[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Swan

Most overrated show on TV, always has been

Totally agree !!

[Zizu]

Maybe they could rename it Dr Why ?

[Glenn.]

What for?

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

What for?

For supporting Palestine

[Denver]

And his replacement is heavily rumoured to be mon other than Billie Piper, if they go down that route it's strange seeing as she played the most iconic assistant in the shows history

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

What for?

for having a own opinion


apparently we live in Russia nowadays

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Denver

And his replacement is heavily rumoured to be mon other than Billie Piper, if they go down that route it's strange seeing as she played the most iconic assistant in the shows history

Billie Eilish and I may watch

[arista]

Originally Posted by Denver

And his replacement is heavily rumoured to be non other than Billie Piper, if they go down that route it's strange seeing as she played the most iconic assistant in the shows history

Billie Piper
will make a good change


If it works



[ DOCTOR WHO: Billie Piper has been cast as the 16th Doctor
TV

The latest Doctor Who season has been
plagued with leaks - all of this information
originates from a source known as Andrew,
a YouTube commentator who
frequently shares alleged Doctor Who leaks
in the comment sections of various videos.
Notably, his track record has been
accurate so far — correctly revealing key
details such as the plot of episode 1,
that episode 3 would serve as a sequel
to the Series 4 episode Midnight,
the return of the Fugitive Doctor,
the reappearance of Susan,
and the reveal that Mrs Flood
is actually the Rani.

He has now stated that Billie Piper
has been cast as the 16th Doctor,
who will make her introduction
at the end of the series finale followed
by a surprise regeneration from the
15th Doctor, played bt Ncuti Gatwa.

A breakdown of the reports can be found here - https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/r...-considered-to ]

[Mystic Mock]

That's satire right?

We're having assistants now playing the role of The Doctor?

[Ammi]

…I’m not a Dr Who watcher but I believe that it isn’t in any way confirmed to be Billie Piper…it is though said to be someone who has appeared in the series in the past so a familiar face…but still no confirmation of who…

[Glenn.]

Fingers crossed for Jo Martin

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

That's satire right?

We're having assistants now playing the role of The Doctor?

…well there is another way of looking at that, Mock…why does a female Doctor have an apprenticeship …/be an assistant first…when the male Doctors get that top job without having to serve their assistant time……hmmmmmmm….also, maybe if there were more assistants in that top The Doctor, job…and working their way through experience…?…we might not see Doctor changes so often, also a thought…

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…well there is another way of looking at that, Mock…why does a female Doctor have an apprenticeship …/be an assistant first…when the male Doctors get that top job without having to serve their assistant time……hmmmmmmm….also, maybe if there were more assistants in that top The Doctor, job…and working their way through experience…?…we might not see Doctor changes so often, also a thought…

[Vanessa]

Brink back David Tennant. My favourite Dr Who

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Brink back David Tennant. My favourite Dr Who

He just cost ITV a fortune with his latest total disater "The Genuis Game"

"Yet despite a hefty £2.5 million budget, it has been a disaster for ITV and become one of the network's biggest ratings flops in years."

[jones89]

Yeah i don’t see an issue. I don’t watch the show or anything, not since the Billie Piper days but they always switch the actors up every few seasons… and not a fan of him or anything but i doubt he’ll struggle for work

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by jones89

Yeah i don’t see an issue. I don’t watch the show or anything, not since the Billie Piper days but they always switch the actors up every few seasons… and not a fan of him or anything but i doubt he’ll struggle for work

…I had read that he was going to focus on the USA for work but that I’m not sure of…his Dr Who has, though…been immortalised and tributed in a Barbie figure…I mean, of course…that’s probably why he took the part…..


https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/ne...r-barbie-doll/

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

You have a point on the race change.

But tbf changing a character's sexuality is really bad writing under most circumstances, and the few reasons that a Show can come up with that is good writing, Doctor Who fails to meet the criteria.

- He isn't a teenager who's about to become an adult, where you could argue that he is still learning about himself.

- And it's not a Remake/Reboot series with an alternate timeline, where almost anything can change from the original version.

