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I like him, but he's one of those actors I'd have difficulty separating from his previous work.
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Jul 15, 2017 17:25
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the amount of 'I have nothing against women but a woman could never play the doctor' on twitter is pretty depressing
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Jul 15, 2017 17:30
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Help Im Alive posted:the amount of 'I have nothing against women but a woman could never play the doctor' on twitter is pretty depressing "Time travel is a man thing." <  >https://twitter.com/DMReporter/status/886193123675734018
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Jul 15, 2017 17:43
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"So there's this show where this alien from another world travels in time and space defeating robot nazis, robot communists, and when they die, they can change their face so to cheat death." "This all seems realistic." "Also, they can change gender sometimes." "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
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Jul 15, 2017 17:51
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I am blown away by them just now realizing Doctor Who is about progress and more left wing stuff Like that's always been a thing. Ever since the beginning. The Daleks were loving Nazis. Are Nazis. They are the most evil thing in the universe that the Doctor always fights. But I can't be too surprised given the Zygon two parter.
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Jul 15, 2017 17:57
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TinTower posted:"Also, they can change gender sometimes." And they really leaned into saying that in the last season as well.
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Jul 15, 2017 17:57
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Burkion posted:I am blown away by them just now realizing Doctor Who is about progress and more left wing stuff See also; Trekkies when confronted with a female person of color as the new lead. (Also 25 years ago with a male person of color!)
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Jul 15, 2017 18:02
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I like him, but he's one of those actors I'd have difficulty separating from his previous work. Sure, people felt the same way about Capaldi. I know I did until he got playing Twelve. Remember all those "Malcolm's sticker in the TARDIS" fan videos where he tells Clara and the Daleks to gently caress off? I think everyone who plays the character eventually becomes The Doctor.
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Jul 15, 2017 18:05
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Big Mean Jerk posted:See also; Trekkies when confronted with a female person of color as the new lead. (Also 25 years ago with a male person of color!) Star Trek fans always get me because the show is literally the personification of 
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Jul 15, 2017 18:07
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The_Doctor posted:"Time travel is a man thing." < https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/status/886189206300655616 this is great
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Jul 15, 2017 18:08
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I feel like there's a lot more hostility to the Doctor being played by a woman than being played by a black man. I imagine if David Harewood, for example, was announced as the new Doctor, there's be some inevitable grousing, but less so than if it was a woman. That's my impression anyway.
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Jul 15, 2017 18:10
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The_Doctor posted:Star Trek fans always get me because the show is literally the personification of Not nearly so much as the Culture series
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Jul 15, 2017 18:13
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Not nearly so much as the Culture series That's still just a book series and the people complaining about this don't do books.
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Jul 15, 2017 18:20
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The_Doctor posted:"Time travel is a man thing." < Wish to observe that in the past couple of days I've seen and the past enough people (from every quarter, really, not just Internet comments) opening that they should bring Tennant back that I'm convinced the Beeb are probably onto something. 
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Jul 15, 2017 18:21
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Oh goodie a potential internet firestorm will brew across British cyberspace in the next 24 hours!
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Jul 15, 2017 19:04
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Also Richard Ayode's half Nigerian and half Norwegian? If I didn't know any better his father would've been ROLAND THE THOMPSON GUNNER
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Jul 15, 2017 19:11
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Ayoade would only be good for a "The Curse of Fatal Death" type of deal because hes an atrocious actor otherwise. Which is fine, because its obvious that his talents lie elsewhere.
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Jul 15, 2017 19:14
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I doubt any of these commentators even watch the show and thinking about the poo poo they say is giving their poo poo more value than they do Though many nerds have regressed past the point of being lovely Christian moral gaurdians, to them saying a gay person exists is an assertion of opposite political dynamic so horrifying that they immediately poo poo their pants.
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Jul 15, 2017 20:10
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Well those Daily Mail comments have changed my mind: Louis Spence or bust.
