Jodie Whittaker is the 13th Doctor

[Steve Roby]

I'm not happy. Oh, I'll give it a go and hope she carries the role off well, but honestly, this feels like blatant sexism disguised as balance.[...]

I nominate Donald Trump as the 14th Doctor!

I admit it, you had me going for a minute there.

Oh, now the next Doctor has to be gay. It's a thing now.

What, again? "You're a beautiful woman, probably." Not to seriously argue that the Doctor has been gay, but it's been regularly suggested that he doesn't think about sexuality the same way that a lot of humans do.

Oh, and from Canada's second-most popular fake news source, The Beaverton: https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/0...tor-announces-every-dalek-will-visible-penis/

 

[MarsWeeps]

I wish the trailer would have shown the Tardis a bit differently. After the reveal that the 13th doctor was female, show a close-up on her face while we hear the woosh woosh sound of the Tardis materializing out of view. The new Doctor then gets a big smile on her face as the camera slowly pans around to show a.....PINK Tardis sitting on a hill!

Just imagine the amount of "fans" who would then throw themselves off of buildings!

 

[stardream]

Having a great time falling all over myself laughing at some of the comments I've seen...

“Just because Gallifrey doesn’t actually exist and time travel isn’t really possible, doesn’t mean the writers can just go around making stuff up about the people they’ve made up.”
“Actually, that’s literally what we can do,” explained one of the show’s writers.

"How dare they cast another human to play a Gallifreyan!"

All I know is I'm going to return to watching the show after sitting out the Capaldi era (which wasn't Capaldi's fault).

 

[Squiggy]

I really liked those boots she was wearing...

Doesn't the regenerated Doctor turn up in the previous' costume at first?

Usually - and I saw the other day that they still haven't picked out 13's new contume so it looks like she's wearing 12's hoodie and jacket.

 

[StCoop]

Having a great time falling all over myself laughing at some of the comments I've seen...

“Just because Gallifrey doesn’t actually exist and time travel isn’t really possible, doesn’t mean the writers can just go around making stuff up about the people they’ve made up.”
“Actually, that’s literally what we can do,” explained one of the show’s writers.

"Why are you a fan of Doctor Who?"
"Because it's a series where anything can happen."
"So you're happy about the new Doctor?"
"It's a disgrace, how dare they change the way things have been for 54 years."

 

[The Wormhole]

So having a different sexual preference is now bigotry? Better tell anyone transgender that or LGBTQ

Sexual preference is not bigotry. Refusing to watch a show because of the lead character's gender is.

 

[Timby]

Usually - and I saw the other day that they still haven't picked out 13's new contume so it looks like she's wearing 12's hoodie and jacket.

They don't even start shooting until January, it'll be a long while before we get a hint of Whittaker's Doctor outfit.

 

[jaime]

I'm not sure what you mean........ I'm Dutch.

Look them up on YouTube...their whole think is a dark hooded lady walking or running through woods, ruins, that sort of thing. XD

 

[Spot261]

The thing is very few characters lend themselves to being reinvented quite the way the doctor does. She is of a species who by definition literally reinvent themselves in universe on a not infrequent basis, even down to the quite colourful changes in personality we see between regenerations.

I can genuinely understand there being a legitimate argument that for certain characters the demographic is integral to the character, but the doctor? Seriously?

Give me a Hispanic bigender bisexual wheelchair bound doctor with gills and fins who only eats mushrooms and communes with us mortals in our dreams via a spirit guide and I'm fine with it provided the writers can deliver the scripts to make it work.

 

[Awesome Possum]

The Doctor said it himself.

We're the most civilized civilization in the universe. We're billions of years beyond your petty human obsession with gender and it's associated stereotypes.

It's probably reasonable to think the majority of Time Lords are genderqueer.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

Kate Lethbridge-Stewart when she meets Thirteen for the first time (if she's blond): "I don't know if I should feel flattered or insulted."

Kate Stewart: “Excuse me, who are you and why do you think you have the authority to be here?”

The Doctor: “Kate Lethbridge-Stewart! Why do you humans have to change so much, I barely recognised you! Is that my haircut?”

Kate Stewart: “We were waiting for you, Doctor. The Daleks have taken levels 7 to 13.”

The Doctor: “No, seriously, did you steal my haircut?”

Kate Stewart: “They are building something on the ceiling, and we have not been able to determine what. We are assuming it's a weapon.”

The Doctor: “You people always assume. I need a map of the building, a very old radio, six coffees and a fidget spinner.”

Untitled redshirt: “Right away, ma'am.”

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

I take it that's not going to be her final costume as the Doctor?

 

[The Wormhole]

I take it that's not going to be her final costume as the Doctor?

She's already said as much. Although looking at that picture, isn't she basically wearing Capaldi's sweater with an overcoat?

 

[Awesome Possum]

I take it that's not going to be her final costume as the Doctor?

Looks like one of Twelve's costumes.

 

[matthunter]

Think for a moment: this was the only male hero little boys could look up to who solved his problems with his wits, not force. Who eschewed guns. Who talked to his enemies and always, always, always tried to give them the chance to back off and do the right thing just once. !

Atticus Finch would punch you in the chops for this, or he would if you were right, which you are not.

So would the aforementioned MacGyver.

And why the hell does a role model have to be the same sex for folk to look up to them?! I admired Mary Poppins as a kid and the Suffragettes as an adult.

 

[StCoop]

While there'll always be those whose minds remain firmly closed, the good thing about Series 11 still being 14 months away is that it gives those people who are least semi-open to change a chance to come round. If I were the BBC I'd actually hold back on the secrecy during shooting to some extent so people can see that it's still a show about a person in a slightly-strange outfit waving a magic wand at people in rubber monster outfits.

 

[Spot261]

it's still a show about a person in a slightly-strange outfit waving a magic wand at people in rubber monster outfits.

Harry Potter?

 

[Ithekro]

PINK Tardis sitting on a hill!

There are some things the just can't be changed...

..because the thing is actually broken and stuck the way it looks.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

I take it that's not going to be her final costume as the Doctor?

No. They haven't picked her costume yet.
I wouldn't mind something like this coat on her, but maybe lose the hoody because the current Doctor already wears one.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Black and grey does look good on her.