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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday July 16 2017, @06:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-the-companion? dept.

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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @09:25PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @09:25PM (#540034)

    Ever since the new series started, there has been this whole God-complex thing going on with the Doctor, something that never was (as far as I remember!) included in the original series.

    But since the new series has started, there have been how many 'mystical doctor regeneration messiah have faith in me blah blah blah' moments throughout the series (often in a finale) where they pull a deus ex doctoria out of a hat and Mr Messiah saves all the plebs who chose to put their faith in him when the end times have finally come.

    I mean seriously. If I wanted that shit I'd go watch the Christian channel.

    IMHO Dark Matter, Killjoys, The Expanse, and if you're feeling for British humor, Red Dwarf, are all doing better at enjoyable sci-fi adventures without relying on overt deux ex machina of that scope. And usually when it *DOES* happen, it is opening up a new plot point surrounding the story's universe/characters rather than just wrapping up the episode, as it has been with Doctor Who episodes for going on ~8 years now, maybe longer?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @01:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @01:23AM (#540110)

    Ever since the new series started, there has been this whole God-complex thing going on with the Doctor, something that never was (as far as I remember!) included in the original series.

    No it wasn't. The character started as that weirdly aloof, INTJ science teacher you had where his fallibility made him likeable and relatable. Then the new series made the character into an unbearably smug prick with a messiah complex.

    Something else that wasn't included was the instant technological deus-ex gratification. Building and perfecting any device is difficult, more difficult still if you are building a device to save the world while up against the clock. The original series understood this and used it to create tension and drama. The new series is a fucking soap opera promoting the mentally retarding common core educational agenda. When you find yourself wishing the doctor and his retarded, irritating companions would be exterminated or die a horrible death, it's time to stop watching the show.