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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on May 8, 2022 12:15:09 GMT -5
Jodie was already revealed as 13 by the time I got into the show, so this is my first time reacting to an announcement of a new Doctor!
My wave of thoughts as I processed what I was reading:
1) Thank goodness it's not Tennant or Hugh Grant. 2) Aww, I've been pulling for Jo Martin in recent weeks. 3) Okay, let me look up some of Ncuti Gatwa's stuff on YouTube. 4) I understand now--can totally get Doctor vibes, and he's Scottish! 5) Holy shit, does YouTube suck eggs or what. 6) I really, really, really hope Dan sticks around as 14's companion.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 8, 2022 12:48:29 GMT -5
I have to say I'm disappointed it's not a woman again. Given the troubled times of Chibnall's era, I don't like that some will see the reversion to a male actor lead as some kind of indication of a failed experiment. Or the 13th Doctor's gender being a gimmick. Granted, not a point of view worthwhile engaging with. That aside, I'm excited to see what Ncuti brings to the role. I know almost nothing about him, bit like Matt Smith. Never gave the Tennant as the 14th Doctor stuff a second of belief, would've been massively retrograde. I think by casting a POC they are showing that they are not backing down from the anti woke crowd. We will have a female doctor again. Anti woke just means anti black/woman/gay etc...now. It's a catch all term to cloak bigotry. Unless the BBC casts a white straight man to play the form changing alien, it's seen as an affront.
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Post by thechase on May 8, 2022 13:09:30 GMT -5
Never gave the Tennant as the 14th Doctor stuff a second of belief, would've been massively retrograde. I don't think the reports of Tennant returning are entirely disproved by this casting either. They will be filming specials this year, not series 14, and RTD said more was to come from Ncuti's tenure in 2023 when filming on that series starts in earnest.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 8, 2022 13:23:45 GMT -5
Would have preferred an older Doctor personally, but I'll wait to see it. Matt Smith never worked for me because of his age - though a larger part of my dislike of that era was my Amy Pond hate. See some of my favorite parts of Smith's run were the points where they wrote him as basically having a mid-life crisis. Like An old man pretending to be young... or a young man pretending to be an old man pretending to be young <_< >_>
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Post by Ryushinku on May 8, 2022 15:29:16 GMT -5
Never gave the Tennant as the 14th Doctor stuff a second of belief, would've been massively retrograde. I don't think the reports of Tennant returning are entirely disproved by this casting either. They will be filming specials this year, not series 14, and RTD said more was to come from Ncuti's tenure in 2023 when filming on that series starts in earnest. Tennant returning I can well believe. It's Tennant as the 14th Doctor that I always thought was complete baloney.
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Post by eJm on May 8, 2022 15:32:40 GMT -5
I don't think the reports of Tennant returning are entirely disproved by this casting either. They will be filming specials this year, not series 14, and RTD said more was to come from Ncuti's tenure in 2023 when filming on that series starts in earnest. Tennant returning I can well believe. It's Tennant as the 14th Doctor that I always thought was complete baloney. Like, if you're planning on doing an anniversary special ala Big Finish but live-action, go for it. Do some weird timey wimey nonsense to make it make sense but him as 14 would be nostalgia bait.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on May 8, 2022 15:37:59 GMT -5
I have to say I'm disappointed it's not a woman again. Given the troubled times of Chibnall's era, I don't like that some will see the reversion to a male actor lead as some kind of indication of a failed experiment. Or the 13th Doctor's gender being a gimmick. Granted, not a point of view worthwhile engaging with. That aside, I'm excited to see what Ncuti brings to the role. I know almost nothing about him, bit like Matt Smith. Never gave the Tennant as the 14th Doctor stuff a second of belief, would've been massively retrograde. Considering he's black AND LGBT, definitely not a reversion, at least by the salty salty tears of rage being seen so far.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on May 8, 2022 16:22:04 GMT -5
I wonder where all the anti-Jodie crowd were when they had the delightful Michelle Gomez play the role of the Master... Oh right, they didn't care, in a lot of cases it's just pretending to care about something just so they can get more eyeballs on their crappy opinions while something is being talked about.
