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Jerusalem posted:David Tennant is now 4 years younger than William Hartnell was when he became the 1st Doctor. And the same age as Pertwee
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I'm the same age as the Doctor. Neat.
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May 8, 2022 15:55
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I’m excited by the casting news. Gatwa is a great actor. Sex Education is excellent and his character runs a range from energetic and funny to quiet and serious. I look forward to seeing what he can bring to the role.
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Confusedslight posted:https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1523263950661775360?t=Zlu_t6n6IMhLpe-aUj0ilQ&s=19 Perfect fit for RTD. Very exciting! Also, if he's 29 now, he was, what, 12 when the reboot started? He arguably grew up with the show, and is now working with the first season's showrunner. Mental. Updog Scully fucked around with this message at 16:23 on May 8, 2022 |
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May 8, 2022 16:21
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Exciting! No idea who he is though, so I found a video (just the first thing that came up when I googled his character): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVzDACNVuTY He seems pretty funny and charismatic. No idea how he'll play the Doctor, but he does 'authoritative/judgemental but in a goofy way' quite well in a few of those clips, which is an excellent trait for the Doctor.
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May 8, 2022 16:45
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so that makes like what? 17 in a row? is doctor who creatively bankrupt or what because this casting sends the signal they're not even trying to do anything new. Another human, british, actor playing the Doctor, wow, never seen that before every single goddamn time. Even if that queen made it a law to have only british humans in doctor who, they really just never think to look at all the other kinds of british people there are? British television production demonstrably know how to cast non-actors in their tv shows, I've seen Love Island.
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May 8, 2022 16:58
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I’m very excited to see all the newness! Hilariously, I’ve had a picture of Ncuti on my phone for over two years now.
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Khanstant posted:so that makes like what? 17 in a row? is doctor who creatively bankrupt or what because this casting sends the signal they're not even trying to do anything new. Another human, british, actor playing the Doctor, wow, never seen that before every single goddamn time. Even if that queen made it a law to have only british humans in doctor who, they really just never think to look at all the other kinds of british people there are? British television production demonstrably know how to cast non-actors in their tv shows, I've seen Love Island. What in the world are you on about
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May 8, 2022 17:11
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May 8, 2022 17:16
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oh no I’m finally older than The Doctor 
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May 8, 2022 17:57
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I'm still never touching Doctor Who again as long as The Timeless Child remains canon. 
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Sydney Bottocks posted:What in the world are you on about I could be wrong, but I think it’s a joke about always casting the same kind of person, when this clearly didn’t happen (in a good way) with the last two Doctors. Or OP is crazy, who knows.
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thrawn527 posted:I could be wrong, but I think it’s a joke about always casting the same kind of person, when this clearly didn’t happen (in a good way) with the last two Doctors. It's a joke riffing on the idea of casting a dog as the Doctor.
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As expected, it was someone I did not know. Now I’m older than the Doctor 
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Khanstant posted:Another human, british, actor playing the Doctor, wow, never seen that before every single goddamn time.  he's Scottish! 
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gschmidl posted:
I hate to break it to you but Scotland is still currently part of Britain. Having a non-human actor I fully support though. One of the royal lizard people? K-9 I guess? 
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May 8, 2022 19:27
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Classic RTD casting (incredibly hot guy)
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feedmegin posted:I hate to break it to you but Scotland is still currently part of Britain. I was hoping the dumb emojis would make it more clearly a joke .
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Edward Mass posted:As expected, it was someone I did not know. You're over 2400 years old!! loving hell how are you alive?
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:I wish it had been another woman, but we've finally broke the 'Doctor is always white' cycle. The Fugitive Doctor was great and its a shame we're probably not going to see the character again aside from the audio dramas, because Timeless Child nonsense aside, Jo Martin was excellent. Peter Davison also technically isn't white, but he does pass.
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May 8, 2022 21:32
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Like all the best casting decisions at this level, Gatwa was not someone who I would have thought of immediately, but the moment I saw the news my thoughts were "of course, how perfect, it's so obvious, who else could it have possibly been?" He'll make RTD's writing absolutely soar.
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gschmidl posted:
haha i actually went back to edit that post after making it, then googled it because i wasn't sure where scottishness overrode britishness or not and turns out it's a square/rectangle deal
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May 8, 2022 22:18
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I wonder if that poor person who almost got cast knows how close they came. Love that he was the last audition though, he must have done a fantastic job to blow them away after a process that exhausting.
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May 8, 2022 22:20
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https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1523322348149092353 (they did, by the way)
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May 8, 2022 22:22
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Just like Eccleston and Tennant before him, Gatwa's performed Shakespeare before taking the role.
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May 8, 2022 23:24
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Will our current companion squad continue on or they doing a swap out too?
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I'd like to see more companions stay on for a bit, or even when you have multiple companions one leaves and a new one joins so you get different dynamics
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Khanstant posted:Will our current companion squad continue on or they doing a swap out too? IIRC, Mandip Gil and John Bishop are out too. That's....a lot to put in one special: a regeneration story, writing out the current companions, The Master, Ace and Tegan, Kate and UNIT, any loose threads from Flux....
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Matt Smith has already commented https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl9n17V2fcQ “He’s going to be truly brilliant. There’s a warmth and wit and real depth to his talent. Honestly, I think it’s an inspired bit of casting, I’m really excited for the show.” -edited in what he said. Confusedslight fucked around with this message at 00:31 on May 9, 2022 |
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OldMemes posted:any loose threads from Flux.... Just most of the universe being dead
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I don't often post in the Who threads but I've watched Sex Education twice over. This announcement has me completely recharged on the show because Gatwa is such a talented actor. He is going to bring energy and charisma to the role we haven't really had since either Tennant or Smith helmed the TARDIS. Seriously, I think the combo of Gatwa and RTD is going to restore Who the height of its cultural relevancy since the relaunch.
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Matinee posted:Like all the best casting decisions at this level, Gatwa was not someone who I would have thought of immediately, but the moment I saw the news my thoughts were "of course, how perfect, it's so obvious, who else could it have possibly been?" RTD was fairly good at casting during his tenure. And so long as he can make things on budget and on time we might actually have consistent doctor who in our lives.
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Maybe this is me being weird, but unless I’m already familiar with them I always wait until a Doctor’s tenure is over to dig into whatever that actor has already done. Kinda helps sells the mystique and the personality more.
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Please watch this clip, it's so loving great  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bgamRJ6WDw
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Can that just be his costume so we can get One Local Timbo Doctor?
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Sooo passionate, so energetic... and gently caress the Tories! 
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I love Ncuti’s JoJo outfit there.
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The_Doctor posted:I love Ncuti’s JoJo outfit there. More like Doctor Swole, I am I right?!
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