Jodie Whittaker quits Doctor Who after 4 years

[Denver]

Its been reported that she has decided to quit after rthe next series keeping in recent tradition of 3 series stints for Doctors

[Denver]

My guess is a black or Asian doctor next? Especially now they have broken them boundaries of being able to regenerate into female or male it would make sense for that to happen

[arista]

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[Beastie]

Sue Perkins for next doctor plz x

[Mitchell]

Sue Perkins for next doctor plz x

Yes please thank you very much

[user104658]

I keep seeing this reported as a "quit" when surely it's more or less expected at this point? It's the standard cycle of the NuWho if you don't include Eccleston.

[Josiah.]

We'll know for sure if she did leave the show if and when the BBC and/or Jodie herself make the announcement.

[Headie]

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She's coming girls!

[Glenn.]

It’s the Mirror which is normally right with Doctor Who stuff but Jodie said the other week that she doesn’t plan on leaving just yet. Although she might have to say that. I’ll be sad to see her go if it’s true

[Morgan.]

It’s the Mirror which is normally right with Doctor Who stuff but Jodie said the other week that she doesn’t plan on leaving just yet. Although she might have to say that. I’ll be sad to see her go if it’s true

Yeah I think it was just last week she said she wasn’t ready to pass on the shoes just yet haha

As much as I love her, and she’s probably in my top 3 NuWho doctors, it wouldn’t feel right if she was the first to break the 3-stint tradition.

[DouglasS]

It needs to go back to being a male doctor

[Jarrod]

It needs to go back to being a male doctor

I don't think it "needs" to go back - it probably will be a male Doctor next, but Jodie has been a fantastic Doctor. She's suffered some poor writing but has done really well with what she's been given. She's up there as one of my favourites.

[Braden]

:(

[Mystic Mock]

Her performance has definitely been a bright spot in this era of Doctor Who.

[Oliver_W]

While she's clearly been let down by the material, she wasn't able to elevate it the same way Peter Capaldi could. It'd have been interesting to see her under a different showrunner, but I guess we're getting second best, which is a different Doctor under Chibbers...

funny if Kris Marshall really did become the Doctor this time :laugh: It'd be cool if John Bishop is a "stealth cast", be it through Chameleon Arc or something.

[user104658]

Yeah I think it was just last week she said she wasn’t ready to pass on the shoes just yet haha

As much as I love her, and she’s probably in my top 3 NuWho doctors, it wouldn’t feel right if she was the first to break the 3-stint tradition.

I read that interview but... the season due to air this year has already been filmed and is ready to go. And that will be her 3rd stint, so I think it's likely that this will be her last full series? She said "not quite yet" but to me that suggests she will do next year's Christmas/New Year special (whichever they go with this time) and that will be her swansong.

TBH I actually think they should make it as much of "a thing" at they can... hire a new person on a 3-season contract with it being understood that it's likely to be a fixed term. Makes it more attractive as a role, as well. All of the NuWho actors have expressed loving the role but mention that it monopolises their work availability and they tend to be the sort of actors who are keen to move on to other projects. It's what keeps the role compelling and the performances fresh.

[user104658]

While she's clearly been let down by the material, she wasn't able to elevate it the same way Peter Capaldi could. It'd have been interesting to see her under a different showrunner, but I guess we're getting second best, which is a different Doctor under Chibbers...

funny if Kris Marshall really did become the Doctor this time :laugh: It'd be cool if John Bishop is a "stealth cast", be it through Chameleon Arc or something.

I actually enjoyed it when I got round to watching it. I hate the "special child origin of the timelords" storyline and I'm REALLY, REALLY hoping it turns out to be some sort of Master-based-deception. It ruins the doctor's backstory (the mischievous child who ran away to see the stars) somewhat. But anyway... I enjoyed a lot of it as standalone material. She did fade into the background a little too often - I honestly think in large part due to the error of having an ensemble cast - however she had several "solo moments" where she did convincingly shine as the battle-hardened Doctor we've known since the middle of Smith's run. Especially in the second run, and it's a shame we didn't get more of them.

Maybe we will in her 3rd stint as it's thankfully back to Doctor +1 in the TARDIS.