I can't say I know Ncuti Gatwa's work, but I'm looking forward to seeing what he brings to the role.
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Post by Kalmia on May 8, 2022 16:59:24 GMT -5
Would have preferred an older Doctor personally, but I'll wait to see it. Matt Smith never worked for me because of his age - though a larger part of my dislike of that era was my Amy Pond hate. See some of my favorite parts of Smith's run were the points where they wrote him as basically having a mid-life crisis. Like An old man pretending to be young... or a young man pretending to be an old man pretending to be young <_< >_> I thought Smith did an excellent job of making his Doctor seem really, really old at times. You really got a sense that the Doctor's life was wearing on him, despite how young the actor was. I never got that sense with Tennant or Eccleston (and I don't think they tried to portray that, either.) I don't really know the new guy at all, so I'm eager to see how he works. Going into a new Doctor who's a blank slate with no other roles I'm aware of will be a good thing for me after the last few choices.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on May 8, 2022 19:35:37 GMT -5
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Post by BorneAgain on May 8, 2022 20:00:18 GMT -5
You know if nothing else, I desperately want RTD to finally get a real out there consistent companion for the next Doctor. I don't care if it's someone from the future, the past, an alien, a time lord, a robot, or Frobisher the penguin. Just anything that isn't a contemporary human again. I liked Captain Jack and Nardole well enough, but certainly the show is capable of doing more.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 8, 2022 20:04:25 GMT -5
You know if nothing else, I desperately want RTD to finally get a real out there consistent companion for the next Doctor. I don't care if it's someone from the future, the past, an alien, a time lord, a robot, or Frobisher the penguin. Just anything that isn't a contemporary human again. I liked Captain Jack and Nardole well enough, but certainly the show is capable of doing more. Yeah... I was kinda hoping that Clara would have been the governess we first saw her as....
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Post by thechase on May 9, 2022 1:15:01 GMT -5
You know if nothing else, I desperately want RTD to finally get a real out there consistent companion for the next Doctor. I don't care if it's someone from the future, the past, an alien, a time lord, a robot, or Frobisher the penguin. Just anything that isn't a contemporary human again. I liked Captain Jack and Nardole well enough, but certainly the show is capable of doing more. Yeah... I was kinda hoping that Clara would have been the governess we first saw her as.... That I believe was said to have been the plan, but the BBC had a policy about all companions being from contemporary Earth
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Post by thechase on May 9, 2022 10:30:33 GMT -5
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Post by Hurbster on May 10, 2022 6:43:52 GMT -5
You know if nothing else, I desperately want RTD to finally get a real out there consistent companion for the next Doctor. I don't care if it's someone from the future, the past, an alien, a time lord, a robot, or Frobisher the penguin. Just anything that isn't a contemporary human again. I liked Captain Jack and Nardole well enough, but certainly the show is capable of doing more. Time for the robot dog to come back!
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Post by thechase on May 10, 2022 12:19:56 GMT -5
Looks like the Tennant rumours aren't done quite yet. He's been spotted in Cardiff
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 12:32:39 GMT -5
Looks like the Tennant rumours aren't done quite yet. He's been spotted in Cardiff Source? I mean that might and probably is true, but your hit rate for breaking news today has been pretty appalling.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 10, 2022 13:00:38 GMT -5
I mean... I could see Tennant kinda trolling if he has time off just to go wander around Cardiff to get people jumping to conclusions >_>
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Post by thechase on May 10, 2022 13:10:29 GMT -5
Looks like the Tennant rumours aren't done quite yet. He's been spotted in Cardiff Source? I mean that might and probably is true, but your hit rate for breaking news today has been pretty appalling I've had a very lousy day and you're not helping. Be better. But you want your source? Fine
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 13:18:35 GMT -5
Source? I mean that might and probably is true, but your hit rate for breaking news today has been pretty appalling I've had a very lousy day and you're not helping. Be better. But you want your source? Fine
Lol sweetie
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