The 13th Doctor

[Manfromuncle]

Originally Posted by Greenman

As I thought there is a "difference of opinion Geoffrey "((Winner Takes All reference) and some wailing and gnashing of teeth over whether Doctor Who should be a woman, well it could have been worse it could have been a gay Doctor OR even black, not that David Harwood wouldn't have made a fine Dr Who I hasten to add. Give the girl, sorry woman,Jodie Whittaker, a chance, she has only just been revealed as the new one and wait and see what her episodes are like - we will get some idea when the Christmas episode comes out. What I want to know is will this new Doctor have a MALE companion this time or will Bill still be around OR better yet keep her and bring in a new character as in the past Doctor Who has had two companions, one of which was male.

Give up it's the modern BBC and it's going to be shit, it's now run by a bunch of right-on lefties. What's to say that the regeneration won't leave the doc still with meat and two veg and it's really a tranny doc, let's do the time warp again.

[MaxJoker]

My era was the Peter Davison one



So I've a soft spot for him and the Dr Who`s of the early to mid 80`s.
A spot that didn't half harden when Peri became his assistant



Liked Colin Baker`s interpretation too.



I've watched the occasional episode. Maybe a handful all told since the Ninth incarnation. Last one made sod all sense to me and am I right in thinking the Doc managed to trigger an energy wave that brought back dead Daleks , who all resembled diarrhea and drowned their new home world in shit or something
Still it was better than the Peter Kay episode
Which had him playing a character who ingests other people
He must take all their thoughts their ideas also I suppose.
Geez , they based the creature on Peter himself then



But wrong era for me or not , I voted Tom



Who encompasses everything a semi immortal Time Lord should be.



Am sure die hard fans of the program will be mighty pissed off at having a female Doctor.
I`m nonplussed as long stopped properly watching it anymore.
What I don't understand though is why they didn't make a proper re-boot of the franchise after a transitional series.
They could have brought Tom back even as the 13th just for one series.



Then have him while alive , pass the Tardis baton onto this new first incarnation female Doctor. Beginning a whole fresh era of female Doctors.

Mind Tom had his chance so if it was up to me I`d make Brian -Legend- Blessed the 13th and final male Doctor



Now that would have been imaginative , placated most grumbles plus set up Jodie Whittaker perfectly.



Been bloody unmissable television too

[Staffsyeoman]

Don't much care about the new Doc being a woman, and she can act too. (The Daily Fa... err Mail has already splashed clips of previous sex scenes...) But. Please, god, don't make her gay... I got weary enough of Torchwood, where "Captain Jack" even turned a straight guy. No problem at all with people being gay, just weary of this constant pushing of it like they are ticking a diversity checklist. New companion? Oh yes. Female? Of course... black? Yes, done that already, but better... I know, know... black... female... lesbian!! Hooray!! Prosecco all round!! (A voice in the background goes... in a wheelchair? Muslim?)

[chris chunt]

note to bbc.
if her and her assistant wear outfits like this i may start watching again.

[MaxJoker]

Now here`s one assistant I could have done without



Can only think Star Wars and the popularity of the droids led to him

Personally I`d have chosen Metal Mickey as an assistant .



Or failing that Dusty Bin.



Anyone other than sodding K9

[m100]

it was obvious where it was going when missy was revealed as a regeneration of the master rather than a disguise of which would have made more sense. The last series was saved only by the acting of capaldi and gomez because the plot holes of the last couple of series have been bigger than the inside of the tardis. Now bowing to the politcally correct/everyone should get a turn bunch they're completely at odds with the entire back story. They've also painted themselves into a corner because the next one (if indeed the franchise survives this debacle) has to be black. They can't bring Bill back because she jumped into space with 'puddle girl'. It's all going to look a bit thelma and louise the outer space years.

prepare for a female James Bond folks.

[pierrelm]

I watched the first episode on transmission and hid behind the sofa a few times over the years. I did like William Hartnell, in fact I have time for all of the early incarnations, but Patrick Troughton probably remains my favourite - slightly irrascible, other worldly and a very decent actor. Jo, Katy Manning was my favourite assistant, partly because I was at the right age and also because I met her - tiny little thing she is too, but quite charming.

I couldn't stand David Tennant - two expressions, wide eyed or wide eyed and slack jawed. Matt Smith I thought was easily the best of the most recent ones and his assistant was v.tasty too. Most loathesome assistant would be between Catharine Tate and Lena f'ing Zavaroni.

Capaldi's Dr didn't work for me, so haven't watched it for a while and probably won't bother with the new one. I do think the decision to appoint a female Dr is another PC decision, nothing more nothing less. The BBC is riddled with nonsense. Listen to the radio - there are so many broadcasters severely uninhibited by talent, but all too obviously there to make the numbers up. But in all honesty I don't care that it's a woman. At least it wasn't the seemingly ubiquitous Idris feckin Elba.

[m100]

well he'll probably be next - unless he cops for james bond. Whenever the new one leaves we're also going to get cries of 'oh she didn't get as long as .....'.

[pierrelm]

Originally Posted by m100

well he'll probably be next - unless he cops for james bond. Whenever the new one leaves we're also going to get cries of 'oh she didn't get as long as .....'.

DON'T!!! I hope I'm not -ist in any way shape or form, thought being subjective, I do have my own preferences. But when it comes to well established characters, leave well alone. Bond is a white British male. If people want to have a series or film about whatever gender/creed/dietary/ethnicity or sexual preference person they prefer to absorb themselves in then write it, cast it act it, and if it's any good then I'll probably watch it along with 1,000's of others.

I still hold the BBC in contempt for abandoning 'ZEN' which I thought was a really good, Italian based cop show, which lasted precisely 3 episodes. The commissioning editor dropped it because it was 'another middle age/class white detective'. Like a lot of real detectives, across europe? It was a good programme.
Meanwhile, Idris Elba's 'Lucifer', which was produced as part of the same trial run was given a couple of series, presumably then, because he's not white..? Patronising, condescending nonsense. Leave gender/colour etc out of it, just make good drama.
And I really, really, really don't care about the sexual preferences of characters, celebrities etc. unless it is essential for character or plot development. Once they are onscreen either they are good actors or not. Good luck to the lass concerned. Mind you, if she's from Yorkshire, the viewing figures across the pennines'll waver...

[Mal Hombre]

I was also quite partial to Christopher Ecclestone's portrayal,Riven by guilt and grief,The only survivor of a cataclysmic war.His despair in The Parting of the Ways" when He is confronted by millions of insane Human Daleks was palpable.