its unknown were shes fits on The Doctors Regeneration Timeline this is awesome and pushing the boundaries of the show further congrats to Jo Martin
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/27/entertainment/doctor-who-black-woman-jo-martin-trnd/index.html
So brave and progressive!
shareIt makes sense.
The audiences are plummeting, and Doctor Who is an expensive series. Probably, it'll be cancelled soon and Whitaker will become the last Doctor (at least, for a while).
"Women" and "Blacks" are the two main objects of worship for wokes, Chibnall got her "female Doctor", but probably he wanted to have a "black Doctor" too, before the show is cancelled, so he can reach woke sanctity or something like that.
So I gather you'd only be happy if the next doctor was a white male?
shareI'd be happy if the next Doctor wasn't politically/religiously motivated.
shareBut the problem is that no matter what someone will cry woke or something similar.
I just hope we can get to a point where non of this matters anymore
But the problem is that no matter what someone will cry woke or something similar.
The Doctor was original only male. The time Lord's had males and females. It was stupid to say they are all of both sexes now. That was not the original premise and only changed recently. So it's logical that longtime fans have a problem with this. They should have just made a new female timelord character. Of course the fact that the doctor changes bodies made this easy to make him female. But it doesn't mean it had to be done.
I also agree that the show has run its course. It's been on now for over 50 years. Time to stick a fork in it....
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I have no problem with female or minority characters. Indeed, they should be fairly represented in the media.
However, doing it to make a point is likely to be self-defeating. No one is going to watch a show simply because it has a female, black, transgender, gay, etc character - not past the first episode anyway. It's identity politics of the worst, most pointless kind and will turn a lot of people off if it seems forced or designed to make a political point.
Cast the right person for a job regardless of their gender, colour, sexuality or abilities and leave it at that.
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The reason it was so high on the woke hit list was that it is a show that appealed to the young impressionable minds and there is nothing a woke warrior wants more than to be able to start brainwashing people at a young age. Once upon a time TV shows were made simply to entertain, now they are just used to push agendas and that has destroyed their value as form of entertainment. Who wants to be entertained by watching propaganda?
shareBut she was only black, and we already have a woman. Pushing boundaries requires a Muslim trans-woman of Colors!
shareDisappointing own goal by the Beeb, this new Doctor should of been dressed head to toe in a multi-coloured Burka. I can't believe they missed that. Gutted!
shareHow do we know Jo Martin is the first black Doctor though? With a character who’s backstory has always been a secret unfolding (ie. made up as they go along), literally anything is possible. I’m excited to see where this goes, but not at all because this new Doctor is black or a woman.
While we’re chatting though, name me a single episode in the Capaldi years that was more fun than that. It was note perfect from the first scene. Stepping back into the Russell T. world of Judoons, Captain Jack and chameleon arches was a pure delight for me. The effects were on point, the story well written and surprising, and the performances, particularly from Barrowman, Whitaker and Martin, were solid.
And given that the Cybermen were my favourite villains from the classic series, the mention of a lone one not to be trusted hits me in all the right fanboy places.
Bravo Chinballs, you keep doing you.
She seems to be quite good - I've seen a lot of people even wondering if they prefer her over 13. Certainly interesting to see where she fits into everything - Leaning towards the idea of her being in between 2 and 3
shareBefore 2 I'd say, since 2 invented the sonic screwdriver and she didn't recognize it.
shareYeah that had been mentioned by a few people but its far more advanded now so maybe she didnt recognise it in its new form
shareI was thinking before Hartnell myself. I have always been open to the possibility that the first Doctor we saw on screen wasn't the character's first incarnation.
It does raise a smile for me when fans get worked up over this and go on about spoiling the timeline. They forget that regeneration was never a factor in the original idea for Doctor Who and it is, in fact, no more than a writer's trick conceived to save the show by changing actors when one decides to quit.
Everything else is just make believe people. Go with it.
Oh I get what you mean but I do hope they go for either a previous regeneration cycle or a doctor in between as it would be nice if the first doctor can remain the first. Don't forget we already saw him steal the tardis.
shareOf course, I have no issue with the established chronology, but I'm also equally fine with it being added to or tweaked. If writers didn't make changes there would be no regeneration, no Time Lords, no Gallifrey, no Time War, no Bad Wolf. You need new ideas to MAKE a history for a character who's past has always been a mystery of sorts.
Chibnall is quite clearly trying to improve the show, not destroy it as so many people believe.
I'm happy if Hartnell remains 1st, but it won't kill me if there were regenerations prior to him stealing the TARDIS. It just adds to the intrigue for me.
Maybe it will give us some answers about Susan, finally. I mean, it's been 60 years, I think we've waited long enough to know a bit more about his Gallifreyian life before he ran away from home.
I agree with most of your points but I do prefer they avoid the doctors young life where possible.
The reason simply is it adds mystery e.g. not knowing about his childhood fully, his name etc. I do feel the more it has been explored the less mysterious the doctor has become.
It's the same with gallifrey really. In the war games they seem a very powerful scary race that can do anything they want with their minds yet the more we explored gallifrey the more they became a little mundane at times and the danger and fear from their first encounter was gone