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Jodie Whittaker chosen as the first female doctor in Doctor Who tv series
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on July 16, 2017, 08:53:10 PM ---i also agree that people should screen talented actors/actresses before shoehorning them into a movie. in fact, that's what every major movie producer does nowadays. it's not like they say "yo we need girlies to act no experience necessary" because obviously that's going to forget up their box office sellings
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Then why was Rey so loving atrocious in Star wars episode 7?
Drydess:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on July 17, 2017, 04:11:44 PM ---Isn't Doctor Who supposed to be some kind of reptilian shape-shifting alien? What difference does it make whether he looks male or female if he's not even human?
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no thats star trek silly
Juncoph:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on July 17, 2017, 04:11:44 PM ---Isn't Doctor Who supposed to be some kind of reptilian shape-shifting alien? What difference does it make whether he looks male or female if he's not even human?
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as someone who knows of the franchise but never watched it, i thought it was some weird generation/cyclic thing with some consistent personality traits- in that case, i could see it as a male role
but i really have no idea. if it's lore-incompatible then forget off, but if it's lore-compatible i see no issue in female leads
i feel the same way about traditionally female characters- if chell from portal became a dude i'd be pretty irked towards valve because there'd have to have been a motive for it
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on July 16, 2017, 09:11:36 PM ---big hooplah over nothing if you ask me
it's like they're asking for actual misogynists to hate on it by giving it such massive press coverage
who cares? if she's good, she's good
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Deus Ex:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on July 17, 2017, 04:11:44 PM ---Isn't Doctor Who supposed to be some kind of reptilian shape-shifting alien? What difference does it make whether he looks male or female if he's not even human?
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IIRC Time Lords are like, energy being who shape shift through each life cycle. There has been precedent for them shifting between lovees (The Master went from male to female through one of his regeneration cycles), so I don't think anyone cares about the Doctor being female, so much as the motives behind the decision.