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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker announced as the 13th Doctor!
- Thread starter SpaceWolf
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It'll probably still be mediocre considering the new showrunner (unless you like your string-tugging super on the nose), but I mean, 10 seasons in I've learned to just enjoy what I can.
Remember Ashildr? I try not to.
Ummm.... yes, with a caveat.
Some of the seasons are only worth watching if you end up enjoying the particular campiness and inherent sillyness of it all. But that's the fun of it I guess.
megatronium
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Ok I see BritBox is a streaming option. Good. Would you guys recommend the old series or starting with the new? I already have Amazon Prime.
Tennant? That butterface?
I was all about Capaldi.
I kid, Tennant is clearly an attractive man. But Capaldi's accent does it for me.
GillianSeed79
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In my opinion, yes, it's an amazing show. Some people will say you can skip to the Matt Smith years, but the first few seasons all the way through Matt Smith are fantastic.
Stilton Disco
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Fantastic choice, but I'm sad these things never get revealed in the show with the actual regeneration itself. Would have been a much nicer surprise that way.
But hey, looking forward to seeing the shows new dynamic and the Doctor adjusting to a wholey unfamiliar set of organs! Watching the character wear in a new, unfamiliar body and personality to go with it is always fun, so adding in another layer on top of that sounds like it could be brilliant.
But hey, looking forward to seeing the shows new dynamic and the Doctor adjusting to a wholey unfamiliar set of organs! Watching the character wear in a new, unfamiliar body and personality to go with it is always fun, so adding in another layer on top of that sounds like it could be brilliant.
Season 5 is probably the standout, and that was a fresh start (like this will probably be) without too much tying back to 1-4. That said, seasons 2-4 (plus some specials between 4 and 5, which sometimes online services omit; take care with that) have many peoples' favourite Doctor leading them, and there's a couple of absolute standout episodes among those (in particular, the Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead two-parter does have some important links to 5+), and 'Blink' from S3 is frequently topping the polls for the best episode ever.
I'd just watch it all. You haven't really experienced Doctor Who unless you've seen both the highs and the lows.
Night Terror
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IDK how I feel about this. Not that I'm really opposed to, it will be interesting and want to give her a chance, they've preparing the show for this as well.
However I'm still a bit "shocked"? Who knows, maybe I fall in love though
However I'm still a bit "shocked"? Who knows, maybe I fall in love though
Hot Coldman
Banned
As soon as Tennant does that "OOOOOOoooohhhh" thing I dunno how anyone could think him attractive
similarly I expect Jodie's take to have some similar vocal tick
Guerrillas in the Mist
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Not to mention Matt Smith's slightly implausible (to me) teenage girl following during his tenure.
A black Doctor would be pretty fucked if they went anywhere past the 70s.
Fine Ham Abounds
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This is the most perfect thing and single-handedly justifies his entire tenure
Fuck the "next time" segments and previews, all they do is spoil the episode's major reveals. Season 10 is particularly bad with it.
JonathanEx
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I have a resemblance to Smith and cosplayed as him once. I got almost kidnapped by a group of teenage girls (they picked me up to take me to say hi to their friends). It was weird, there was definitely a thing there.
Bobby Roberts
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She gets a 4 year run
Regenerates into Gugu Mbatha Raw
Regenerates into Gugu Mbatha Raw
He or she would need sonic skin cream.
Yeah it'll be interesting to see how they navigate that.
They just ignore it for the most part.
In Doctor Who land, black people were gondola drivers in 14th century Italy and aristocrats in 17th century France.
shawnbuddy
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Angry Video Game Nerd has already declared he won't review it!
OK not really. At least not yet.
Other than the language issues (words people used for different people) I could potentially see some amazing stories coming out of it. Especially as these people disrespect the Doctor and then end up having to praise them to no ends after they've saved their lives.
The Cowboy
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Yeah i would have loved them to keep it quiet and had it revealed in the episode - would have been fantastic.
I remember how i felt when it seemed they had pulled it off in The Stolen Earth, it was shocking and such an OMG!!!! moment - and then to find out 1 episode later they hadn't done it was such a disappointment (but also great as i loved David Tennant).
TheGoddamn
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I would've preferred Naomi Scott; she was brilliant in Aladdin
benicillin
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This is really cool. I watch it lightly from time to time but I'll definitely tune in for this.
They had a gay black companion last season, the companions in doctor who are pretty much the main characters. I'd be surprised if they didn't eventually have a black doctor some point soon, the show has done a great job embracing diversity
Hey man, a black female Doctor could be Shakespeare's new blackamoor lady.
They have done for years, "History is white washed".
What if the Tardis' telepathic circuilt made everyone in the vicinity think he was David Beckham
Well I for one am disgusted. I can't believe the show runners are dropping the ball like this. Years of excitement and build up just take the obvious cop-out. I'm not even sure I even want to watch the show any more.
I mean, how is the Doctor still not ginger??? Its getting to be unbelievable at this point. Just had to go with another blonde? Ugh. So uncreative. Childhood ruined!
I mean, how is the Doctor still not ginger??? Its getting to be unbelievable at this point. Just had to go with another blonde? Ugh. So uncreative. Childhood ruined!
j/k in case you couldn't tell
I'm starting to think some people here haven't watched the show. You do know the last assistant was a black lesbian right?
Yep none of the doctors have done anything for me in that regard. Which is fine; the doctor isn't really supposed to be sexual imo.
But I hope this move means we get some hot male eyecandy for the companions now instead.
Delicious Waffles
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I love it. She's fantastic in Broadchurch. Can't wait to see her as The Doctor.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Makes me think of that terrible fan reaction
*Capaldi walks out*
OH NOH, HE'S OLD! HE'S OOGLEH!
"What is this face trying to tell me? Why Martha's sister?"
What all I saw was Cher Lloyd
Chibnall's first move as showrunner was to cast the first female Doctor.
I'm a lot more confident in him now than I was before.
LordRaptor
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not-kris-marshall sigh of relief
They've had black companions before, they faced the race issue already. Heck, half the episodes are usually set in space and then another percentage in the future so Earth history can easily be made a non-issue.
Not seen anything with Jodie in it. Looking forward to seeing her first appearance.
Not seen anything with Jodie in it. Looking forward to seeing her first appearance.
True, but they even had Bill pause for a second when she realized they were in the past. The main villain in that episode even looked down on her for being black. Everyone else was fine with it though. Overall, that was a really good episode.
I think the small problem you run into when comparing a black companion and black Doctor is that the companion would be the doctor's associate. The companion is with the doctor so everyone doesn't bat an eye at it. However, if the doctor is the POC in the past, then the people of that Era might have a problem with this person bossing em around or being more intelligent than them.
We need pics.
tfw the new Doctor is younger than you. -_-
Fine Ham Abounds
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In all honesty, this series is so broad in scope and appeal that it regularly alienates entire segments of its fanbase no matter what they do and who is running it. Don't like this run? Eh, give it three years.