Richard Ayoade just tweeted, “I can’t wait until Sunday to find out of I’m the next Doctor Who.”
So, I think it isn’t him. I hope not; he’s a terrible match for that kind of thing.
I think that Kris Marshall name I keep hearing will get it. Unless they did go with a girl and picked that Phoebe person from Broadchurch(not Olivia Coleman, the mother of the victim in S1).
Well as I’ve said before, I wouldn’t mind Sophie Okonedo.
She played Liz Ten in the ‘Britain in Space’ episode. She’s 48 years old.
That’s the new name I’ve been hearing this week, which puts her high on the likelihood. That tends to be how it works with the rumour mill, a new name just a week out from the announcement. Her name is Jodie Whittaker, and I’ve been a fan of her for a long time. She was great in Attack The Block and a TV show about a haunted house called Marchlands, and of course Chibnall’s own Broadchurch.
I loved David Bradley as both the Doctor and as William Hartnell in the TV movie about the beginning of the show. He is 20 years older than Hartnell was when he played the Doctor but he looked so much older. Only 55 years old when he started. Younger than Peter Capaldi now.
Has Jodie Whittaker just been announced or am I hearing wrong?
Yes, it’s official.
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And the nerdaverse shall esplode.
Bring back David Tennant and make a big deal about the universe regenerating him because he didn’t finish what he was supposed to do.
Or something like that.
The only thing I’ve seen that Jodie Whittaker has been in is Attack the Block, and I don’t really remember much about it.
I’m perfectly happy for The Doctor to be a woman. Shame Bill has gone off exploring - that could have been an interesting shift in dynamics.
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Myself, I’d be satisfied with a little will they/won’t they Doctress/Nardole tension.
Being a long time fan, having a female doctor seems more like something done for PC-ness rather than the show. I don’t know the actress at all so I have no idea if she’s a good fit or not. I can only trust in those who did the casting. Will have to wait and see…
It’s difficult to tell. She was not that great on Broadchurch, honestly. Still, I think most actors do a pretty good job as the Doctor and she’ll do fine as well.
It will of course hinge on the writing. If the writing is good the change will be forgotten except by the worst MRA trolls. It’s not that BBC and Doctor Who haven’t done things for strictly PC reasons before. There have been a few jarring examples recently. Regardless of the initial motivation I think this will work out fine.
To me, it feels like an idea whose time has come, rather than PC-ness for the sake of it. I was certainly ready for something different.
Any word or speculation on companions?
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The fact that this was an already established possibility with regards to Time Lords it makes it feel less forced to me.
I’m genuinely curious. What are you thinking of? The only thing which springs to mind is the BBC’s ‘colourblind’ approach to casting, which happens across most of their shows, and which I certainly wouldn’t call ‘jarring’.
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I don’t understand the mentality that choosing anything other than a white male is done for PC reasons. You know nothing about the actress and yet you already decided the only reason she got hired was because she is a woman?
People who object to a female Doctor Who are only showing off their lack of imagination.
I think it’s a fine choice and allows for new types of stories and adventures.
Of course, this happens every time a new Doctor is announced:
As a time travel show Doctor Who is a little different than other shows. Having a colorblind approach isn’t jarring or even noticeable in modern day segments and aliens can be whatever you write them to be. Going back in time and showing the England of the past as being enlightened and harmonious with regards to race strains the suspension of disbelief with me at times. I haven’t memorized each time it’s happened but recently they had a black soldier integrated into a Victorian (went back and checked I guess Edwardian, set a few years later than I thought but doesn’t change much) unit and showing a picture of his white fiancée who he was hoping to get back to. Yes that felt jarring to me.