The big reveal of the 13th Doctor presents Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor on July 16, 2017 and immediately fans responded. Not all of the responses were supportive, however.
A petition posted the same day BBC released the trailer demands BBC change the actor for the 13th Doctor.
The new Doctor has been cast. The Thirteenth Doctor has been cast as Jodie Whittaker, which is basically a giant dump on a lot of Doctor Who fans.
I'm not trying to be sexist here, but you cannot just take a 54 year old show and change the main character to a female while keeping the same main character. This is annoying for so many reasons, because no-one wanted her as the Doctor. On the day she was announced, she was at the top by newspapers to take over from Capaldi. But the papers knew. And the papers did it for popularity.
This is basically having a male Wonder Woman, just no thanks. I'd rather have Sylvester McCoy come back than have a female Doctor. You can't be a man for all your long Time Lord life and then have your genetics re-wrote to become a female.
If this gets enough signatures, the BBC will see that Whovians do not like this change. Only us, the people who love this show and want a Doctor who doesn't change too much, can stop this from ruining this show. I tell you, the show will get cancelled soon.
First off, 8.2 million people tuned in Sunday, Oct. 7 to watch the debut of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, as reported by BBC News. This debut displays the highest viewership for the premiere date for a new season of "Doctor Who" since 2008 when David Tennant debuted as the 10th Doctor. Millions of people "wanted" Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor, not "no-one" as Dude claims.
A female Doctor exists in a very different universe than a male Wonder Woman would. Besides the fact the word "woman" is a part of her title, the world of "Wonder Woman" originates in the 1940s with the heroine being a strong, Amazonian woman. Her superhuman powers, however, include strength, speed, and a Lasso of Truth. These powers do not include regeneration.
Regeneration in "Doctor Who" involves the Doctor dying and then regenerating, or coming back to life as a new person. A new actor plays a new Doctor with a new personality, just with the same background history. Wonder Woman is one human with superpowers, played by different actresses simply to continue making new movies. The Doctor is an alien who changes into different people with every death. A male Wonder Woman, in which the same character becomes male, would not be the same as a female Doctor.
Time Lords, the alien race the Doctor belongs to, have evidence of gender change in other characters as well.
The General, first played by actor Ken Bones, regenerates into a woman played by actress T'Nia Miller.
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| Missy (Michelle Gomez), 12th Doctor (Peter Capaldi), Master (John Simm) Photo credit: BBC News |
Then the Master, the rival of the Doctor since her childhood and a character of the "Doctor Who" universe since 1971, turned into a woman as well. She became known as Missy (Michelle Gomez), and it was her first time in the 47 years since introduced that she became a woman.
If the Master and the General could both regenerate into a woman, the Doctor can as well.
Sylvester McCoy was the Seventh Doctor, and, since the Doctor regenerates into a new person with a new actor each time, it would be far more interesting to continually have new faces, rather than a an aged flashback.
Besides, if his face became the Doctor now, it would be hard not to be reminded of his other role in "The Hobbit."
Though the petition sprang up when the female Doctor first appeared in July of last year, there have been recent comments and signatures up to this past Monday. The petition is still active.
As of today, there are a total of 59 signatures, while Dude set the goal at 1,000 signatures. That is 59 people compared to the million who tuned in to watch that first episode of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor.
The season finale for the 13th Doctor's first season is this Sunday, so tune in to prove these haters wrong, for "Doctor Who" will not be cancelled for having a female Doctor.
If the Master and the General could both regenerate into a woman, the Doctor can as well.
Sylvester McCoy was the Seventh Doctor, and, since the Doctor regenerates into a new person with a new actor each time, it would be far more interesting to continually have new faces, rather than a an aged flashback.
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| Tim Masters/BBC News |
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| Radagast as seen in "The Hobbit" |
Though the petition sprang up when the female Doctor first appeared in July of last year, there have been recent comments and signatures up to this past Monday. The petition is still active.
As of today, there are a total of 59 signatures, while Dude set the goal at 1,000 signatures. That is 59 people compared to the million who tuned in to watch that first episode of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor.
The season finale for the 13th Doctor's first season is this Sunday, so tune in to prove these haters wrong, for "Doctor Who" will not be cancelled for having a female Doctor.
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| BBC News |
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