The Doctor Who Forum | Antaus | Mentions https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/antaus/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Antaus. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:07:14 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 09a53b0d4749f751028a8807c3f0b52b Cath Annabel replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/10/#post-61638 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:59:01 +0000 @missy In referring to Social Justice Warriors I was merely using @antaus term – not one I use myself, and one that’s intended as far as I can tell to disparage those of a leftist tendency who go on about issues of equality, sexism, racism etc.  In so far as that is what it means, I have to acknowledge that I am myself of a leftist tendency and…[Read more]

]]> ae863cc50056c00d7965599afa7db6e3 Missy replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/10/#post-61604 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:24:48 +0000 @cathannabel:  We’re on this Forum because we care about Doctor Who.  Some of us are feminists, SJWs even, some aren’t.  Surely all of us want  the show to be successful, to continue to capture the imaginations of children and adults, to retain the loyalties of long-standing fans (I’m one of those, I go back to the Troughton era) and to attract n…[Read more]

]]> 18b9788c5deb20ddb72972c1fe8349b7 Missy replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/10/#post-61500 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:22:56 +0000 @antaus: re your post 61219 – an the rest as far as I can see.

I couldn’t agree more. Naturally to be able to  criticise and judge,  I must watch series 11, or some of it at least.

Justseeing JW in the Tardis makes me cringe. Just to repeat myself, before we knew that JW was to be the next Doctor, my OH and I ere watching Broadchurch series 3. T…[Read more]

]]> b2eed894fe68dfb50f31eb0a89df123a ichabod replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/10/#post-61409 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 05:26:57 +0000 @janetteb    . . . the Doctor calling himself Timelord when he rejects the elitism of Gallifreyan society. It does grate and I liked Danny making a point about that.

I appreciate the title as a character point: yes, the Doctor is a rebel, but he’s also a bit arrogant — and probably also a bit insecure, since he didn’t do well at the Academy, d…[Read more]

]]> 01f88b300432435afcd8c5aa0b569589 Serahni replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61308 Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:36:00 +0000 @antaus  Your opinion sounds much like my cousin’s, who I’ve chatted to on and off about this since Missy arrived and it seemed likely she was a precursor to ‘test the waters’.  He has exactly the same feeling about the importance of The Doctor as a role model who doesn’t use brawn to solve his problems, and I do empathise with it.  The world is…[Read more]

]]> 60e75e97a4a51708e936a56fcd183817 Bluesqueakpip replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61277 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:57:41 +0000 Okay, I wander off for a week to places where you have to stand on a hill and wave your phone in the air to get a signal, and the BBC has the sheer temerity to announce the casting while I’m away. 😀

I’m sympathetic to those struggling with the gender change. When you have a show like Doctor Who, often a much loved part of people’s childhood…[Read more]

]]> cabef5d1547d5b21d05c847f2c655368 lisa replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61263 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:39:18 +0000 @antaus                 @orion

 

I don’t get why  Rose/1o   irritated any one and River/11/12 didn’t?

So what’ s wrong with sex   🙂      My take is the Doctors can have any

kind of relationship that they want to and we will all gain from their perspective .

But tbh I’m not expecting kinky.

But then again  …….. British show  – who nose

]]> 81117b9bc8bf24a6a1e44ff707be047f Cath Annabel replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61253 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:04:20 +0000 @antaus Fair enough, I don’t know to which organisations you refer, and I don’t feel it’s particularly pertinent to the Who conversation.  But if not all feminists/SJWs are bad, perhaps we can agree to work on the assumption that Forum members who identify as either are likely to be amongst the good guys, and focus on the programme?  I, for one, a…[Read more]

]]> ca02abaab774f1fc5a7f0e49c96f8e81 genek1953 replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61252 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:03:12 +0000 @antaus: A woman is not “at the helm” of Doctor Who. The person at the helm is the showrunner. The actor portraying the Doctor is the figurehead at the bow of the ship, and goes where the showrunner steers the ship.

Doctor Who began with a woman at the helm, way back in 1963. And Verity Lambert did quite a good job of steering the ship.

]]> d4b8dd95d32bdbb86bcf73faa66b0311 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61248 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:50:22 +0000 @antaus  I’m with @jimthefish on the use of SJW as a pejorative.   I’ve only started seeing this relatively recently, and I would suggest it is not really reasonable to take for granted (a) that people will know what it stands for and (b) that people will accept that it is a Bad Thing.  Political Correctness I guess most people will have come acr…[Read more]

]]> 95be20665c340b3babc670005dbba810 Mirime replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61232 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:28:33 +0000 @antaus great list, but there is a fair amount on there you wouldn’t show to a young child. I love Alien and Terminator, but I wasn’t watching them when I was in primary school.

@whofangirl-73 not all long term fans. I’ve been watching for as long as I can remember and I’m not going anywhere.

The fanbase of just about everything is divided at…[Read more]

]]> 7eae435251803f938ebac73a473865fc whofangirl73 replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61221 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:44:28 +0000 Who is SJW?

I read your post @antaus and fully agree. And the one deleted.

My ‘real life’ friends who happen to be women- half say great a woman as the Dr. The other half are saying its destroyed it for them. One said her family won’t be watching as husband and kids upset by it. It is just divisive of fandom. As a mother I also wonder how kids…[Read more]

]]> edc8e76728472e17c29a68d2a776827d Craig replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/9/#post-61211 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:42:23 +0000 @Antaus Actually, forget that, I deleted your post and link. I don’t want anyone even copying and pasting it if it risks them getting a virus.

Still interested if you think SJWs have ruined Doctor Who?

]]> 2e98ebd6475e5525437eb4d2900e8b22 Juniperfish replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/8/#post-61199 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 22:48:57 +0000 @Conchobarre and @mirime  – You sound as if you have both done a great job explaining the change from male-presenting to female-presenting Doctor to your young sons. I look forward to hearing their reactions to the new 13th Doctor in action.

@Wolfweed – Thanks for the Barrowman clip. I love him and I love him for wearing his TARDIS glittery…[Read more]

]]> ddec816b29358bf1e90d7b6a99f4d1d4 Nick replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/8/#post-61184 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:57:44 +0000 @antaus

Give or take 50 % of the Earth’s population is female. When making films and TV stories based on what were once considered male genre (action, sci-fi, comic based stories etc) the producers are doing no more than maximising their potential audience by changing stories and characters to appeal to a broader audience. Much as I’d like to…[Read more]

]]> 996a9ae4fa78d8b71d08d0f2526d4976 Mirime replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/8/#post-61179 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:11:24 +0000 @antaus I think you’re actually highlighting another issue there, that of a reluctance to put money into anything other than a proven franchise.

It must be much easier to sell, for example, the idea of Sherlock Holmes with a twist – Watson is a woman! – than sell a whole new creation.

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