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NorthernMonkeyGirl

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Posted: Mon Aug 05, 13 7:51 pm Post subject:

joanne wrote:

I'd much rather they find a Female Timelord such as Romana who has locked up her 'timelordness' to escape the Time War and have her as her own character rather than having a woman as the Doctor just to be PC!!

Agreed.
Especially with Moffat's writing

jema
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Posted: Mon Aug 05, 13 8:17 pm Post subject:

joanne wrote:

They didn't choose a female actor because the Doctor is male - A woman wouldn't be the Doctor!

I would hate to see a woman as the Doctor - it would just destroy the whole dynamic! It's not because a woman isn't as good as a man but that the Doctor is male.

I think that's unimaginative, I think Dr Who exists on changing its dynamic, but what would be needed is particularly strong story lines.

I really felt for Matt Smith in the last series as with the exception of the finale the story lines sucked badly. No actor can make up for rubbish scripts

I like the idea of an older actor because it should create a new dynamic, I have in my head things going off on a darker tangent perhaps with the new Doctor having to deal with the fallout of whatever John Hurt does in the anniversary episode.

The series has skirted around the issue in the past...

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Answer me this - just one question, that's all. If the Doctor had never visited us, if he'd never chosen this place... on a whim... would anybody here have died?

The Doctor meddles in time and space, there are always consequences...

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
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Location: wessex

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 13 8:52 pm Post subject:
The Doctor is masculine in my mind - although I'm enough of a fan to have given whomever they'd chosen a go. Can't understand people judging before it's even been aired! I shared the link below 'Malcom Tucker IS Doctor Who' on FB and one of my American relatives responded that she preferred the older series https://youtu.be/5Blf073f2Lc

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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Posted: Tue Aug 06, 13 1:46 pm Post subject:

joanne wrote:

They didn't choose a female actor because the Doctor is male - A woman wouldn't be the Doctor!

Surely she'd be the nurse?

runs away before the flaming starts.

Mithril

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Posted: Wed Aug 07, 13 9:40 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

joanne wrote:

They didn't choose a female actor because the Doctor is male - A woman wouldn't be the Doctor!

Surely she'd be the nurse?

runs away before the flaming starts.

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 13 9:10 pm Post subject:
So - what do we think so far?

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 13 9:13 pm Post subject:
And for Arvo https://www.flyonix.com/

NorthernMonkeyGirl

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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 13 10:25 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

So - what do we think so far?

Hmm.
I would have to reply in the naughty corner. Suffice to say, unimpressed. Not with the cast, with the writing.

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 13 10:28 pm Post subject:
I thought it just went on for too long. BW enjoyed it though, and I suppose he's the target audience.

NorthernMonkeyGirl

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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 13 10:41 pm Post subject:
I wish the new series were post-watershed so Capaldi could really let rip

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 13 10:45 pm Post subject:
Nah. It's a kid's programme. No reason to change that because the actor had a sweary role in a previous job.

NorthernMonkeyGirl

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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 13 10:46 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Nah. It's a kid's programme. No reason to change that because the actor had a sweary role in a previous job.

Spoilsport :p
How about resurrecting Torchwood for some after-hours action then?

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 13 5:20 pm Post subject:
I thought the Christmas special was better than the 50th anniversary doubrey. I was underwhelmed by the latter. A.

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Sun Dec 29, 13 5:23 pm Post subject:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

I thought the Christmas special was better than the 50th anniversary doubrey. I was underwhelmed by the latter.
A.

Oh Lord help us - I presume that's the latest onesie

Nick

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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 13 5:23 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Nah. It's a kid's programme. No reason to change that because the actor had a sweary role in a previous job.

You're right. It'd make a cracking comic relief sketch, tho, no?

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