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premonition replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor
@mirime @serahni I’ve actually missed 80% of Capaldi for various reasons, which has rather put a crimp in my understanding of the current Doctor mythos. It’s why I’m glad that the few of the latest season I did catch seemed to have less of an overarching storyline (or I just didn’t know enough to recognise the hooks). I might have to start hinting…[Read more]
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6 years, 8 months ago - View
premonition replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor
“What Dr Who was all about”? It certainly wasn’t about gender politics, and it still isn’t. It’s about a little science and a lot of adventure. It’s about storytelling and space and saving the day. It’s about an alien in a blue box. That’s why, to me, the Doctor’s gender is irrelevant.
If the issue is having to “get used to” a female Doctor,…[Read more]
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premonition replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor
…You mean I’ve been worrying about it all this time for nothing? Typical 😀
Does the Doctor now have existential angst not knowing how many regenerations he has left, I wonder? Or has he now got all the regeneration energy of all Time Lords no longer around, and is effectively immortal…
And now I’ll get confused by s/he. Otherwise I really…[Read more]
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6 years, 8 months ago - View
premonition replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor
New poster here – just felt the need to chat somewhere.
What’s giving me trouble is not who is cast as the 13th Doctor, but the very fact of there being a 13th Doctor at all. Does anyone remember the old episode (I think it was the 5th Doctor) where a bunch of people wanted the Doctor to “share” his regenerations with them, and he didn’t want to…[Read more]
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