People are saying racist things about her? Oh dear. I can see people not immediately liking her because of how the clip portrays her character, but people being racist about it? Sheesh. Sigh.....
He's signed on for one more season (or series) and it won't be on the air for another year. He's all but confirmed it will be his last.
If it was a man, and I mean this completely seriously, there would've been a massive revolt on Tumblr and all over the blogosphere. There is a growing portion of people out there that think it is high time for a female Doctor, and that the actor after Capaldi SHOULD be a woman no matter what. If this companion turned out to be male, they would've exploded. It would've been used as more proof of the Doctor Who boys' club, the sexism of Steven Moffat, how diversity is being ignored, etc. etc. etc. Even though the show just had Rory, and there's been Captain Jack and Mickey in the recent past...making the "main" companion a man would've meant nothing but bad press until Christmas, justified or not.
) but its way too early to tell if she'll be a good or bad companion. The clip didn't seem very well written. I'll wait and see how she works in an actual episode before forming an opinion.
Sensible posts like this will not be tolerated. You must hate her or love her immediately based on these two minutes!
Thing is, everyone thought for certain Amy was going to be from the 1980s based on her outfit back when the first filming photos from the Weeping Angel story were first released. Look how wrong that turned out to be.
