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Are Doctor Who fans Racist/Sexist, or just afraid of change? |
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Each person has to find some kind of introspection on many subjects and situations on life. All of us. Whether that be about installing a mobile phone mast on our doorstep, whether or not Tesco's is ruining the high street and whether Peggy Mitchell should or should not return to Albert Square. Many say "No, we don't a mobile phone mast" but why don't they? They might declare "Tesco's is ruining our high street" but still shop at Tesco's. They might shout "No, Peggy Mitchell shouldn't return to EastEnders" but never give a reason. There are issues and topics in life that are important to each and every one of us. Sometimes though, we are unable to fully explain why it's important and why it shouldn't change. Doctor Who and the way it has been portrayed over the last 50 years is one such issue. Yes, there are changes happening in the show all the time but at the same time it stays exactly the same, a bit like The Queen who has given us all a sense of familiarity and stability for over 50 years, Doctor Who and the star travelling male hero has given us the same. That's how I feel and that's how I'll always feel. Anyone who declares they have no issues with anything in life, regardless how trivial, are not being entirely truthful.
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Oh come on...sexist my arse. There are really good reasons for hating Mr. moffat's latest attempt to show us how clever he thinks he is.
Basically, Moffat is a coward. You would have had to have been living in a vacuum to have missed the PC push for a female doctor after Smith's departure. He's not trying to show how clever he is; he's making a Saturday night family/kid's TV show and has to do interviews and explain bits of plot here and there and obvious he likes what he has done. As for saying Moffat is a coward...low, very low. Moffat's view on a female Dr. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...o-with-it.html |
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I could accept any kind of doctor provided there was a valid rational story line based reason for making that choice. What would seriously hack me off is having a female, black, gay, etc doctor purely as a ticking boxes exercise.
For example, just look at the way they wrote for Matt Smith. He'd been cast because of his brilliant ability to play an old man in a young man's body. But because e looked so young, the writers kept writing his Doctor as a hyperactive little kid, his talent was wasted, and his era was almost unwatchable as a result. And now that the Master's suddenly being written all kissy, touchy-feely, flirty just because he happens to be in a female body. It just feels wrong for him to be acting like that. And I'm worried that something like that could happen to the Doctor too if they tried to make him a woman.
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To me the doctor is a 'male' character and this has nothing to do with sexism. As to what age or colour he is I don't care. Having a black actor play the role would be fine. I just don't think the character would work as a woman though.
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Then both of those would be something other than James Bond and Indiana Jones because they wouldn`t even be the same characters, they`d be spin-offs.
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For me I always thought the Time Lords were gender neutral, that their appearance was just what would be the image that allowed him to fit in to the person he regenerated in front off.
To address the people who are comparing the character or Dr Who to James Bond, this argument doesn't work because James Bond is a human character, his appearance was written how we see it, he is never supposed to change (apart from a disguise or through injury). The Doctor is an alien, the biggest part of the story is he changes, his appearance alters after every regeneration. I personally didn't think there were supposed to be any limitations to that, I didn't even think a Time Lord had to look human, just he did as he protected humans and usually regenerated in front of one. Someone who knows the history will know better, but that's what I've always taken from it anyway. My only criticism of the reveal is I think Missy had the potential to be an incredible character in her own right, a character who is effectively in control of the human afterlife. I was a bit disappointed to see the Master and the Cyber Men back for the reveal as I was looking forwards to a new enemy. |
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If The Doctor becomes a female then the companion has to be a male.
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A non white, lesbian female, with a young female love interest that debuted in the victorian era.
The Doctor should be Madam Vastra? ![]() My point (before the painkillers kicked in) was that I don't get why people get so upset over change. I don't care whether the Doctor is male or female, gay or straight, white or black - all I want to see is the sonic screwdriver get used and then some threat banished using cunning intelligence. It's 45 minutes of time out from the real world, and as long as the whole thing is relatively good it wouldn't bother me. |
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My only criticism of the reveal is I think Missy had the potential to be an incredible character in her own right, a character who is effectively in control of the human afterlife. I was a bit disappointed to see the Master and the Cyber Men back for the reveal as I was looking forwards to a new enemy.
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