It's well established though that the regenerations are not just a "face change", it's still essentially the same person with the same memories but the entire personality can change; one of the clearest examples of that was Matt Smith > Peter Capaldi and they covered it quite well in the episode... having the dying Smith-doctor call Clara from the past to explain to her that she might have to really "look deep" to see that it's still him, because he might seem very different. But they all change their style, quirks, personal likes and dislikes, mannerisms etc... no reason different regenerations wouldn't find themselves attracted to different people.

Besides; Eccleston and Smith's doctors were blatantly bisexual-ish / "down for whatever" and Capaldi was for all intents and purposes entirely asexual. Tennant had an eye for the ladies definitely but other than that, doctor's an alien... I don't think he could ever have been classed as "straight".

[bots]

I don't want to out and out criticise doctor who for the last 5+ years, but it's writing just isn't for me. It's always been "quirky" and people either like it or they don't, and i'm firmly in the don't category in its current phase

[Glenn.]

You can guarantee when there’s a new doctor, probably a white male, all this talk of woke will suddenly stop.

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by bots

I don't want to out and out criticise doctor who for the last 5+ years, but it's writing just isn't for me. It's always been "quirky" and people either like it or they don't, and i'm firmly in the don't category in its current phase

I think the writing is technically better now than it was in the "Chibnall era" but I think one of the major issues it currently has is that RTD has become very, very self-indulgent and it's never a good thing when writers or showrunners start getting over-confident. I also think it's always been a better show when it goes a little darker... there's not been much darkness that doesn't feel a bit forced.

Basically they're quite stuck on this "After all, it was always intended to be a family/kids show!" when frankly that just is NOT the current audience... the current audience is mainly young adults who may have been kids when this run started, back in 2005, but they are definitely not now. They need to start writing for an older audience. That doesn't mean kids can't watch it... but I'm not saying it needs to go full violence-and-swearing, it can have complex/adult themes and you can trust younger people watching to figure out those themes. Kids don't just want to watch "kid stuff", that's kind of the point... us 90's kids grew up asking to stay up late to watch The X Files etc. it's fine to let kids watch shows written for adults!

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

You have a point on the race change.

But tbf changing a character's sexuality is really bad writing under most circumstances, and the few reasons that a Show can come up with that is good writing, Doctor Who fails to meet the criteria.

- He isn't a teenager who's about to become an adult, where you could argue that he is still learning about himself.

- And it's not a Remake/Reboot series with an alternate timeline, where almost anything can change from the original version.

His entire body changes, presumably including his endocrine system and neurology etc ... why wouldn't that change his sexuality occasionally?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

It's well established though that the regenerations are not just a "face change", it's still essentially the same person with the same memories but the entire personality can change; one of the clearest examples of that was Matt Smith > Peter Capaldi and they covered it quite well in the episode... having the dying Smith-doctor call Clara from the past to explain to her that she might have to really "look deep" to see that it's still him, because he might seem very different. But they all change their style, quirks, personal likes and dislikes, mannerisms etc... no reason different regenerations wouldn't find themselves attracted to different people.

Besides; Eccleston and Smith's doctors were blatantly bisexual-ish / "down for whatever" and Capaldi was for all intents and purposes entirely asexual. Tennant had an eye for the ladies definitely but other than that, doctor's an alien... I don't think he could ever have been classed as "straight".

Speaking for myself (and I think quite a few other people) when I say that some people do like to see traits of a character stay intact when a recast is happening, and a character's sexuality being changed on a whim after decades of the character being written to have the leading lady being his love interest, is going to feel odd for a lot of the audience.

Don't forget it will alter character dynamics when Shows do these kinds of changes just for the sake of it.

For example I don't know if you've watched Sense8? But if it got a remake and they didn't make Nomi a Transwoman who is also a Lesbian type of character, it again would change her dynamics on the Show to some extent.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

You can guarantee when there’s a new doctor, probably a white male, all this talk of woke will suddenly stop.

You're probably right tbh.

Even though the Show will probably still sledgehammer home some environmental storyline somewhere within the season.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

His entire body changes, presumably including his endocrine system and neurology etc ... why wouldn't that change his sexuality occasionally?

There has to be some consistency in how a character's personality and dynamics work within a story, otherwise you don't really have the character anymore.

That's writing 101.