My sister also loves David Tenant, lol she tried to get me to watch (but I didn't like her episode choice, probably a bad pick on her part).
All that doesn't really make a difference though, you're not talking about everyone's favorite Doctor, and no one says my or your or her favorite has to be any special Doctor, but what there's issue with is objection to a woman being cast as the Doctor because she's a woman, and saying only men should ever be in her role.
That's not a position I support. I don't think that a woman shouldn't be cast as the Doctor. Of course that should happen. The distinction I need to make is how it came about, and the subsequent development after, is why I think it should have waited and got past the whole identity politics because it feels like pandering and virtue signalling to draw a mellenial focus. If this is altruistic behavior of the BBC and the show writers, then that's not being realistic to the corporate mindset. Partially private funding and government funding is it's primary motivator.
Should a Doctor be cast as Female? Yes.
Was the lead up handled correctly? No.
Did the detractors get a chance to be heard? Not really. The idiotic sexists got all the buzz with their women can't drive shite and pink TARDIS memes and that was fuel for the abuse and direct charges of sexism to come flying out in mobs, making legitimate criticism instantly called out as such without responsible open minded discussion.
In that context above, should a female Doctor have been cast? No, she should have been the 14th Doctor and allowed Chibnall the opportunity to work the female doctor up from his perspective, then when it came time, maybe the change would be more acceptable as Chibnall has a better grasp with such things as evidenced by Broadchurch.
However, my personal feelings about the actress capabilities are another matter entirely.
Can a woman be the Doctor? YES of course she can. But really, did the right woman get the part? I'm skeptical..
I mean, if you feel fine a woman is cast in the role of the Doctor, wonderful!
Yes
What're we talking about then?
The toxic ideology behind the change, and the visceral reaction to any dissenting opinion. The loss of the concept of choice and preferences.
If you feel upset and you feel only men should play the role, then you're sexist, right?
Yes that's correct.
I mean, I know people can change their minds, but there was definite hostility towards women as I was reading through here, and a lot of "boys club" type posts, which I feel are just so very toxic and unfortunate.
This is true, it's hard to convey your feelings about the casting that can accept legitimacy when there's problems with posts that are blatant sexism. I agree.
I don't understand what your friend has to do with anything here?
I was sharing an anecdotal story within my conversation with a different poster. I wasn't speaking to the entire board, but it's of course there for all to read. So oh well. I thought it was nice to post at least one other female perspective on the subject to equal out the board's opinions, if only in a third party sort of sense.
