OK, I don’t like this live event announcing the new Doctor Who at all as it reminds me of that basketball special I didn’t watch because I’m not a sports fanatic (but couldn’t ignore because it was ALL some were babbling about for days before and afterward). Whatever happened to a simple surprise in the upcoming last season episode or a simpler press release or even better, a simple press conference that doesn’t require much in the way of expense or overblown wind up to a three-second reveal? Eh, whatever – I’ll be out and about tomorrow and not able to catch the special when it runs, but I bet it gets rerun later in the day on BBC America. I’ll be home around 6 or 7pm, so I’ll just tune in then. Or since I’ll be online all day, maybe I’ll just see all the comments and fan gushing all over facebook and twitter…
All that said, MAN, there are some awfully sexist fans out there! I’ve overheard a few conversations where there’s actual outrage expressed if the new Doc turns out to be a female. I say that would make for a super season that shakes things up quite a bit and if it happens, it’ll make the writing quite interesting. Anyway, we’ll see in less than 24 hours, right?
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Peter Capaldi is the odds-on man for the role and I really like that decision. I want them to go with a slightly older doctor and I think he’d fit the role perfectly. It’s a big thing in the UK. Next to the royal birth, this is like IT lol.
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I’m gonna miss the broadcast – are you going to report on it Nick?
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LOL! I love the idea that in England a new Doctor is second only to the new royal baby! Brilliant!
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I can’t believe that a fan of Doctor Who would want to know who the new Doctor will be before finding out in the episode where it happens!! The change from one Doctor to the next is one of the most thrilling moments in the series. Who wants that kind of Spoiler?!
I like these moments so much that I felt the show cheated that one time the Doctor started to regenerate and then redirected it into his previously lost hand. It was OK and it made sense but I didn’t love it. There are some rules to Doctor Who that I don’t want anyone to mess with. That rule got seriously bent and in my eyes it was almost broken.
Also, I don’t see anything wrong with the Doctor regenerating into a woman. The Doctor is all about a very specific charisma, charm and mystery that isn’t bound to being a man just because he’s never been a woman before. Why not? Just find an actor or actress worthy of the role.
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