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The new Dr Who has been announced....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40624288
I'll get the popcorn..
Jodie Whittaker has been announced as Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord - the first woman to get the role.
She was revealed in a trailer that was broadcast on BBC One at the end of the Wimbledon men's singles final.
The Broadchurch star succeeds Peter Capaldi, who took the role in 2013 and leaves in this year's Christmas special.
Whittaker, 35, said it was "more than an honour" to become the Doctor. She will make her debut on the sci-fi show when the Doctor regenerates in the Christmas Day show.
Here are Jodie Wittaker's entries on Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @09:17PM
And the reboot, while it had some good story arcs in the early years, became far too concerned with mysticism and the Doctor's 'god-complex', rather than running on the combination of educating of the companion and seemingly bumbling into a series of troubles before wrapping it all up in a mission successful box at the end, leaving a trail of bodies, mutually assured enemies, and worth saving civilians in its wake.
Having skimming most of this past season, I was disappointed with their handling of Bill, the Doctor, and She-Doctor. And personally I find it tacky that *NOW* they choose to replace *THE* doctor with a woman, rather than having worked around the reincarnation dilemma by moving on to a new character on new adventures through the time-o-sphere, possibly with a different attitude and moral compass to the tired direction the Doctor has been going for over 10 years now.
Hell, even Red Dwarf has done a better job on its recent seasons and that is despite getting quite long in the tooth. At least it doesn't take itself seriously to begin with!