Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker

I was a huge fan but Steven Moffat ran the franchise into the ground with poor writing and I stopped watching 3-4 years ago.

Wish her the best.

 

It was always a little ridiculous that a being that could transform into any random human was always an english white male,

The bigger problem is the terrible writing and random plot devices to solve problems that has become a hallmark since near the end of Matt Smith's run.

 

For me, I checked out after Tennant left. I watched intermittently with Smith and Capaldi, but not with real zeal or vigor. I hope this is not just a ploy to get viewers back on, and legitimately it fits with where they want to go with the franchise. I'm a bit jaded though, and fear it could be just that. That being said, I'm ignorant to the Who universe currently, so I could be 100% of base here.

 

I was out after Matt Smith. I tried with Peter Capaldi, but I didn't like him at all. I'm down for this change.

 

Capaldi was flat. Just didn't make me feel like I wanted to watch. Also, some of the coolest characters got little to no time. Like the Master. I mean, I wanted more standoffs, more problems with him/her. I would have welcomed that.

 

no more old dudes

 

it's been building for sometime but the doctor who revival series has finally reached peak cissy (south park reference).

 

Yep. After tennant, I stopped watched. Moffat was a disaster. I don't blame the actors.

New actress seems fine, but I fear show runners will make show about the fact the doctor is a woman which is uninteresting to me.

 

I was not into smith but came back . .. did not care for Calpadi either
but
I now realize everyone is right .. the WRITING has been sucking

His most recent companion was ok but seems to have more control and influence over him than any before
and
the ending of the last season was such an eye rolling bullshit steam


Rocket River

 

Not onboard with this "new Doctor" because it strikes me as a gimmicky change. Not that you can't a woman can't play the Doctor but can they make her believable as the Doctor? My vote is "No". They've already had a female Time Lord character (Missy) and she was absolutely terrible - especially during the last season (which RR so accurately described above). I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't all that enthused with Capaldi because I hated his character in Torchwood: Children Of Earth (which BTW is another series that Moffat totally ****ed up) and I had a very hard time separating the two. I suppose he was sort of OK as the Doctor at the end but he was nowhere near as good as Tennant. A_3PO summed it up best about expecting the new producer to make this all about the Doctor being a female which I, also, am uninterested in seeing. I'll one of those who'll be skipping this train wreck next year.

 

I checked out after the 5th doctor, but watched occasionally here and there just to see how the show changed... and it really didn't change that much.

For me the 4th doctor will always be the best.

 

Honestly .. . IF they wanted the Doctor to be a woman . . . .. they really should have found a way
to merge him with Alex Kingston . . .aka. . . River Song
She was by far one of the most interesting characters and she had the personality and charisma to pull it off

Honestly. . . The new Lady looks too . .. "Cute" "Pretty"
The doctor has always been a odd looking odd ball of a person
in dress and features. . . . . .He's never been "classically handsome" character

I don't know any of her previous work
I will give it a eye for a few episodes but not expecting much

and yes. . . THE 4th was the best of all time

Rocket River

 

Someone was upset that the people were saying .. .
I GUESS INSTEAD OF THE DOCTOR WE SHOULD CALL HER THE NURSE
Which is a bad joke

However .. . I never understood why THE MASTER all of a sudden became just MISSY
So they kind of set up the Doctor => Nurse joke thing

Rocket River

 

Interesting that so many of us agree that #4 was the defining doctor, the best.

I have no problem with the new doctor but agree it's going to all hinge on the writing, and if the writing keeps sucking, it doesn't matter who your doctor is. Robert Duval. Cate Blanchet (sp). Whatevs.

 

It's Dottore, not Dottoressa!!!!


Just kidding, I don't care so long as they are still ditching Moffat and so long as they bring in some competent writers that will do a better job.

 

Good. ALL classic sci fi should be rereleased, rewritten with strong female lead characters instead, who are also super funny.

 

Absolutely! Alex would have made a terrific Doctor but her character was too well established as River Song for them to pull this off. She had the panache to carry this off. For this scheme to have a chance of working they'll need to have a female Whovian as the creative mind in charge and since that's not the case we'll be getting a female Doctor as envisioned by (yet) another male. As I've pointed out, they've already screwed up the Missy character so what leads me to believe that they'll get it right this time?