[Saph]

the show needs a new writer

its been boring since series 5 tbh

[user104658]

the show needs a new writer

its been boring since series 5 tbh

Only if you're a Tennant stan. Smith's whole arc is great and Capaldi has its moments. On a recent rewatch I found the relationship between Capaldoctor and Clara pretty ... odd ... though. Some definite incesty vibes going on :umm2:. Is it a father-daughter relationship? Is it romantic? You can't ****ing tell and that's just unsettling :joker:.

[Tom4784]

It'll be a shame if her talents are wasted on the downright offensively bad writing that this era of Who has put out.

I've enjoyed her as the Doctor but I do wish we could have seen her under Moffett's or RTD's care. I don't think, outside of a few episodes, that I could ever bring myself to watch any of Chibnall's era again and it's a shame because I like Jodie Whitaker as the Doctor a lot.

[Morgan.]

I read that interview but... the season due to air this year has already been filmed and is ready to go. And that will be her 3rd stint, so I think it's likely that this will be her last full series? She said "not quite yet" but to me that suggests she will do next year's Christmas/New Year special (whichever they go with this time) and that will be her swansong.

TBH I actually think they should make it as much of "a thing" at they can... hire a new person on a 3-season contract with it being understood that it's likely to be a fixed term. Makes it more attractive as a role, as well. All of the NuWho actors have expressed loving the role but mention that it monopolises their work availability and they tend to be the sort of actors who are keen to move on to other projects. It's what keeps the role compelling and the performances fresh.

Yeah I fully get what you’re saying. Although I saw another interview with Jodie this week where she has said she’s struggling to consider her career after doctor who, it takes up so much of her life and she loves playing it so much that she’s finding it hard to imagine what role, if any, she would want to move on next.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a ‘please consider stepping down to respect the fans and the tradition’ word of advice from the producers rather than her sitting and thinking ‘yup I’m ready to go’.

[GoldHeart]

It needs to go back to being a male doctor

I'm guessing it will be another female, but I haven't watched any of it since capaldi's first season.

[Oliver_W]

It needs to go back to being a male doctor

The show doesn't "need" the Doctor to have any particular surface level traits - man, woman, black, white, gay, straight, bi, Thai... Whoever it is, they'll have Chinball's writing to contend with...

[Marsh.]

I read that interview but... the season due to air this year has already been filmed and is ready to go.

???

I read that they started a 10 month shoot in November? Nowhere near ready. :laugh: Apparently it's also only 8 episodes due to slower filming pace with covid guidelines.

On that basis I wouldn't mind her doing another series because she's still done far fewer episodes than previous Doctors.

[Marsh.]

Only if you're a Tennant stan. Smith's whole arc is great and Capaldi has its moments. On a recent rewatch I found the relationship between Capaldoctor and Clara pretty ... odd ... though. Some definite incesty vibes going on :umm2:. Is it a father-daughter relationship? Is it romantic? You can't ****ing tell and that's just unsettling :joker:.

I really enjoyed a lot of Capaldi/Clara but by series 9 she's pretty much trying to take the lead performance away from Capaldi and it always annoyed me.

[Marsh.]

Maybe we will in her 3rd stint as it's thankfully back to Doctor +1 in the TARDIS.

Doctor +1 +John Bishop. :worry:

[GiRTh]

I havent watched any yet. Judging by the comments she seems to have suffered from having the wrong production team. Having RTD would have been seen her having much better story arcs.

[Marsh.]

Yeah, she's not the strongest actor to have had the role, but she's badly let down by a show that doesn't know what it wants to be.

[Saph]

Only if you're a Tennant stan. Smith's whole arc is great and Capaldi has its moments. On a recent rewatch I found the relationship between Capaldoctor and Clara pretty ... odd ... though. Some definite incesty vibes going on :umm2:. Is it a father-daughter relationship? Is it romantic? You can't ****ing tell and that's just unsettling :joker:.

I wouldn't say im a Tennant stan.. my fave series was series 1. I just prefer when the show didn't take itself too seriously and was a bit more camp

Matt Smiths series were alright but they got so confusing and kept breaking 'rules' after a while that it just felt like there were never any consequences unless it fit the story. and Capaldis era was ruined by Clara outstaying her welcome by about 2 series. Bill was done dirty!

these new ones with Jodie are painfully boring

[GiRTh]

Yeah, she's not the strongest actor to have had the role, but she's badly let down by a show that doesn't know what it wants to be.I loved her in the episode of Black Mirror she starred so I think I'll take a look. It seems Dr Who cant live up to the Tennant and Smith years anymore. It'll always be big across the globe but the quality isnt matching the appetite for episodes.

