The producers of Doctor Who have decided that the next iteration of the titular character will be… oh, what is the PC term… a person with a vagina. This is pretty much what happened after the announcement.
Feminists and Beta Male Nerds: “OMG, Dr. Who is going to be a woman. This is the most awesomest thing in the history of scifi TV.”
Me (and others): “Whatever, it really depends on the quality of the writing and how they develop the character. If it becomes a boring social justice lecture, I’m not interested.”
Feminists and Beta Male Nerds: “OMG! Your male fragility can’t handle a woman in the role of The Doctor! It’s driving you crazy! We drink your tears, penis-bearer!”
One thing is for sure; if the audience for the show declines, the producers can now blame their losses on misogyny. And probably Russian meddling.
In other news of no consequence: DC Comics Reboots Snagglepuss as ‘Gay, Southern Gothic Playwright.’
What a stupid time to be alive.
Been done.
https://youtu.be/Do-wDPoC6GM?t=17m50s
This would be the main reason I fell off the bandwagon 2 or 3 or 4 seasons ago. Like ST:TNG, even the reruns are almost painful.
Saw it too and basically had the same reaction, V. I remember there was a lot of clamor pushing for a non-prostate-owning Doctor when it was made known that Matt Smith’s tenure was coming to a close.
I think we’ll get a good idea on where the show’s heading once we find out who the new Doctor’s first companion is. If it’s a capable self-respecting guy who can stand up to & challenge the Doctor (maybe we see Jack Harkness return) then there’s a decent shot at having a good series that actually demonstrates good, strong femininity. Anything else and I’m fearful that Doctor Who will just become yet another man-hating piece of tripe (like pretty much every other scripted show). Of course, I could be wrong in that case, but I just see it as too easy to fall into.
I’m a huge Doctor Who fan. Missy was the female regeneration of z the Master and she was AWESOME. I think there is some good potential here. What I don’t want to see is The Doctor using her feminine wiles to flirt her way out of a jam. What I’d really like to see is a strong male companion who is not portrayed as a beta idiot like Rory. When I heard they were considering a woman for the role I really wanted Judy Dench to be The Doctor.
Since the Master has already regenerated as Missy, I fear this 13th Doctor will disappoint; descending either into virtue-signalling SJW trope, or silly fan-service Lesbian dbl-entendre.
I’ve seen other sites where people claim that a major Sci Fi series has never had a female lead, so this is ground breaking – apparently, they don’t consider Star Trek to be major; Star trek Voyager had a very strong female lead 22 years ago.
They also forget Barbara Bain in Space 1999 and June Lockhart in Lost in Space.
Funny how selective memory works.
Poor Snagglepuss 🙁
There are ongoing sci-fi series with strong female leads &/or strong female characters, ongoing series Dark Matter currently in it’s 3rd season, is an example. Don’t listen to idiot man-hating feminists.
Someone brought that up on a SciFi forum. The feminist response was that characters like that don’t count because… I swear I am not making this up… they solve problems the way men do. “By swinging around that big gun like its an extension of your phallus,” was pretty close to the language used. She hoped the new Doctor would take a more feminized, consensus-building approach to problem-solving.
I’ve never gotten into Dr. Who. Even the new series felt too much of a weird mashup of horror and camp at times. It gave me tonal whiplash. Torchwood, aka Dr. Who’s grown-up brother, resonated far more for me. And no, not just because John Barrowman was at the height of his attractiveness on that show, and Jack and Ianto are one of my favorite gay TV couples of all time.
I’ve heard good stuff about Dark Matter. Anybody seen The Expanse? I’ve also heard some good stuff about Fringe.
#10 How boring would that be to watch???
#11, Sean L, The Expanse is most excellent. The now-defunct Fringe was very good. The Expanse is epic with extremely good CGI effects. Big concept series.
Snagglepuss was practically already there. No news at all to me, LOL.
Are we certain Jodie Whittaker owns a vagina? Xe may be a woman thats own a meat-and-two-veg.
Steyn has a good take:
https://www.steynonline.com/7983/yes-but
@ TAD: Thanks for the advice! I’ll definitely be giving those three shows a look at some point.
Jodie Whittaker? …Never heard of this unknown actress.
If I have to look an actor/actress up on Google or IMDB, then they are not ready to helm one of Britain’s most recognizable TV franchises. This doesn’t bode well…
What’s next? A black female Mohammedan as James Bond? …Mike Myers as Blofeld?