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Jul 16, 2017 02:09
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Gorn Myson posted:Ayoade would only be good for a "The Curse of Fatal Death" type of deal because hes an atrocious actor otherwise. Which is fine, because its obvious that his talents lie elsewhere. Yeah, he's real good on the new Crystal Maze, but I don't think he has the range as an actor to do much beyond the quirky, anti-social snarking, which is a part of the Doctor, but not the whole.
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Jul 16, 2017 03:32
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HERAK posted:And they really leaned into saying that in the last season as well. Most of the people saying these things haven't watched for years/decades/ever.
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Jul 16, 2017 13:14
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Gaz-L posted:Yeah, he's real good on the new Crystal Maze, but I don't think he has the range as an actor to do much beyond the quirky, anti-social snarking, which is a part of the Doctor, but not the whole. To be honest, that's similar (in terms of limited range) how I felt 30 years ago when Sylvester McCoy got it but he turned out fine.
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Jul 16, 2017 14:27
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How great would it be if the role of the Doctor turned into this American Idol-esque competition where actors have to win to get the role.
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Jul 16, 2017 15:26
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Gordong Dongbay posted:How great would it be if the role of the Doctor turned into this American Idol-esque competition where actors have to win to get the role. Would a companion do? https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/situation-vacant-540
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Jul 16, 2017 15:43
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Jodie Whittaker.
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Jul 16, 2017 16:31
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Hahah yes Can't wait to wade into the open sewer of online responses, it's going to be a fun day
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Jul 16, 2017 16:35
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https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/886608420241117185 The offical (slightly anticlimactic) announcement. Probably going to be a few press releases coming out soon but in the meantime the comments should be glorious.
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Jul 16, 2017 16:39
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Doesn't this technically make the Doctor transgender as well? This is the best news just for all of the ignorant hateful tweets it is generating.
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Jul 16, 2017 16:39
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Guy A. Person posted:Hahah yes I'm going to be enjoying this! 
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Jul 16, 2017 16:40
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I'm gonna crack open a pepsi and watch the usual suspects lose their minds now. edit - of course, it would have to be a white blonde lady wouldn't it?
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Jul 16, 2017 16:52
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I said come in! posted:Doesn't this technically make the Doctor transgender as well? This is the best news just for all of the ignorant hateful tweets it is generating. I'm not sure trans switch back and forth, maybe nonbinary?
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Jul 16, 2017 17:00
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I would say the term is gender fluid.
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Jul 16, 2017 17:00
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TFRazorsaw posted:I'm gonna crack open a pepsi and watch the usual suspects lose their minds now. A person of color would have been way better, but this will do I suppose! I know a lot of idiots feel like this is checking off political correctness checkboxes or some dumb poo poo, but representation in media is super important. I mean I am a white straight male and I love this, I loved when Ghostbusters was an all female cast, I love what I have seen of the Black Panther movie so far. Casting only white males over and over again is boring.
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Jul 16, 2017 17:02
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Gender agnostic might be more accurate, as there doesn't appear to be much conscious choice in a regeneration.
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Jul 16, 2017 17:04
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I say if the show can be like Broadchurch up to, but not including, the child murdering then that would be fine. I hope the costume changes.
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Jul 16, 2017 17:04
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I said come in! posted:A person of color would have been way better, but this will do I suppose! I know a lot of idiots feel like this is checking off political correctness checkboxes or some dumb poo poo, but representation in media is super important. I mean I am a white straight male and I love this, I loved when Ghostbusters was an all female cast, I love what I have seen of the Black Panther movie so far. Casting only white males over and over again is boring. Forgive me as I am an American, but what would e more controversial: a black man as the new doctor or a Muslim man?
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Jul 16, 2017 17:09
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Mooseontheloose posted:Forgive me as I am an American, but what would e more controversial: a black man as the new doctor or a Muslim man? Yes.
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Jul 16, 2017 17:10
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Mooseontheloose posted:Forgive me as I am an American, but what would e more controversial: a black man as the new doctor or a Muslim man? Define "Muslim". Middle Eastern, Pakistani, what
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I said come in! posted:Doesn't this technically make the Doctor transgender as well? This is the best news just for all of the ignorant hateful tweets it is generating. I think it'd be more fluid but whatever term you wanna use likely applies to Time Lords
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