[Marsh.]

I think we saw what a female doctor would look like with Moffat (Clara, River and Missy). Far better than 13.

[GiRTh]

I think we saw what a female doctor would look like with Moffat (Clara, River and Missy). Far better than 13.Agree with that. It looks like those were the golden years and did we appreciate this at the time?

[bots]

the current doctor who is catering for a different audience and thats not down to the lead actor, it's down to the script writers. I just can't watch it these days with that collection of writers. If they change them, i will consider watching it again

[Mystic Mock]

I really enjoyed a lot of Capaldi/Clara but by series 9 she's pretty much trying to take the lead performance away from Capaldi and it always annoyed me.

That was always a flaw in Steven Moffat's writing, he could never just let the Doctor lead the Show.

[Mystic Mock]

the current doctor who is catering for a different audience and thats not down to the lead actor, it's down to the script writers. I just can't watch it these days with that collection of writers. If they change them, i will consider watching it again

Apparently Chibnall wrote on Broadchurch on ITV.

So why the BBC hired someone as a Showrunner who's strength clearly isn't in writing Sci-Fi is beyond me.

I'm with you on only being able to watch the Show again if there is a change in the writing staff.

[user104658]

I really enjoyed a lot of Capaldi/Clara but by series 9 she's pretty much trying to take the lead performance away from Capaldi and it always annoyed me.But is he her daddy or her boyfriend Marsh no one can tell me and that's weird! Not only that, it's KNOWINGLY weird, because you only have to read slightly between the lines to see that Danny Pink was asking the exact same question :umm2:.

[Marsh.]

But is he her daddy or her boyfriend Marsh no one can tell me and that's weird! Not only that, it's KNOWINGLY weird, because you only have to read slightly between the lines to see that Danny Pink was asking the exact same question :umm2:.

FILTH!

[Marsh.]

That was always a flaw in Steven Moffat's writing, he could never just let the Doctor lead the Show.

I don't mind him allowing the companion to have a big role. They should.

But Clara was playing the role of the Doctor in being the smart arse all the time and it was grating.

[Marsh.]

Apparently Chibnall wrote on Broadchurch on ITV.

So why the BBC hired someone as a Showrunner who's strength clearly isn't in writing Sci-Fi is beyond me.

I'm with you on only being able to watch the Show again if there is a change in the writing staff.

I'm not a fan of his version of DW, but you can't box a writer in on the basis of one project. Even if it is their most famous work.

He worked on Torchwood under RTD.

[Oliver_W]

I don't mind him allowing the companion to have a big role. They should.

But Clara was playing the role of the Doctor in being the smart arse all the time and it was grating.

To be fair, I think that was meant to be her "endgame arc" - she was running around, pretending to be the Doctor, and that's what got her killed.

[Calderyon]

River or Missy would have been excellent Doctor Who's.

[Calderyon]

But is he her daddy or her boyfriend Marsh no one can tell me and that's weird! Not only that, it's KNOWINGLY weird, because you only have to read slightly between the lines to see that Danny Pink was asking the exact same question :umm2:.

Both?

[user104658]

To be fair, I think that was meant to be her "endgame arc" - she was running around, pretending to be the Doctor, and that's what got her killed.Spot on IMO Oliver - she learned from and idolised the Doctor and forgot (perhaps both of them forgot?) that the Doctor regularly gets him/herself very much killed and is only able to be The Doctor because of being (essentially) immortal, or at least close to it.

Though on that note, I think it was a narrative error to have her go off adventuring in her own TARDIS as her grand finale. Story arc wise, given the above, she should have died.

[user104658]

Both?Gross tho :hmph:

[user104658]

Doctor +1 +John Bishop. :worry:

Yuck. WHY!

[Marsh.]

To be fair, I think that was meant to be her "endgame arc" - she was running around, pretending to be the Doctor, and that's what got her killed.

I know.... it was grating.

[user104658]

I know.... it was grating.I genuinely think it was supposed to be you know. I rewatched recently and the "too big for her boots" stuff is introduced really deliberately and I don't think it's even meant to be a surprise when she ****s up by trying to be "doctor-clever" and gets herself killed.

[Oliver_W]

Though on that note, I think it was a narrative error to have her go off adventuring in her own TARDIS as her grand finale. Story arc wise, given the above, she should have died.

