The Elite
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I have had a crush on Whittaker for a few years and loved Doctor Who for over half my life.
Now they are one.
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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker announced as the 13th Doctor!
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I have had a crush on Whittaker for a few years and loved Doctor Who for over half my life.
Now they are one.
That would have already been the case with Matt Smith, I believe.
Rory's the best companion period :C
Whoops completely misread that then my bad lol
DiipuSurotu
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Haha you do look like him
Fuck that. I want them to go crazy with the companions. Give me aliens. Give me sixteenth century noblemen. Give me cowboys. Give me Brannigan the cat. No more twenty-something, modern-day British people.
Just because he ended up with a tall leggy redhead doesn't me we all will
The Elite
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Rory would have been a perfect companion for a female Doctor. Too bad.
CalamityPixel
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plagiarize
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Donna.
MaKTaiL
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Matt Smith Announced: "OMG, The Doctor should never be this young. Doctor Who is ruined!" 3 years later: "Matt Smith was amazing, I hope he never leaves!"
It's a cycle guys. There will always be haters everywhere. I'm really excited about her as the first female doctor. The thing I love about this show is seeing new stuff every few years. Doctor Who never gets old because of this.
It's a cycle guys. There will always be haters everywhere. I'm really excited about her as the first female doctor. The thing I love about this show is seeing new stuff every few years. Doctor Who never gets old because of this.
There'll be an episode where the 13th Doctor temporarily abducts Rory. Amy-waifu's turn to know jealousy.
The Elite
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The entire dynamic between the three of them would be interesting to revisit with a woman.
Admittedly true but does that really help when Chibnall's job as showrunner was to oversee all aspects of production?
Anyway, people are just getting in early on the "N-1 showrunner had it perfect, N showrunner is driving the show into the ground" business which will sustain the fandom for the next few years.
plagiarize
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It's legitimately the biggest risk they've take with regeneration since Troughton. It bodes well for Chibbers run taking other risks.
The Leewit
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Wonderful! I remember her from Attack the Block...the Doctor's pants fits her quite easily.
APZonerunner
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The casting is fab.
An interesting, nerdy aside for the Doctor Who hardcore... the TARDIS she walks towards in the clip is an RTD-era TARDIS - smaller and less chunky, a more natural, less vibrant shade of blue, no St. Johns Ambulance sticker. In fact, it straight up appears to be the Tennant-era TARDIS exterior.
So - back to that design?
An interesting, nerdy aside for the Doctor Who hardcore... the TARDIS she walks towards in the clip is an RTD-era TARDIS - smaller and less chunky, a more natural, less vibrant shade of blue, no St. Johns Ambulance sticker. In fact, it straight up appears to be the Tennant-era TARDIS exterior.
So - back to that design?
You'd at least need a sentence talking about the thing in the TARDIS that translates everything got upgraded and now we're also disguised to blend in with the locals.
That'd be the least interesting way to do it though.
The Elite
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I'm trying to not read into too much as this trailer was probably thrown together recently for the announcement but that is an interesting observation. It could be the prop/effect they decided to go with.
The Auxiliary
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The reaction on GAF is way better than everywhere else on the internet. Even threads on Gallifrey Base are on fire.
plagiarize
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Had he run a show before Torchwood? Holding one of his very earliest shows over his head seems a bit harsh, especially given how good season 2 was.
mugurumakensei
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Nah, it was mentioned even in the old series they could regenerate into almost any form.
I have some reservations.
As much as i loved Capaldi for the Doctor, the arcs and writing on his tenure werent all that great.
So the writing is what im going to care for. Take for example Super Girl, i lost interest in the beginning of it cuz they spent too much time emphasizing "female hero? OMG" in the show. The less of that we have in the beginning, the better.
Also companion-wise, i feel we should go back to the more than one companion. The companion list has been too female in the series, so a male companion would be welcomed...and hopefully their a minority.
As much as i loved Capaldi for the Doctor, the arcs and writing on his tenure werent all that great.
