as a white person then? Go on, be honest.

Jesus?

(Arab not black)

arknor · 3 Dec 2023 at 15:18

Tombstone said:
On the matter of casting....I keep hoping, beyond all hope, that one day, just once, for one briefest of moments in an episode, they had Giorgio Tsoukalos make a cameo and say I'm not saying its aliens, but its aliens. That would be chefs kiss.

Imagine him as a companion and they go around the earth looking at all these ancient sites and he is right about everything.

Would be amazing

Malevolence · 3 Dec 2023 at 15:24

Tombstone said:
On the matter of casting....I keep hoping, beyond all hope, that one day, just once, for one briefest of moments in an episode, they had Giorgio Tsoukalos make a cameo and say I'm not saying its aliens, but its aliens. That would be chefs kiss.

I reckon he'd be up for it too, he did in Resident Alien.

Tombstone · 3 Dec 2023 at 15:26

Malevolence said:
I reckon he'd be up for it too, he did in Resident Alien.

Oh yeah, I definitely think he would be up for it, he's a character and no mistake, he'd love it

Feek · 3 Dec 2023 at 15:45

Feek said:
I wonder who will be first to complain about the opening scene.

Hmm. About eighteen hours. Longer than I expected.

Apex said:
Sir Isaac Newton was Indian apparently...

Pigeon_Killer · 3 Dec 2023 at 15:53

Feek said:
Hmm. About eighteen hours. Longer than I expected.

You just needed the 'right' people to enter the thread.

Tombstone · 3 Dec 2023 at 15:55

Pigeon_Killer said:
You just needed the 'right' people to enter the thread.

Apex · 3 Dec 2023 at 16:37

What were Sir Isaac's pronouns by the way?