Post by The DoctorPost by Roger BlakePost by MHJodie Whittaker
Sigh... should not be surprising given the politically correct transgender/gay
agenda of the BBC. Oh well, it was a good run. R.I.P. Doctor Who.
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Chibnall and team could get sacked quite quickly
for this stunt.
It's not a stunt, not a gimmick. This is part of the concept that Chris
Chibnall pitched to the BBC and that they are fully on board with. It's
part of that desire expressed by the BBC that the show should feel like a
completely new show when season 11 debuts.
Curmudgeonly conservatism notwithstanding, if there is any named role on
stage or screen (to be played by a live-action actor who is seen) that is
fully capable of being cast in a colour-blind and gender-blind way, it is
this one.
I've been watching Doctor Who since Hartnell was in the role, and I am
intrigued by this casting and hope it all goes well.
I'm pleased by Chibnall's record on writing TV with coherent plot lines as
well as by his decision to use a writers room team for the show, which
should help to maintain a more consistent "feel" for the show than the last
few years have evidenced.
I can also hope for a move away from the impressionist sf mode so beloved
of Moffat, where he doesn't want you to peek behind the sparkly curtain of
spectacle to see the underlying logic - because there isn't any.
For every lad who stops watching because it's got a girly lead, there may
be another that identifies with the inevitable male companion and wants to
be that companion and adventure with the Doctor.
For every girl who stopped watching because she no longer fancied the
Doctor, which was perhaps part of the audience fall off in the Capaldi era,
there may be another who now will watch because she fancies the companion
and two more who can now identify with the Doctor and will watch because
they can now imagine BEING the Doctor.
The Dads who used to watch the Aggy way and fancy the companion can now
fancy the lead actor instead. The Mums can now also imagine escaping the
drudgery of mundane life in yet another way.
This could be great for the show. Of course, if the stories are crap and
the acting is poor, the haters will blame any failure on the female Doctor.
On the other hand, if people praise the show in spite of such failings,
then THAT would be "political correctness gone mad".
If Jodie sucks as the Doctor, we shouldn't be afraid to say so. But until a
season has aired, to rail against her casting or to complain that this has
killed the show is just reactionary lunacy verging on the psychotic -
indeed, practically Aggy.
Wait and see. The time to pass judgement on the Whittaker era is when
there's a Whittaker era to judge. Not a 5 second shot of a 35 year old
woman cosplaying in season 10 Capaldi gear.