So the writing is what im going to care for. Take for example Super Girl, i lost interest in the beginning of it cuz they spent too much time emphasizing "female hero? OMG" in the show. The less of that we have in the beginning, the better.
Also companion-wise, i feel we should go back to the more than one companion. The companion list has been too female in the series, so a male companion would be welcomed...and hopefully their a minority.
Very true. Don't recall that being as bad with Capaldi- maybe people were ready for Smith to move on? Or maybe Capaldi was so badass charismatic off the bat that people loved the idea?
This was always going to be different though because of chromosome reasons.
plagiarize
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Gaf is infamously progressive. One of the reasons I love it.
Almost definitely just the only one they had lying around because the current prop was being used for The Doctors, although I'm intrigued.
I'm sure Peter's pleased with his successor, so I'm happy about that too. 
He was the co-producer at the time to be fair. It's not like it was out of his hands as far as I can tell?
So I admit I'm still a little worried about Chibnall. Though he also did some of the better Torchwood episodes to be fair. edit: I see someone else replied this, sorry
He was the co-producer at the time to be fair. It's not like it was out of his hands as far as I can tell?
So I admit I'm still a little worried about Chibnall. Though he also did some of the better Torchwood episodes to be fair. edit: I see someone else replied this, sorry
jack_package_200
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I'm still super glad Moffat is gone. Dude is a self-indulgent hack. I stopped watching a few episodes into the Capaldi era. I'd had enough.
I also didn't appreciate his attempts to turn the show into the Amelia Pond Show featuring The Doctor.
Its a shame since he wrote one of the all time best episodes in the Tennant era.
I also didn't appreciate his attempts to turn the show into the Amelia Pond Show featuring The Doctor.
Its a shame since he wrote one of the all time best episodes in the Tennant era.
Hot Coldman
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Doubt it. Just what they had spare. I doubt that's her costume too, if only because it looks terrible.
ShaggsMagoo
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I was remembering the Matt Smith Doctor Who announcement image and how that was way different tone and costume wise than what we actually got.
So I wouldn't put to much stock into this quick teaser being how she looks or carries herself when the show begins.
So I wouldn't put to much stock into this quick teaser being how she looks or carries herself when the show begins.
GB poster reactions make me laugh. Someone suggested that it would have been even better if a black guy had been cast as the Doctor, so that everyone could finally see who theracists on there are !
The Elite
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Yup. I would not read into anything.
APZonerunner
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Of course, Smith was photographed in front of the Tennant exterior too, but that was before his exterior was actually decided/designed. The decision to dig out a design not used since 2013 (for Day of the Doctor) for this teaser seems... well, it seems strangely specific, especially when this teaser would've been filmed when the current TARDIS props (of which there are more than one) were out and about, ready, being used for filming anyway. Hmm!
There are like seven different current TARDIS props, though - and they couldn't get one? It's just interesting as the tradition has always been for the first photo to be in front of the /current/ TARDIS -- see the Smith one above - so for them to use one not current is, well, striking.
Little Monser
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The Elite
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Good point.
Ventilaator
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Not 100% on board with this idea, but I'm glad it happened just because of the hilariously awful reactions to it I can now see online.
Has Whittaker done anything that would be close to the Doctor, personality-wise? She seems like a serious actress doing serious roles, but I've only seen her in Black Mirror.
Has Whittaker done anything that would be close to the Doctor, personality-wise? She seems like a serious actress doing serious roles, but I've only seen her in Black Mirror.
Since the Doctor gets a new personality crafted by the actor, the answer is a definite "maybe".
Capaldi's Doctor was really very different from his most famous role.
HERESY
Bits N Pieces
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She wouldn't have been my first pick but I'm looking forward to seeing how the show moves on after Capaldi and Moffat.
Big shoes to fill on both counts.
Big shoes to fill on both counts.
Why are you hesitant about the casting? Not challenging you, genuinely curious to hear your view.
Bobby Roberts
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I want her to have a multi-doctor story with Eight.
I'm sure Peter's pleased with his successor, so I'm happy about that too.
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DiipuSurotu
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Maybe it's the one they have out and are using for the first Doctor?