Jodie Whittaker chosen as the first female doctor in Doctor Who tv series

[beachbum111111]

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

Then why was Rey so loving atrocious in Star wars episode 7?

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[Drydess]

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?

no thats star trek silly

[Juncoph]

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?

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]

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

[Deus Ex]

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?

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.

[Drydess]

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

its lore compatible, every time the time lord "dies" it regenerates into a new body, new personality, new tastes, etc
youre able to change gender 2

[Magus]

Then why was Rey so loving atrocious in Star wars episode 7?

Because the director sucked?
Seriously, J. J. Abrams has absolutely no sense of distance.

Explosion visible from another planet unaided.

Planet is a quarter of the way across the galaxy.

Not to mention how the doom laser even got there. It's clearly slower than light, since, well, we can see it move. We don't see it go into a portal or into hyperspace or anything. How does it cross interstellar distances?

If he can't be bothered to do some basic research on what he's filming (space is big), that probably says something about his approach to directing.

[Frequency]

i was wondering when there would be a female doctor but i stopped watching after the twelfth because the script writing, plot and coherence of the show became an absolute mess

[Planr]

This is really messed up. I will no longer be watching Doctor Who then.

[HellHound]

This is really messed up. I will no longer be watching Doctor Who then.

yeah i know, jesus loving christ. a woman in a lead role? can you believe the audacity???

[Ceist]

Christopher Eccleston is the best doctor hands out.

[Planr]

yeah i know, jesus loving christ. a woman in a lead role? can you believe the audacity???

that's taking the issue out of context. the context is that the doctor has always been a male character (he IS a male character), and they are deliberately making the doctor transgender now for the sake of political correctness and "progress".

[beachbum111111]

Because the director sucked?
Seriously, J. J. Abrams has absolutely no sense of distance.

Doesn't change the fact that rey had feminist fishmouth syndrome for half her goddamn scenes

[King Tøny]

The first female doctor, who?

[e-maxx]

The first female doctor, who?

Yes doctor who