Same with Bill - she was basically forced to spend the rest of eternity traveling through time and space with a lesbian puddle who's a shallow recreation of a girl she sold chips to once. Bill's in my top three NuWho companions and I wish she'd have been around for longer, but I think death might have been better than the living hell she was stuck with. Like Moaning Myrtle being turned into a paving slab.

[user104658]

Same with Bill - she was basically forced to spend the rest of eternity traveling through time and space with a lesbian puddle who's a shallow recreation of a girl she sold chips to once. Bill's in my top three NuWho companions and I wish she'd have been around for longer, but I think death might have been better than the living hell she was stuck with. Like Moaning Myrtle being turned into a paving slab.

To be frr, and I might be remembering it wrong, but I'm pretty sure The Puddle told her she could actually be restored and go home if she wanted, and even if she accepted being "the passenger" she could still choose to go home at any time so she might as well give it a whirl :laugh:

[Mystic Mock]

I'm not a fan of his version of DW, but you can't box a writer in on the basis of one project. Even if it is their most famous work.

He worked on Torchwood under RTD.

I haven't seen as much of Torchwood.

I wonder if his episodes on that are as dull?:think:

[Morgan.]

Touchwood is so good, it’s well worth a watch. Maybe a bit dated now, but still entertaining. All the episodes are om iPlayer still, I believe.

[Oliver_W]

Touchwood is so good, it’s well worth a watch. Maybe a bit dated now, but still entertaining. All the episodes are om iPlayer still, I believe.

I've never seen it either - dated in its storytelling or effects?

[Morgan.]

I've never seen it either - dated in its storytelling or effects?

Effects mostly, the storytelling in some places. It did have a lot of progression in terms of real-world issues, but I guess you can just tell that it’s not from 2020.

[Morgan.]

It’s so different from doctor who too in the sense that it was made for adults. The swearing, the sex etc make it completely alien to what most viewers know (pardon the pun)

[Marsh.]

I genuinely think it was supposed to be you know. I rewatched recently and the "too big for her boots" stuff is introduced really deliberately and I don't think it's even meant to be a surprise when she ****s up by trying to be "doctor-clever" and gets herself killed.

Oh I dunno. Giving her that smug ending with Maisie Williams makes me doubt it.

That's the word I couldn't think of earlier, smug. :yuk:

[Marsh.]

Yuck. WHY!

Because nothing sells Doctor Who like having John Bishop play a painter/decorator.

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Remember when "Introducing" was relegated for just new Doctors? :worry: Now Chibnall thinks every bloody person who guest stars in the show warrants their own teaser and will keep viewers hooked for a year until the show returns. :omgno:

[Oliver_W]

Because nothing sells Doctor Who like having John Bishop play a painter/decorator.

https://cdn.entertainmentdaily.com/2021/01/02104750/Screenshot-2021-01-01-at-20.06.44-1-400x212.png

Remember when "Introducing" was relegated for just new Doctors? :worry: Now Chibnall thinks every bloody person who guest stars in the show warrants their own teaser and will keep viewers hooked for a year until the show returns. :omgno:

Though it'd be an awesome bait-and-switch if he was a stealth cast for the new Doctor?

[Marsh.]

Though it'd be an awesome bait-and-switch if he was a stealth cast for the new Doctor?

I'd probably be thinking that if we hadn't got that "guest star" trailer at the end of 13's first episode. :worry:

[Oliver_W]

I'd probably be thinking that if we hadn't got that "guest star" trailer at the end of 13's first episode. :worry:

Then their bluff worked ;)

[Marsh.]

Tbh, I'd be even more mortified if he was the Doctor. :eyes:

[Oliver_W]

Tbh, I'd be even more mortified if he was the Doctor. :eyes:

haha, why? I like him!

he's like a slightly less hot Hugh Grant, even with the grating Scouse accent!

[Calderyon]

Gross tho :hmph:

It was a bit strange though.

Especially as Jenna Coleman still looked like a child when she played Clara.

[Marsh.]

It was a bit strange though.

Especially as Jenna Coleman still looked like a child when she played Clara.

Don't be ridiculous. She played Clara from age 26 to 29. She looked like a fully grown woman throughout. :joker:

[Calderyon]

I disagree.

[GoldHeart]

Apparently now Richard Ayoade's name is being thrown into the mix ... as a possible next Dr Who ,But i don't think he'll do it .

[Zizu]

I haven’t watched since they got rid of the real Dr Who ... William Hartnell


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