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Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 17 Jul 2017, 2:10pm
by Flex
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Jul 2017, 1:45pm
First post in this thread in ten months—what's wrong with you nerds? Anyway …
Some people's awful opinions are so predictable. John Byrne's take on the new incarnation of Dr. Who is that it's a cheap stunt and an insult to shoehorn (his word) a female into a male role, when they should just write new strong female characters. In essence, it's tokenism. But given that the character is literally raceless and genderless—correct?—and has only been male due to the biases of past writers and (probably) the fans, that's complete batshit. Hell, if Dr. Who can assume the identity (or is just appearance?) of anyone, it's been well against the odds not to have been female up to this point, so this would be a sensible correction just of probabilities (at least in terms of sex, not race). Jesus Christ, I *might* see some merit in Byrne's line of critique if Batman was rebooted and the Joker or Robin was made female, but given that the essence of Dr. Who is a fluctuating identity, being cranky that it's not another white male betrays a nasty egotistic prejudice.
Yeah, Doctor Who is pretty much the ultimate case in how that line of reasoning doesn't work. There's been no in-universe reason for the character not being a woman. And the show has done a lot of work in the last couple years making it textually canon in-universe that timelords can present in any gender. So, it's "stunt casting" or whatever in the sense that hiring anyone with the idea they'd attract viewers is "stunt casting", I guess. But, like, it doesn't seem different than casting Peter Capaldi or whatever.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 18 Jul 2017, 5:43pm
by SandraM
My initial concern at the new Dr Who was that it was a rather bland looking 30-something actress I'd never heard of (admittedly I don't watch a huge amount of tv) but I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. Capaldi and Smith are hard acts to follow so very good luck to her. I do think it's rather wonderful that little girls will grow up with a female Doctor.
Personally I'd have liked Sandi Toksvig or Tamsin Greig as the new Doctor - someone quirky with a bit of an edge. Pretty much everyone I know (and I know at least three other people) think I'm insane re. Sandi Toksvig
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 18 Jul 2017, 5:58pm
by Wolter
Tamsin Greg would be a pretty cool Doctor, I bet.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 18 Jul 2017, 7:12pm
by Kory
Wolter wrote: ↑18 Jul 2017, 5:58pm
Tamsin Greg would be a pretty cool Doctor, I bet.
I'll jump on that bandwagon.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 8:43am
by laxman
SandraM wrote: ↑18 Jul 2017, 5:43pm
My initial concern at the new Dr Who was that it was a rather bland looking 30-something actress I'd never heard of (admittedly I don't watch a huge amount of tv) but I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. Capaldi and Smith are hard acts to follow so very good luck to her. I do think it's rather wonderful that little girls will grow up with a female Doctor.
Personally I'd have liked Sandi Toksvig or Tamsin Greig as the new Doctor - someone quirky with a bit of an edge. Pretty much everyone I know (and I know at least three other people) think I'm insane re. Sandi Toksvig
I haven't seen Broadchurch, so I didn't know who she was either. At first glance I thought it was Viv Albertine. That would have been good!
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 9:28am
by JennyB
Wolter wrote: ↑18 Jul 2017, 5:58pm
Tamsin Greg would be a pretty cool Doctor, I bet.
I love her.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 8:01pm
by Boddington
Jodie Whitaker is incredible. I really enjoyed her in Broadchurch and the episode of Black Mirror she was in. I'm really looking forward to see how she plays the Doctor.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 20 Jul 2017, 9:23am
by Marky Dread
Boddington wrote: ↑19 Jul 2017, 8:01pm
Jodie Whitaker is incredible. I really enjoyed her in Broadchurch and the episode of Black Mirror she was in. I'm really looking forward to see how she plays the Doctor.
She'll be great.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 07 Dec 2017, 8:17pm
by Dr. Medulla
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-worst-dress ... 1821048513
I'm gonna say that SM has approximations of at least three of these in his closet.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 07 Dec 2017, 10:34pm
by Flex
I've never seen him wear anything else besides his Skagra "costume"
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 01 Feb 2018, 3:35pm
by eumaas
Ahhhhh I love the Pertwee years so much.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 12 Feb 2018, 7:57pm
by Dr. Medulla
https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.ph ... &t=2439442
Nerd book for nerds who read nerd books in a nerdly way …
James.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 12 Feb 2018, 8:24pm
by Silent Majority
Thank you. Nation was a WW2 obsessed hack who lucked into a
fantastic contract.
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 12 Feb 2018, 8:33pm
by Dr. Medulla
Silent Majority wrote: ↑12 Feb 2018, 8:24pm
Thank you. Nation was a WW2 obsessed hack who lucked into a
fantastic contract.
Dagnabbit, you're supposed to be humiliated for liking a thing that I don't cotton to and so disparage to cover up that lack of interest! Blush, damn you, blush!
Re: Dr. Who/Torchwood
Posted: 12 Feb 2018, 8:58pm
by Silent Majority
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Feb 2018, 8:33pm
Silent Majority wrote: ↑12 Feb 2018, 8:24pm
Thank you. Nation was a WW2 obsessed hack who lucked into a
fantastic contract.
Dagnabbit, you're supposed to be humiliated for liking a thing that I don't cotton to and so disparage to cover up that lack of interest! Blush, damn you, blush!
Can't see a reason why liking this would be at all humiliating, to be quite honest.
