Yeah he straight up called up her subhuman Bill looks so harmless ;_;
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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker announced as the 13th Doctor!
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Yeah he straight up called up her subhuman Bill looks so harmless ;_;
Succinct Verbosity
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A new doctor is always exciting, and truthfully I dropped out of the show a while ago more so due to Moffat than Capaldi (who I love), so hopefully I get hooked again.
GarthVaderUK
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I'm happy, should be interesting 
I watched all through Davies awful final seasons so the floor for my expectations is pretty low, I'm sure Chibnall will be fine.
Yep. It was weird at first, but then I realized dude's a villain. He can be as much of a dick as he wants to be.
The years up to Matt Smith are indeed fantastic, but I actually still think Matt's the best starting point. Watch through Matt and go back to watch Eccleston and Tennant's.
The Eccleston season is so bad I never would be a Who fan if I started there, and Tennant's doesn't start off quite as well for new people as Matt's.
Violence Jack
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I knew at the very least it was going to be a woman this time. They've been hinting at it all season, and there was really nowhere else to go unless they brought in someone who wasn't white as well.
Can't wait to see what her personality is going to be like.
Can't wait to see what her personality is going to be like.
DiipuSurotu
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Wonder what kind of outfit we can expect
The Scollard
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As a big DW fan, I'm cautiously optimistic but am going to temper my expectations. I haven't seen Jodie in anything, so I'm excited to see what she brings to the role, it's just Chibnall as showrunner that gives me pause.
He wrote probably my least favourite episode of Season 7, The Power of Three, and all the episodes I've seen from him range from okay to terrible. Hope he does a better job running the show than he does writing for it.
He wrote probably my least favourite episode of Season 7, The Power of Three, and all the episodes I've seen from him range from okay to terrible. Hope he does a better job running the show than he does writing for it.
Can you imagine a Black Doctor - can go anywhere in space and time throughout the universe, but can't set foot in Mississippi in the 1940s?
IdreamofHIME
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She's one of the few good things about Broadchurch, most worrying is the shit writer being the new show runner.
excelsiorlef
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Tizoc
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That s gonna cause a lot of trouble if they somehow landed in scotland during a footie match:v
Wuuut, series 3 and 4 were by far the best Davies seasons. The year with the specials also had Waters of Mars which was phenomenal. I'd say series 3-5 is the golden age of modern Doctor Who (which doesn't mean they didn't have bad episodes, they certainly did, but the best overall).
JonathanEx
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plagiarize
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You just don't mention it. You have the Doctor walk into the white dominated police department and immediately take charge anyway. That'd make a huge statement without making a statement, if you get me.
I imagine nothing that casual. Even the most casual Doctor (probably 9), had a distinct and functional look for his personality. Capaldi had a great balance of theatrical and low key depending on his shirt choice with his wardrobe; I'm anticipating more of that.
This is a pretty transparent troll that's going to get taken seriously sadly
Indeed..and a not-richard-mylan sigh of relief as well.
I'm pretty happy with Jodie compared to the top rumoured contenders for a male Doctor.
Now if Mark Heap was in with a shot I'd be furious that he didn't get it (but he wasn't even in the betting).
LordRaptor
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Fair concern, but he also wrote one of the very best torchwood episodes countrycide
Bobby Roberts
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Oh yeah, that's going to go EXACTLY as they've planned it, I'm sure.
And also one of the worst, Cyberwoman.
Man, Torchwood's up and downs really do make Who's look like nothing.
Pyroclastic
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why though? does this choice affect the quality of his writing?
RTD was very inclusive as you'd expect but that he still wrote some shocking episodes.
The lack of self awareness...
Anytime I think "well this show couldn't get any worse" I remember Torchwood and get scared.
I don't understand what show they thought they were watching.
Doctor Who has hatefucked people with that mentality for over 12 years now.
Torchwood quality shifts hard enough from episode to episode to induce whiplash, but none of it was far and away mindblowing at any point.
Children of Earth was generally good. The rest of it was pretty much a wash overall imo.
Freewheelin'
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I think it'll be hard for them to jump straight back to a white man without it looking like an indictment of 13, and I don't think they'll go for two women in a row.
14th doctor will be a black dude, count on it.
UnemployedVillain
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The statement would be that they're colorblind and would be awful. You can't have time travel and just gloss over well known issues of a given time period
TBH I'm dying of thirst cause 13 is lookin' pretty good.
This is a new development for my Who fanhood, I may need to start a tumblr and participate in shipping wars.
The Master: (Derisively) Is the future going to be all girl?
The Doctor: We can only hope!
Oh you know the pro-side is thirsting too if you get me drift wink wink nudge
Jodie being 35 puts her close to the present age of the then late teens/early 20-somethings that started with Nu Who.
LordRaptor
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you know its early torchwood when the plot is about Iantos girlfriend
PhoncipleBone
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LOL. They can't be that oblivious to how that looks, can they?
plagiarize
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Cyberwoman wasn't terrible because of the script. I thought that was widely understood these days.
The Scollard
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He also wrote some absolutely fantastic episodes: Midnight, The Waters of Mars, Gridlock, Turn Left.
Davies is a pretty great writer, and he knows how to makes something entertaining even if it isn't the best. When I'm watching the Slitheen episodes in Series 1, I'm never bored, even if the episodes are campy as hell. Compare that to some of those from Moffat's run like In the Forest of the Night, The Power of Three, and Journey to the Center of the TARDIS, which are snoozefests. The only episode like that in Davies' run was Fear Her, so he's got the one-up on Moffat in that category.
OT, but this reminds me of Finn, the "first" black Storm Trooper. WTF is it with so many "isms" in certain sci-fi "fans" ?
They could go straight for the big sister/college professor relationship.
Although I'd be good with a male and female on-board, none of whom are Rory.
DiipuSurotu
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Yeah obviously I won't find anything close on Google Images. Just wanted to post some pictures of her lol