The (Regenerated) Doctor Who Thread: Reverse the Polarity!

[Crysuko]

JODIE WHITAKER

[Stormaen]

Jody Whitaker is Thirteen

[Crysuko]

Jody Whitaker is Thirteen

I don't believe it, I could have sworn the BBC said it wouldn't be a woman

[Eastfield Lodge]

THANK YOU BBC! THANK YOU FOR NOT CHOOSING KRIS MARSHALL!

Jody Whitaker is Thirteen

I don't believe it, I could have sworn the BBC said it wouldn't be a woman

Nope, this is the most welcoming they've ever indicated for a female Doctor.

[Nation of Quebec]

Holy shit! I can't believe they actually did it! A very bold choice indeed.

Color me impressed, surprised, and excited.

[Eastfield Lodge]

Holy shit! I can't believe they actually did it! A very bold choice indeed.

Color me impressed, surprised, and excited.

This, pretty much.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Let the Daily Mail Rage begin!

[Stormaen]

To quote myself... (spoiler from original post removed)

Apparently the odds drastically changed last night and Kris Marshall was overtaken as the favourite by...

<spoiler>Jodie Whitaker best known for playing Beth Latimer in Broadchurch. Given the new show runner is from the Broadchurch production crew, I'd suspected (and said previously) that if he had any say over who the next Doctor is that he may well (or may not) have been inclined to bring someone on board whom he'd worked with previously. (Along this line, I actually thought Olivia Coleman might be a surprise choice.)</spoiler>

Of course it's just speculation and we'll know tonight but just thought it was an interesting development. It's rare the odds on favourite changes overnight for these things.

Not saying I called it but I think mine was the first post to mention her name... What? Let me clutch my straws goddamit!

Have to say, I am relieved it isn't Kris Marshall. Nothing against the guy, I'm just not a fan of dead-eye acting. (He was terrible in Death In Paradise...)

[Stormaen]

Holy shit! I can't believe they actually did it! A very bold choice indeed.

Color me impressed, surprised, and excited.

This, pretty much.

Likewise. Looking forward to it now! (Especially given it'll be under a new show runner. Moffat's writing got really tired.)

[Crysuko]

And we have all the reactionary rage to look forward to

[The Huskar Social Union]

To quote myself... (spoiler from original post removed) (Image)

Apparently the odds drastically changed last night and Kris Marshall was overtaken as the favourite by...

<spoiler>Jodie Whitaker best known for playing Beth Latimer in Broadchurch. Given the new show runner is from the Broadchurch production crew, I'd suspected (and said previously) that if he had any say over who the next Doctor is that he may well (or may not) have been inclined to bring someone on board whom he'd worked with previously. (Along this line, I actually thought Olivia Coleman might be a surprise choice.)</spoiler>

Of course it's just speculation and we'll know tonight but just thought it was an interesting development. It's rare the odds on favourite changes overnight for these things.

Not saying I called it but I think mine was the first post to mention her name... What? Let me clutch my straws goddamit!

Have to say, I am relieved it isn't Kris Marshall. Nothing against the guy, I'm just not a fan of dead-eye acting. (He was terrible in Death In Paradise...)

Nah i called it before you, bow before me for i am nostradamus!

[The Huskar Social Union]

And we have all the reactionary rage to look forward to

Fact is at the end of the day, most of the people who will rage about this will still watch the fucking show, its the same with everything. The Majority of people who cried about the lead cast for Force Awakens and Rogue One for example, they went and fecking watched it.

[Anywhere Else But Here]

Interesting. I've only seen Whittaker in Broadchurch, so I'd never have considered her as a potential Doctor. Do we know if she's played any similar roles in the past?

[Nation of Quebec]

I'm relieved that it's not Kris Marshall. I'm sure he's a nice guy and everything, but his acting leaves much to be desired and would have been too one-note for The Doctor.

Hopefully they treat a female Doctor seriously, so I hope we don't get boob jokes and that sort of thing. They need to prove that this casting isn't a "gimmick".

And we have all the reactionary rage to look forward to

Unfortunate, but also true. This is why we can't have nice things.

I sincerely hope that people will give her a chance.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Interesting. I've only seen Whittaker in Broadchurch, so I'd never have considered her as a potential Doctor. Do we know if she's played any similar roles in the past?

Ive seen her in nothing so i have no comment on her at the moment, in fact it was the same with Tennant, Smith and to an extent Capaldi. The former two i had literally never seen before until Doctor Who (and thought they were both brilliant) Capaldi i had seen snippets of but not that much but heard he was a great actor, and thought he was great.


Eccleston was the only doctor of the new series i had seen in anything other than Doctor who.

[Frank Zipper]

Interesting. I've only seen Whittaker in Broadchurch, so I'd never have considered her as a potential Doctor. Do we know if she's played any similar roles in the past?

She was good in Attack the Block which is quite similar.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Interesting. I've only seen Whittaker in Broadchurch, so I'd never have considered her as a potential Doctor. Do we know if she's played any similar roles in the past?

She was good in Attack the Block which is quite similar.

Oh, then yeah i have seen her in something. I have not seen that film in ages but thought all the main cast did a great job.

[The Flutterlands]

Ooooh... A woman doctor. Sounds exciting. Never heard of Jody Whittaker, but I hope she does well.

[Astrolinium]

I haven't seen her act in anything -- going to embark upon looking at clips of her doing so on YouTube to get a sense of her -- but god, she looks the part.

[Nation of Quebec]

I really should see Broadchurch before Christmas.

I haven't seen her in anything before, the same was true with Eccleston and Smith. I was familiar with Capaldi from the couple of episodes with him as the hilarious Malcom Tucker I saw, and of course David Tennant was in Goblet of Fire (although only a bit part and not enough for me to judge him on).

I'm pretty sure The Chibs wanted a reliable person he had worked with before, and I seriously doubt political correctness had anything to do with it, but I'm sure people will whine about it regardless.

On an unrelated note, we do have our first blond Doctor since Davidson.

[Minoa]

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40624288

I wonder what her main attire will be. It better be groundbreaking, challenging the old stereotypes of the past century. This is exciting.

[Astrolinium]

I really should see Broadchurch before Christmas.

I haven't seen her in anything before, the same was true with Eccleston and Smith. I was familiar with Capaldi from the couple of episodes with him as the hilarious Malcom Tucker I saw, and of course David Tennant was in Goblet of Fire (although only a bit part and not enough for me to judge him on).

I'm pretty sure The Chibs wanted a reliable person he had worked with before, and I seriously doubt political correctness had anything to do with it, but I'm sure people will whine about it regardless.

On an unrelated note, we do have our first blond Doctor since Davidson.

Yeah. I've been trying to look through clips on YouTube, but aside from a very bizarre short film in which Alan Rickman grinds up and snorts children's teeth, I'm mostly finding interviews rather than actual acting. May have to watch Broadchurch.

[Old Tyrannia]

Eh. I will reserve judgement on her acting, since I have never seen her in anything, but she doesn't look like someone who could convince me she was the Doctor in a female form.

[Astrolinium]

Eh. I will reserve judgement on her acting, since I have never seen her in anything, but she doesn't look like someone who could convince me she was the Doctor in a female form.

I dunno. Some of the interviews I've seen just now aren't terribly Doctor-ish, but in the couple seconds we have her in the teaser the Beeb released, she seems to have the right aura about her to me.

[Philjia]

I'm indifferent to Whittaker. My concern is that Chibnall will thoroughly bugger up Who (And his record on previous scripts isn't exactly promising) so a female Doctor will be packed up along with all his other ideas into the "DO NOT USE" box.